Effective on Sunday, June 19, 2011, for the trade date of Monday, June 20, 2011, CME is synchronizing its Brazilian real/U.S. dollar futures and options daily closes and settlement price determination time with that of the BM&FBOVESPA U.S. dollar/Brazilian real futures contract. Due to different schedules for implementation of Daylight Saving Time (DST) in Brazil and the U.S., CME is adjusting its daily close and settlement price determination times throughout the year and these times will be either the current 2:00 PM Central Time (CT) for 31 continuous weeks or 1:00 PM CT for 3 continuous weeks on two separate occasions or 12:00 noon CT for 15 continuous weeks.
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