Notice to Members
Notice No. 205 05/13/2003
Exchange Early Closing Schedule for May 23, 2003
Please be advised that the Exchange will close markets earlier on Friday, May 23, 2003, the business day preceding Memorial Day. The following early contract closing schedule will be implemented: NYMEX Division Commodity Closing Range     Palladium Futures 11:58 a.m. - 12:00 noon Platinum Futures and Options 12:08 p.m. - 12:10 p.m. Propane Futures 12:13 p.m. - 12:15 p.m. PJM Electricity Futures 12:58 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Heating Oil Futures and Options 12:58 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Unleaded Gasoline Futures and Options 12:58 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Light, Sweet Crude Oil Futures, Options, and e-miNYsm futures 12:58 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Brent Crude Oil Futures and Options 12:58 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Brent/WTI Spread Options 12:58 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Natural Gas Futures, Options, and e-miNYsm futures 12:58 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Gasoline & Heating Oil Crack Spread Options 12:58 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Calendar Spread Options 12:58 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.     COMEX Division Aluminum Futures and Options 11:59 a.m. - 12:00 noon Copper Futures and Options 12:04 p.m. - 12:05 p.m. Silver Futures and Options 12:04 p.m. - 12:05 p.m. Gold Futures and Options 12:09 p.m. - 12:10 p.m. The NYMEX Division Trade Processing Area will close at 3:00 p.m. and the allocation system within TMS will be available until 4:30 p.m. The COMEX Division OLTE System will be available for corrections until 2:30 p.m. In the event that you require additional time to process work, or have questions regarding early close procedures, please call Fred Tantao 299-2045, Rob Stasi 299-2067, George Henderson 299-2071, Brian Bartichek 299-2057 (NYMEX Division) or David Sherman 299-2061, Michael Campanelli 299-2072 (COMEX Division). Note: All NYMEX ACCESS® and NYMEX ClearPortsm contracts will close at 1:00 pm.
Should you have any questions or require any further information, please contact exchangeinfo@nymex.com