• Launch of CBOT Black Sea Wheat Futures

      • To
      • Members, Member Firms and Market Users
      • From
      • Market Regulation Department
      • #
      • SER-6260
      • Notice Date
      • 01 June 2012
      • Effective Date
      • 01 June 2012
    • Pending CFTC review, CME Group plans to launch CBOT Black Sea Wheat (BSW) futures for trade date June 6, 2012. The first contract expiration will be the September 2012 contract, which will expire on August 31, 2012. BSW futures are the culmination of over a year of work and hundreds of interactions with regional specific commercial grain firms, brokers, traders and government officials.

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