To: Les H who wrote (275 ) 7/2/2001 3:38:46 PM From: John Madarasz Respond to of 1328 This Tuesday and Wednesday we will be observing modified hours in observance of Independence Day. ALL TIMES LISTED ARE CENTRAL STANDARD. Tuesday, July 3: The following markets will observe regular hours: Grains, MidAm Grains, CBOT Metals, Cotton, Orange Juice, Coffee, Sugar, and Cocoa. * Palladium will close at 11:00. * Comex Copper and Silver will close at 11:05. * Gold and Platinum will close at 11:10. * Meats, CME Currencies, CBOT Financials, CME Financials, the Dollar Index, and all Energies will close at Noon. * MidAm Currencies, MidAm Meats, MidAm CME Financials, All Stock Index Futures, the PSE Index, and the CRB Index will close at 12:15. * MidAm CBOT Financial products will close at 12:50. * The GSCI Index will close at 2:15. Wednesday, July 4: ALL U.S. MARKETS WILL BE CLOSED. Traders wishing to place orders in Winnipeg (regular hours both days) must make arrangements with the Main Order Desk by Monday's close. On Tuesday, the Main Order Desk will close at 2:15, the last prelim will be distributed at 2:30 and the checkout desk will close at 4:00. Global Services Division will operate at the regular hours on Tuesday and Wednesday. GLOBEX will open at its normal times on Tuesday afternoon with trading extended Wednesday morning until 10:30 a.m. Trading will be suspended at that time and resume at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday evening. This is NOT a close, but only a suspension. Orders entered on GLOBEX any time after Tuesday afternoon's opening will work through Thursday's GLOBEX close. All A/C/E contracts will close at their regular times on Tuesday afternoon and re-open Wednesday evening at 8:00 p.m. All Access contracts will close at their regular times on Tuesday morning and re-open Wednesday evening at 6:00 p.m. Happy Holiday!