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>  -----Original Message-----
> From:   Exchange Information
> Sent:   Tuesday, October 30, 2001 1:45 PM
> To:     Exchange Information
> Subject:     (01-363) Exchange Will Close Day After Thanksgiving; Reduced
> Trading Hours Through Year's End
>
> Notice No. 01-363
> October 30, 2001
>
>              TO:       All NYMEX and COMEX Division Members
>                             All Clearing Members and
> Member Firms
>
>              FROM:          J. Robert Collins, Jr., President
>
>              RE:       Exchange Will Close Day After
> Thanksgiving; Reduced Trading Hours Through Year's End
>
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> _________________
>
> The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., today announced that it will
close
> on Friday, November 23, and hold reduced trading hours through the end of
> 2001:
>
> The board made these decisions to provide some relief in consideration of
> continued transportation difficulties and the overwhelming desire
> expressed to us by our customers and traders to spend the holiday with
> their families. After the events of last month, enabling families to be
> together has become more critical than ever.
>
> All contract expiration dates will remain unchanged, including the light,
> sweet crude oil options expiration scheduled for Wednesday, November 14,
> and the crude oil futures expiration scheduled for Monday, November 19.
>
> The COMEX Division futures and options contracts will begin opening
> earlier on November 5, with the rest of the opening times and all closing
> times remaining the same.
>
> As of November 5, the schedule will be as follows:
> Contract                    Open Outcry Trading
> NYMEX ACCESS
 Trading
> Copper                      8:10 AM to 1:00 PM
> 7 Sun./3:15 PM, M-Th to 8 AM
> Aluminum                    8:15AM to 1:05 PM         7
> Sun./3:15 PM, M-Th to 8 AM
> Gold                        9:00 AM to 1:05 PM        7
> Sun./3:15 PM, M-Th to 8 AM
> Silver                      9:05 AM to 1:10 PM
> 7 Sun./3:15 PM, M-Th to 8 AM
> Eurotop 100
 and 300
 futures          8:15 AM to 11:00 AM
> Palladium Futures           8:40 AM to 1:00 PM        7
> Sun./3:15 PM, M-Th to 8 AM
> Platinum                    8:45 AM to 1:05 PM        7
> Sun./3:15 PM, M-Th to 8 AM
> Propane Futures                  9:20 AM to 1:10 PM
> 5 to 7 PM, Mon - Thurs.
> Natural Gas                            10:00 AM to 2:30 PM
> 7 Sun./3:15 PM, M-Th to 9 AM
> Brent Crude Oil                  9:45 AM to 2:30 PM
> 7 Sun./3:15 PM, M-Th to 9 AM
> Light, Sweet Crude Oil                           10:00 AM to 2:30 PM
> 7 Sun./3:15 PM, M-Th to 9 AM
> Heating Oil                                      10:05 AM to 2:30 PM
> 7 Sun./3:15 PM, M-Th to 9 AM
> Unleaded Gasoline                           10:05 AM to 2:30 PM
> 7 Sun./3:15 PM, M-Th to 9 AM
> Crack Spread Options                                  10:05 AM to 2:30 PM
>
> Brent/WTI Spread Options               10:00 AM to 2:30 PM
> Coal Futures                                     10:30 AM to 2:00 PM
>