Expansion of Listed Contract Months for the E-mini Copper Futures (QC) Contract Listed on CME Globex and COMEX Trading Floor

Please note that effective Sunday, March 20, 2011 for trade date Monday, March 21, 2011, Commodity Exchange, Inc. (COMEX) will expand the listing of contract months for the E-mini Copper Futures contract on CME Globex and the COMEX trading floor such that trading in the E-mini Copper Futures (QC) contract is conducted in the same contract months as those listed for the full-sized Copper Futures contract, except for the current month. 

·         Effective trade date March 21, 2011, the expanded listing schedule for E-mini Copper Futures (QC) shall be: twenty-three consecutive calendar months following, but not including, the current month, and any March, May, July, September, and December in the third through fifth year.

The current listing schedule for the E-mini Copper Futures is twenty-three consecutive calendar months following, but not including, the current month.

Please refer questions on this subject to:

Energy & Metals Research:

Robert Biolsi                             bob.biolsi@cmegroup.com                               212.299.2610

Joann Arena                              joann.arena@cmegroup.com                             212.299.2356