Harmonized Trading Hours on Dow Jones Equity Index

From the CME:

Effective Sunday, January 13: Harmonized Trading Hours on Dow Jones Equity Index Products
Legacy CBOT Dow Jones Index contracts will begin trading on the CME Globex platform on Sunday, January 13, 2008 (for trade date of Monday, January 14, 2008). Simultaneous with the migration to CME Globex, we will harmonize the Dow Jones Index contracts' trading hours with those of other CME Group equity contracts.

                  Current Hours              New Hours Jan 13, 2008

                  RTH         ETH           RTH              ETH



Emini Dow ($5)    n/a         6:15pm        n/a       3:30pm - 4:30pm (Mon/Thu)

                           to 4:00pm                & 5:00pm - 3:15pm

                                                    shut down 4:30pm to 5:00pm

                                                    Sun & Hols 5:00pm to 3:15pm

													

Dow ($10)         7:20am      6:15pm        8:30am    3:30pm - 4:30pm (Mon/Thu)  

               to 3:15pm   to 7:00am     to 3:15pm  & 5:00pm - 3:15pm

                                                    shut down 4:30pm to 5:00pm

                                                    Sun & Hols 5:00pm to 8:15am



Big Dow ($25)     n/a         6:15pm        n/a       3:30pm - 4:30pm (Mon/Thu)  

                           to 4:00pm        n/a     & 5:00pm - 3:15pm

                                                    shut down 4:30pm to 5:00pm

                                                    Sun & Hols 5:00pm to 3:15pm



DJ Real Estate    n/a         6:15pm        n/a       3:30pm - 4:30pm (Mon/Thu)  

                           to 4:00pm        n/a     & 5:00pm - 3:15pm

                                                    shut down 4:30pm to 5:00pm

                                                    Sun & Hols 5:00pm to 3:15pm

Overnight daily price limit change on legacy Dow Jones Index contracts
On January 13, 2008, CME Group will change the overnight price limit for the Dow Jones Index contracts from the current limit of 10% to 5%, which is consistent with other CME Group equity index products.