CME Clearing is reminding firms that the expiration date for the January 2009 Agricultural and Financial options will be Tuesday, December 23, 2008 instead of Friday, December 26, 2008. The change was designed to minimize holiday related scheduling issues in connection with the 2008 Christmas holiday.
The contracts impacted are the January 2009 Corn, Soybean, Soybean Oil, Soybean Meal, Oat, Rice, Wheat, Soybean Crush, U.S. Treasury Bond, 10-Year, 5-Year, 2-Year Treasury Notes and Treasury Matched Mid-curve.
If there are any questions please contact CME Clearing at (312) 207-2525 or CCS@cmegroup.com