CME to resume trade in most futures/options Thurs
CHICAGO, Sept 12 (Reuters) - Trading of most futures and options products at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. will resume on Thursday at their normal times, except U.S. equity index contracts, the exchange said on Wednesday.
Interest rate, foreign exchange and commodity markets as well as the Nikkei 225 equity index futures and options contracts will open as usual, and electronic markets will open at the same time as open outcry, the CME said in a release.
The exchange closed early on Tuesday and was closed all day Wednesday after terror attacks in New York and near Washington, D.C., killed an undetermined number of people, leveled the World Trade Center and severely damaged the Pentagon.
The reopening of the CME's U.S. equity index products is being coordinated with other U.S. financial markets and regulatory agencies, and the exchange will announce those plans as soon as they are finalized.
Those on the CME trading floors will observe a moment of silence at 11:00 a.m. CDT (1600 GMT) to recognize the victims and survivors of the attacks. |
