• Expansion of Nikkei 225 (Dollar) Futures Trading Hours to Nearly 24-Hour Trading-Effective Sunday, April 11, 2010

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      • Notice Date
      • 24 March 2010
      • Effective Date
      • 11 April 2010
    • Effective Sunday, April 11, 2010 (trade date Monday, April 12, 2010), electronic trading hours for the dollar-denominated Nikkei 225 futures will be expanded to give market participants worldwide nearly 24-hour access to the benchmark contracts listed at CME Group and traded on the CME Globex platform.  
       
      Under the expanded hours, the contracts will begin trading on CME Globex on Sunday at 17:00-15:15 the next day CT, with trading Monday–Friday from 15:30 -15:15 the next day (closing at 15:15 Friday, with a daily maintenance shutdown between 16:30-17:00 CT).
       
      There are no changes to the Open Outcry trading hours.
       

       
      Nikkei 225 (Dollar) Futures
       
      Current Trading Hours
      (prior to April 11, 2010)
      Expanded Trading Hours
      (as of April 11, 2010)
      CME Globex
      Central Standard Time
      (through Mar 13)
      MON-FRI: 02:00-15:15;
      reopens 15:30-16:30, closes 16:30
       
      MON-FRI: 15:30-15:15 the next day; closes FRI at 15:15. Daily maintenance shutdown 16:30-17:00

      SUN: 17:00-15:15 next day
      Central Daylight Savings (begins
      Mar 14)
      MON-FRI: 03:00-15:15; reopens 15:30-16:30, closes 16:30-17:00; reopens 17:00-18:00
      SUN: 17:00-18:00
      Open Outcry
       
      MON-FRI: 8:00 - 15:15
      No Change

      All times listed are represented in Central Time.
       
       

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