Please be advised that the Exchange will close markets earlier on Friday, September 2, 2005, the business day preceding Labor Day. The following early contract closing schedule will be implemented:
NYMEX DIVISION
| Commodity |
Closing Range |
| Palladium Futures |
11:58 AM - 12:00 PM |
| Platinum Futures and Options |
12:08 PM - 12:10 PM |
| Propane Futures |
12:13 PM - 12:15 PM |
| Heating Oil Futures and Options |
12:58 PM - 01:00 PM |
| Gasoline Futures and Options |
12:58 PM - 01:00 PM |
| Light, Sweet Crude Oil Futures and Options |
12:58 PM - 01:00 PM |
| Henry Hub Natural Gas Futures and Options |
12:58 PM - 01:00 PM |
| Gasoline & Heating Oil Crack Options |
12:58 PM - 01:00 PM |
| Calendar Spread Options |
12:58 PM - 01:00 PM |
| Average Price Options (APO) |
12:58 PM - 01:00 PM |
| Brent Crude Oil Futures |
12:55 PM - 01:00 PM |
| London Gasoil Futures |
12:28 PM - 12:30 PM |
COMEX DIVISION
| Commodity |
Closing Range |
| Aluminum Futures and Options |
11:59 AM - 12:00 PM |
| Copper Futures and Options |
12:04 PM - 12:05 PM |
| Silver Futures and Options |
12:04 PM - 12:05 PM |
| Gold Futures and Options |
12:09 PM - 12:10 PM |
The NYMEX Division Trade Processing Area will close at 3:00 PM, the allocation
system within TMS will be available until 5:15 PM. The COMEX Division OLTE System
will be available for corrections until 2:30 PM. In the event that you require
additional time to process work, or have questions regarding early close procedures,
please call the floor operations department.
Note:
All e-miNYsm futures contracts open and close
simultaneously with their corresponding big contract.
All NYMEX ClearPortsm trading and clearing contracts will close at
1:00 PM.
COMEX Division futures contracts and Gold options contracts on NYMEX ACCESS®
will be available for trading from 12:45 PM - 4:30 PM for the Tuesday, July
5th trade date.
All NYMEX Division contracts on NYMEX ACCESS® will close at their normal
time. |