Chicago, 15 October 2009 

CME Group, the world's largest and most diverse derivatives marketplace, announced the expansion of electronic trading hours for CME Dairy futures and options scheduled to begin on Sunday, November 15, at 5:00 p.m. Central time. 

Daily electronic trading hours will remain continuous through Friday at 1:55 p.m. with daily trading halts from 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

These contracts are listed with, and subject to, the rules and regulations of CME. Currently dairy products begin trading at 9:05 a.m. on Mondays on CME Globex®. The additional trading hours are being added at the request of customers outside of the United States.

The new Sunday evening hours apply for trading of futures and options on Cash-Settled Butter, Class III Milk, Class IV Milk, Nonfat Milk, Deliverable Nonfat Dry Milk and Dry Whey.

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