Message-ID: <10620619.1075857431191.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2000 23:30:00 -0800 (PST) From: errol.mclaughlin@enron.com To: jeffrey.gossett@enron.com, david.baumbach@enron.com, kam.keiser@enron.com, william.kelly@enron.com Subject: (00-412) Early Exchange Closing for 12/22 and 12/29/2000 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: Errol McLaughlin X-To: Jeffrey C Gossett, David Baumbach, Kam Keiser, William Kelly X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \Errol_McLaughlin_Jun2001\Notes Folders\'sent mail X-Origin: McLaughlin-E X-FileName: emclaug.nsf I just received this from one of the floor brokers and thought everyone would like to here the good news. Fridays, Dec. 22 & 29, the Exchange will close at 12 Noon CST. Errol ---------------------- Forwarded by Errol McLaughlin/Corp/Enron on 12/05/2000 07:20 AM --------------------------- SOblander@carrfut.com on 12/04/2000 09:20:56 AM To: soblander@carrfut.com cc: Subject: (00-412) Early Exchange Closing for 12/22 and 12/29/2000 Notice # 00-412 December 4, 2000 TO: ALL NYMEX/COMEX MEMBERS ALL NYMEX/COMEX MEMBER FIRMS ALL NYMEX/COMEX CLEARING FIRMS ALL NYMEX/COMEX OPERATION MANAGERS FROM: Stu Smith, Senior Vice President, Operations RE: Exchange Early Closing Schedule for December 22, 2000 and December 29, 2000 Please be advised that the Exchange will close markets earlier on Friday, December 22 and Friday, December 29, 2000, the days preceding Christmas Day and New Years Day respectively. The following early contract closing schedule will be implemented: NYMEX DIVISION Commodity and Closing Range for December 22, 2000 Palladium Futures: 11:58 a.m. - 12:00 noon Platinum Futures and Options: 12:08 p.m. - 12:10 p.m. Heating Oil Futures and Options: 12:58 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Unleaded Gasoline Futures and Options: 12:58 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Propane Futures: 12:58 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Crude Oil Futures and Options: 12:58p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Henry Hub Natural Gas Futures and Options: 12:58 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Permian Pool Natural Gas Futures: 12:58 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Alberta Natural Gas Futures: 12:58 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Gulf Coast Gasoline Futures: 12:58 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Commodity and Closing Range for December 29, 2000 Palladium Futures: 11:58 a.m. - 12:00 noon Platinum Futures and Options: 12:08 p.m. - 12:10 p.m. Heating Oil Futures and Options: *12:58 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Unleaded Gasoline Futures and Options: *12:58 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Propane Futures: *12:58 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Crude Oil Futures and Options: 12:58 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Henry Hub Natural Gas Futures and Options: 12:58 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Permian Pool Natural Gas Futures: 12:58 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Alberta Natural Gas Futures: 12:58 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Gulf Coast Gasoline Futures: *12:58 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. COMEX DIVISION Commodity and Closing Range for December 22, 2000 Aluminum Futures and Options: 11:59 a.m. - 12:00 noon Copper Futures and Options: 12:04 p.m. - 12:05 p.m. Silver Futures and Options: 12:04 p.m. - 12:05 p.m. Gold Futures and Options: 12:09 p.m. - 12:10 p.m. The Eurotop 100 & 300 contracts will conduct normal trading hours. Commodity and Closing Range for December 29, 2000 Aluminum Futures and Options: 11:59 a.m. - 12:00 noon Copper Futures and Options: 12:04 p.m. - 12:05 p.m. Silver Futures and Options: 12:04 p.m. - 12:05 p.m. Gold Futures and Options: 12:09 p.m. - 12:10 p.m. The Eurotop 100 & 300 contracts will conduct normal trading hours. The NYMEX Division Late Submissions Area is scheduled to close at 2:30 p.m. and the NYMEX Division Trade Correction Area will close at 3:15 p.m., the TMS trade allocation screens will be available until 4:30 p.m. The COMEX Division's OLTE System will be available for corrections until 2:30 p.m. In the event that you require additional time to process work, or have questions regarding early close procedures, please call Fred Tantao 299-2045, Rob Stasi 299-2067, George Henderson 299-2071, Les Faison 299-2070 (NYMEX Division) or David Sherman 299-2061, Michael Campanelli 299-2072 (COMEX Division). * Last Trading Day Spot Month - Half Hour Closing Range (12:30 pm ? 1:00 pm) * All Electricity Future and Option contracts traded on NYMEX Access will close at 1:00 p.m. Carr Futures 150 S. Wacker Dr., Suite 1500 Chicago, IL 60606 USA Tel: 312-368-6149 Fax: 312-368-2281 soblander@carrfut.com http://www.carrfut.com