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To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (7898)8/24/1997 9:19:00 PM
From: Dom B.   of 50167
 
IKE & ALL:...FYI, mini S&P's

This just in from Lind-Waldock & Co (Chicago)...

Ticker Symbol ....... ES (futures only, no cash)
Contract Size ....... $50 x Index
Tick size ....... 0.25 index points ($12.50 per contract)
Contract Months ..... March, June, September, December
Last Trading Day .... The Thursday prior to the Third Friday
of the contract month
Trading Hours .... (Chicago Time) Virtually around the Clock
Trading begins Sunday at 5:30 p.m. and
continues until 3:15 p.m. Monday afternoon.
Monday - Thurs, the contract trades from
3:30p.m. until 3:15pm the next day. The
trading session that begins on Thursday
afternoon at 3:30pm ends at 3:15pm Friday
afternoon...
...in a long awaited response to requests for a smaller S&P 500
contract, In SEPTEMBER the Merc is introducing a "mini"
version of the original at one-tenth the size. The mini S&P will
be traded electronically over the GLOBEX system...

Hope the above helps...//db
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