• New Electronic Trading Hours for CBOT Grains, Oilseeds and Ethanol Contracts--Effective Wednesday, July 1, 2009

      • To
      • Clearing Member Firms, Chief Financial Officers, and Back Office Managers
      • From
      • CME Clearing
      • #
      • 09-245
      • Notice Date
      • 10 June 2009
      • Effective Date
      • 01 July 2009
    • Effective for trade date Wednesday, July 1, 2009 electronic trading hours for the CBOT grains, oilseeds and ethanol contracts will be expanded by one hour and fifteen minutes, until 7:15 a.m.
       
      The new electronic trading hours will be 6:00 p.m. to 7:15 a.m. CST Sunday through Friday for standard futures and options on futures as well as mini contracts. Electronic daytime and open outcry hours will remain 9:30 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. weekdays.
       

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