Notice to Members
Notice No. 459
08/29/2006
Holiday Trading and Processing Schedule for September 1-5, 2006
The COMEX division products on NYMEX ACCESS® will be listed for trading during the Labor Day holiday from 6:00 PM Sunday night, September 3, 2006 through 8:00 AM (7:40 AM for Aluminum) Monday, September 4, 2006.

The COMEX division products on NYMEX ACCESS® will re-open for normal hours at 6:00 p.m. on Monday, September 4, 2006 and will close at 8:00 AM (7:40 AM for Aluminum) on Tuesday, September 5, 2006.

The following is the complete Holiday trading and processing schedule for September 1-5, 2006 (All Times Eastern). This incorporates the above information with prior notices 453 and 458.

Friday September 1, 2006
  • Early Floor Closing all products (See Notice 453)
  • Trade Allocation Processing available until 6:45 PM (unchanged from normal processing)
  • PCS Submissions available until 7:00 PM (unchanged from normal processing)
  • NYMEX ClearPort® Clearing/Trading open until 5:15 PM (September 1st Trade Date)
  • NYMEX Division Floor-traded products on CME Globex® open from 1:45 PM until 5:15 PM (September 1st Trade Date)
  • COMEX Division products on NYMEX ACCESS® Extended Session 12:45 PM – 5:15 PM (September 5th Trade Date)
Saturday September 2, 2006
  • Production test of Side by Side trading of physically delivered NYMEX division products on CME Globex® from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM
Sunday September 3, 2006
  • NYMEX products on CME Globex® open at 6:00 PM (September 5th Trade Date)
  • NYMEX ClearPort® Clearing/Trading open at 6:00 PM (September 5th Trade Date)
  • COMEX Division products on NYMEX ACCESS® open at 6:00 PM (September 5th Trade Date)
  • NYMEX TMS up/available for Trade Management for September 5th Trade Date at 5:00 PM
  • Cleared Trades API will be available for September 5th Trade Date at 5:00 PM
Monday September 4, 2006 (Labor Day)
  • COMEX Division products on NYMEX ACCESS® open until trading halt at 8:00 AM (7:40 AM for Aluminum) – (September 5th Trade Date)
  • NYMEX products on CME Globex® open until trading halt at 1:30 PM (September 5th Trade Date)
  • NYMEX ClearPort® Clearing/Trading open until trading halt at 1:30 PM (September 5th Trade Date)
  • NYMEX TMS up/available all day for Trade Management for September 5th Trade Date
  • Cleared Trades API will be available all day for September 5th Trade Date
  • NYMEX/COMEX Trading Floors, Longitude Daily Auctions Closed
  • NYMEX Intraday files will NOT be produced, no clearing or banking will occur, no clearing functionality will be available, no settlements will occur.
  • NYMEX products on CME Globex® reopen at 6:00 PM (September 5th Trade Date)
  • NYMEX ClearPort® Clearing/Trading reopen for normal hours at 6:00 PM (September 5th Trade Date)
  • COMEX Division products on NYMEX ACCESS® reopen for normal hours at 6:00 PM (September 5th Trade Date.)
Tuesday September 5, 2006
  • NYMEX Division Floor-traded products (including CL, NG, HO, HU, RB, PL, PA, and PN) on CME Globex® open until 5:15 PM for the launch of Side by Side trading on the NYMEX division physically delivered products
  • Normal schedule resumes for NYMEX ClearPort® Clearing/Trading, NYMEX ACCESS®, NYMEX/COMEX Trading Floors, and Longitude Daily Auctions.
If you experience any Globex® issues, please contact the CME Globex® Control Center at 312-456-2391.

If you experience any NYMEX issues, please contact NYMEX Customer Service at 1-800-438-8616 or custcare@nymex.com.

Should you have any questions or require any further information, please contact NYMEX Marketing at 212 299-2301.
Should you have any questions or require any further information, please contact exchangeinfo@nymex.com