Holiday Futures Trade Schedule

All times shown below are Chicago Time (CDT)

Friday, May 23, 2008

CME Group: Commodity products (grains, meats, lumber) will close normal time. Stock index futures will close normal time. Currencies and Interest Rate contracts will close at 12:00 Noon for the trading floor session and at 3:15 pm for electronic Globex session.

NYMEX/COMEX: Normal closing time for all contracts, both trading floor and electronic session.

ICE Futures US: Softs close regular times. Dollar Index closes at 12:00 pm Noon for trading floor session and at 3:15 pm for electronic session.
Sunday, May 25.

CME Group: Electronic trading for commodity products closed. Electronic trading for currencies, interest rate and stock index contracts open usual Sunday times and closes early on Monday.

NYMEX/COMEX: Normal electronic trading hours.

ICE Futures US: Electronic trading for $Index & stock indices open (but note early close on Monday).

Monday, May 26 (Memorial Day, observed)

CME Group: Trading floor closed. Electronic trading for Currencies and Interest Rate products closes at 12:00 pm Noon; and re-opens usual Monday afternoon times. Electronic trading for Stock Indexes closes at 10:30 am; and re-opens usual Monday afternoon time.

NYMEX/COMEX: Trading floor closed. Normal electronic trading hours.

ICE Futures US: Trading floor closed. Electronic trading for Dollar Index closes at 12:00pm Noon; Stock indices close at 10:30am.

All times shown are Chicago (CDT) Time.

Rick Alexander has been a broker and analyst in the futures business for over thirty years. He is a Vice-President for Sales and Trading at the Zaner Group (www.zaner.com) a Chicago-based futures brokerage firm. If you would like a free booklet explaining the charts mentioned above, email Rick at ralexander@zaner.com.