Notice to Members
Notice No. 254
06/22/2005
Exchange Early Closing Schedule for July 1, 2005
Please be advised that the Exchange will close markets earlier on Friday, July 1, 2005, the business day preceding the 4th of July. 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.
Should you have any questions or require any further information, please contact exchangeinfo@nymex.com