VOLUME 20 - BULLETIN #363 Holiday Processing Schedule for New Year’s Day

TO:	ALL CLEARING MEMBERS
FROM:	BUSINESS SYSTEMS GROUP
DATE:	December 26, 2000
SUBJECT:	Holiday Processing Schedule for New Year’s Day

• CBOT day trading for Agricultural, Financials, Metals and Insurance contracts close at 12:00 noon. Stock Index trading closes at 3:15 p.m. MidAm N.Y. Silver, N.Y. Gold and Platinum contracts will close at 11:20 a.m. MidAm Live Cattle, Lean Hogs, Eurodollars, Currencies and U.S. Treasury Bill contracts will close at 12:15 p.m. MidAm Agricultural contracts will close at 12:30 p.m. MidAm U.S. Treasury Bonds, 5 and 10 Yr. Note contracts will close at 12:50 p.m.

• Mid-day variations will be called at their normal time.

• Margin Arrays and Settlement Price files will be available at their normal time

• Intra-day trade submission deadlines remain the same. The final reconciliation is at 7:00 p.m.

• a/c/e trading will close at its normal schedule

• MESL will close at 12:00 noon

Should you have any questions, please call or e-mail one of the following Business Systems Analysts: