Notice to Members
Notice No. 463 12/16/2003
Exchange Early Closing Schedule for December 24, 2003 and December 31, 2003
Please be advised that the Exchange will close markets earlier on Wednesday, December 24 and Wednesday, December 31, 2003, the business days preceding Christmas Day and New Years Day respectively. The following early contract closing schedule will be implemented: NYMEX Division Commodity Closing Range Closing Range   24-Dec-02 31-Dec-02 Palladium Futures 11:58 a.m. - 12:00 noon 11:58 a.m. - 12:00 noon Platinum Futures and Options 12:08 p.m. - 12:10 p.m. 12:08 p.m. - 12:10 p.m. Propane Futures 12:13 p.m. - 12:15 p.m. *12:13 p.m. - 12:15 p.m. PJM Electricity 12:58 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. *12:58 p.m. - Heating Oil Futures and Options **12:58 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. *12:58 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Gasoline Futures and Options **12:58 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. *12:58 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Light, Sweet Crude Oil Futures and Options 12:58 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. 12:58 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Brent Crude Oil Futures and Options 12:58 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. 12:58 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Brent/WTI Spread Option 12:58 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. 12:58 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Henry Hub Natural Gas Futures and Options **12:58 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. 12:58 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Gasoline & Heating Oil Crack Options 12:58p.m. - 1:00 p.m. 12:58p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Calendar Spread Options **12:58p.m. - 1:00 p.m. 12:58 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Average Price Options (APO) 12:58 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. *12:58 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. COMEX Division Commodity Closing Range Closing Range   24-Dec-02 31-Dec-02 Aluminum Futures and Options 11:59 a.m. - 12:00 noon 11:59 a.m. - 12:00 noon Copper Futures and Options 12:04 p.m. - 12:05 p.m. 12:04 p.m. - 12:05 p.m. Silver Futures and Options 12:04 p.m. - 12:05 p.m. 12:04 p.m. - 12:05 p.m. Gold Futures and Options 12:09 p.m. - 12:10 p.m. 12:09 p.m. - 12:10 p.m. The NYMEX Division Trade Processing Area will close at 3:00 p.m., the allocation system within TMS will be available until 4:30 p.m. The COMEX Division’s OLTE System will be available for corrections until 2:30 p.m. * Last Trading Day Spot Month - Half Hour Closing Range (12:30 pm – 1:00 pm) ** Last Trading Day Spot Month – Option Expiration Procedure Note: All e-miNY(sm) contracts open and close simultaneous with their corresponding big contract. All NYMEX ACCESS® and NYMEX ClearPortsm contracts will close at 1:00 PM.
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