ADVISORY - U.S. Christmas Holiday Market Hours
Thursday December 24, 8:06 am Eastern Time
NEW YORK, Dec 24 (Reuters) - Early market closing hours and holiday
closings have been announced for the following markets:
STOCKS:
U.S. stock markets will close at 1300 EST/1800 GMT on Christmas Eve,
December 24.
The markets will be closed on Christmas Day, December 25.
The markets will resume normal trading hours on Monday, December 27.
FOREIGN EXCHANGE, U.S. DEBT AND DEBT-RELATED MARKETS:
Foreign Exchange markets are expected to wind down about 1300 EST/1800
GMT Christmas Eve, December 24
Forex Markets will be closed on December 25.
Debt and debt-related instruments will close early at 1400 EST/1900
GMT on December 24.
Debt and debt-related markets will be closed on December 25.
ENERGY AND POWER MARKETS EW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (NYMEX):
Energy contracts:
Thursday, December 24 - HALF DAY (crude oil, heating oil, gasoline,
natgas, electricity markets close 1300 EST/1800 GMT)
Friday, December 25 - CLOSED
Sunday, December 27 - Access (electronic trading) reopens 1900 EST COMMODITIES:
NYMEX/COMEX metal contracts:
Thursday, December 24 - HALF DAY (palladium, copper close 1300
EST/1800 GMT, silver close 1305 EST/1805 GMT, platinum and gold
close 1310 EST/1810 GMT)
Friday, December 25 - CLOSED
Sunday, December 27 - Access (electronic trading) reopens 1900 EST
NEW YORK BOARD OF TRADE (NYBOT):
NYBOT subsidiaries Coffee, Sugar and Cocoa Exchange (CSCE) and
New York Cotton Exchange (NYCE) closed for US public holidays on
Friday, December 25, and Friday, January 1.
CSCE trading schedules for Christmas Eve, Thursday, December 24 and
New Year's Eve, Thursday, December 31, follows:
Coffee futures and options: Closes 1135 EST/1635 GMT
Cocoa futures and options: Closes 1130 EST/1630 GMT
Sugar No 11 futures and options: Closes 1120 EST/1620 GMT
Sugar No 14 futures: Closes at 1118 EST/1618 GMT,
NYCE trading schedules for Christmas Eve, Thursday, December 24 and
New Year's Eve, Thursday, December 31, follows:
Cotton: Closes at 1300 EST/1800 GMT. Frozen Concentrated Orange Juice: Closes at 1300 EST/1800 GMT.
The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME), the Chicago Board of Trade
(CBOT) and Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) said they will be
shut on Friday, December 25, for the Christmas Day holiday.
On Thursday, December 24, the CME said all agricultural, currency and
interest-rate futures and options will shut early at 1200 CST/1800
GMT. At the CBOT, agricultural and metals contracts will close at
1210 CST/1810 GMT on Thursday, while financial and electricity products
will close 1300 CST/1900 GMT. Both the CME and CBOT said their equity
products will shut early at 1215 CST/1815 GMT.
The CBOE said its interest rate options will close at 1200 CST/1800
GMT on Thursday. CBOE stock options and sector index options will also
shut early at 1202 CST/1802 GMT and broad index options will close at
1215 CST/1815 GMT.
Both the CME's GLOBEX2 and the CBOT's Project A electronic trading will
be closed on Thursday and Friday, and will reopen at regular hours on
Sunday, December 27.
TREASURY MARKET- Closing Thursday at 1400EST/1900GMT, all day Friday,
Christmas Day.
A Merry Xmas to all "Ghosts" and their families!
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