• Delisting of Contract Months with Zero Open Interest for COMEX miNY Gold Futures and COMEX miNY Silver Futures Contracts Currently Listed on CME Globex®

      • To
      • Members, Member Firms and Market Users
      • From
      • Market Regulation Department
      • #
      • SER-4906
      • Notice Date
      • 23 June 2009
      • Effective Date
      • 23 June 2009
    • The CME Group is in the process of delisting the COMEX miNY Gold Futures (50 Troy Ounces) and miNY Silver Futures (2,500 Troy Ounces) contracts.  These contracts are being replaced with the cash-settled E-mini Gold Futures (33 Troy Ounces) and E-mini Silver Futures (1,000 Troy Ounces) contracts that began trading on Globex on April 20, 2009.  The contract months will be delisted on an ongoing basis as open interest in the COMEX miNY Gold Futures and COMEX miNY Silver Futures contracts unwinds and there will be no additional months listed for trading.

      On trade date Monday, June 22, 2009, the Exchange delisted contract months with zero open interest for each of COMEX miNY Gold Futures (code QO) and COMEX miNY Silver Futures (code QI) contracts currently listed on Globex. The delisted contract months are as follows:

      ·         COMEX miNY Gold Futures (code QO)

      Delist the following contract months: Feb 2010; Apr 2010; Jun 2010; Aug 2010; Oct 2010; Dec 2010; Feb 2011; Apr 2011; Jun 2011; Dec 2011; Jun 2012; Dec 2012; June 2013; and Dec 2013.

      ·         COMEX miNY Silver Futures (code QI)

      Delist the following contract months: Jan 2011; Mar 2011; Jul 2011; Dec 2011; Jul 2012; Dec 2012; Jul 2013; and Dec 2013.

      Should you have any questions or require any further information, please contact Robert Levin at 212-299-2390 or Joann Arena at 212-299-2356.