What follows is a consolidated schedule for trading on some of the most popular North American futures markets for the Labor Day 2010 holiday.

Friday, September 3, 2010

CME Group

Open-Outcry (CME and CBOT legacy products)
Regular hours.

Globex Electronic, Including CBOT Legacy Products on Globex
Equity products close at regular times.

Foreign exchange, interest rate, and economic event products close at 3:15 p.m. CT
NYMEX/COMEX products on CME Globex close at 3:15 p.m. CT

CME livestock, dairy, lumber, real estate, CBOT, KCBOT and MGEX grains, Dow Jones UBS ER, Eurozone, CBOT ethanol products observe regular hours. GCSI, wood pulp and crude palm oil close at 3:15 p.m. CT.

ICE Futures U.S.

Open-outcry products observe regular hours. Electronically traded financial and index products will close at 4:15 p.m. ET.

NYSE Liffe U.S.

Regular hours for metals products.

Sunday, September 5, 2010

CME Globex
Regular CME Globex open for a trade date of Tuesday, September 7, 2010.  Day/session orders entered on Sunday are for a trade date of Tuesday, September 7, and will continue working until Tuesday’s close.

Exceptions: CME dairy, crude palm oil, livestock, GSCI, lumber and weather products remain closed until 5:00 p.m. CT on Monday, September 6, 2010. Legacy CBOT grain products, KCBOT and MGEX grains and CBOT ethanol will remain closed until 6:00 p.m. CT on Monday, September 6. TRAKRS, Dow AIG ER and ETF products will remain closed until their regularly scheduled open on Tuesday, September 7.

NYMEX Electronic
Regular open for NYMEX and COMEX products traded on CME Globex for the September 7, 2010, trade date. Day/session orders entered on CME Globex are for the September 7 trade date and will continue through Tuesday’s close at 4:15 p.m. CT

Monday, September 6, 2010

CME Group open outcry closed.

CME Globex Electronic

Equity indexes halt trading at 10:30 a.m. CT; resume at regular 5:00 p.m. open for a trade date of Tuesday, September 7, 2010.

CME Group interest rate, foreign exchange, real estate and wood pulp products halt trading at 12:00 p.m. noon CT.  All products resume regular open of 5:00 p.m. CT for trade date of September 7. CBOT financials resume trading at 5:30 p.m. CT.

NYMEX/COMEX products on CME Globex halt trade at 12:15 p.m. CT. Resume regular open of 5:00 p.m. for trade date of September 7.

ICE Futures

U.S. open-outcry closed. Softs closed. U.S. electronically traded index products close at 11:30 ET; financial products close at 1:00 p.m. ET. All ICE Futures Canada markets closed.

NYSE Liffe U.S.

Metals observe regular hours.

This schedule is taken from sources that Lind-Waldock believes are accurate and are subject to change. The schedule has been assembled for information purposes only, and Lind-Waldock is not responsible for any errors or omissions. To confirm any part of the schedule, please call your trade desk, or check the Web site of the appropriate exchange.