• CBOT Agricultural Product Hours are Expanded on CME Globex

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      • GLX-01-13-08-A
      • Notice Date
      • 13 January 2008

    • CBOT Agricultural Product Hours are Expanded on CME Globex

      The CBOT agricultural products will be transitioning from e-cbot® to CME Globex on Sunday, January 13, 2008.  When these products are transitioned to CME Globex, they will have expanded trading hours with the products opening 30 minutes earlier.

      Earlier Start Times New Hours (Chicago)
      Pre-Open Agricultural Futures 4:50 p.m.
      Open: Agricultural 6:00 p.m.


      All products within a product group open simultaneously at start of trading period and there is no pre-open for options.  The table below highlights the complete trading schedule for CBOT Agricultural futures and options.  For more information on the CME Globex migration, please go to www.cmegroup.com. 
      Product
      Pre-Open
      Open
      Halt/Pre-Open 2
      Side by Side Opening
      Close
      Pre-Open 3
      Final Close
      Corn Futures
      4:50 PM
      6:00 PM
      6:00 AM
      9:30 AM
      1:15 PM
      2:30 PM
      4:30 PM
      Soybean Futures
      4:50 PM
      6:00 PM
      6:00 AM
      9:30 AM
      1:15 PM
      2:30 PM
      4:30 PM
      Soybean Meal Futures
      4:50 PM
      6:00 PM
      6:00 AM
      9:30 AM
      1:15 PM
      2:30 PM
      4:30 PM
      Soybean Oil Futures
      4:50 PM
      6:00 PM
      6:00 AM
      9:30 AM
      1:15 PM
      2:30 PM
      4:30 PM
      Wheat Futures
      4:50 PM
      6:00 PM
      6:00 AM
      9:30 AM
      1:15 PM
      2:30 PM
      4:30 PM
      Rice Futures
      4:50 PM
      6:00 PM
      6:00 AM
      9:30 AM
      1:15 PM
      2:30 PM
      4:30 PM
      Oat Futures
      4:50 PM
      6:00 PM
      6:00 AM
      9:30 AM
      1:15 PM
      2:30 PM
      4:30 PM
      Ethanol Futures
      4:50 PM
      6:00 PM
      6:00 AM
      9:30 AM
      1:15 PM
      2:30 PM
      4:30 PM
      CBOT Corn vs CBOT Wheat Futures (IS)
      4:50 PM
      6:00 PM
      6:00 AM
      9:30 AM
      1:15 PM
      2:30 PM
      4:30 PM
      CBOT SA Soybean Futures vs CBOT NA Soybean Futures (IS)
      4:50 PM
      6:00 PM
      6:00 AM
      9:30 AM
      1:15 PM
      2:30 PM
      4:30 PM
      South American Soybean Futures
      4:50 PM
      6:00 PM
      6:00 AM
      9:00 AM
      1:15 PM
      2:30 PM
      4:30 PM
      mini-sized Corn Futures
      4:50 PM
      6:00 PM
      6:00 AM
      9:30 AM
      1:45 PM
      2:30 PM
      4:30 PM
      mini-sized Soybean Futures
      4:50 PM
      6:00 PM
      6:00 AM
      9:30 AM
      1:45 PM
      2:30 PM
      4:30 PM
      mini-sized Wheat Futures
      4:50 PM
      6:00 PM
      6:00 AM
      9:30 AM
      1:45 PM
      2:30 PM
      4:30 PM
      Dow Jonessm AIG Commodity Index Excess Return Futures  
      7:30 AM
      8:15 PM
      NA
      NA
      1:30 PM
      NA
      NA


      CBOT Agricultural Options
      Product Open Close
      Corn Options
      6:00 PM
      6:00 AM
      Soybean Options
      6:00 PM
      6:00 AM
      Soybean Meal Options
      6:00 PM
      6:00 AM
      Soybean Oil Options
      6:00 PM
      6:00 AM
      Wheat Options
      6:00 PM
      6:00 AM
      Rice Options
      6:00 PM
      6:00 AM
      Oat Options
      6:00 PM
      6:00 AM
      Ethanol Options
      6:00 PM
      1:15 PM

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