Cme Closes Floor

The closing will take effect friday at the close of business.

Cme closes floor. Chicago march 11 2020 prnewswire cme group today announced it will close its chicago trading floor as of the close of business friday march 13 2020 as a precaution to reduce large gatherings that can contribute to the spread of coronavirus in line with the advice of medical professionals all products will continue to trade on cme globex as they do today. The reopening of the trading floor will be evaluated as more medical guidance on the coronavirus becomes available the company said. Monday january 20 2020. Chicago based exchange cme group inc cme 1 73 said on wednesday that it will close its trading floor at the end of the week as fear of the spread of covid 19 grips financial markets.

Cme will shut down its chicago trading floor temporarily after business hours on friday. Cme group inc nasdaq cme is down 7 16 to trade at 180 74 this morning on news that the exchange operator is planning on closing its chicago trading floor on friday evening due to the spread. Most of cme group s trading pits in chicago and new york were closed in 2015 as open outcry futures dwindled to a fraction of the company s total futures volume supplanted by electronic trading. New year s day 2020 wednesday jan 1.

Martin luther king jr. Tuesday december 31 2019 foreign exchange interest rates floor options close at 12 00 ct. Coronavirus closes chicago mercantile exchange trading floor cme based in chicago is the world s largest derivatives exchange handling contracts of west texas intermediate crude among other. Date and time on which noted cme group trading closes early date on which the chicago trading floor is closed.

The trading floor will remain closed till mar 13 2020 this decision was taken as a. Cme group announced wednesday night it will close its chicago trading floor in a precautionary move due to the coronavirus outbreak.