• Delisting Certain Contract Months of Five (5) 25-Day Brent Futures and Options Contracts

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      • Members, Member Firms and Market Users
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      • Research and Product Development
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      • SER-6945
      • Notice Date
      • 09 December 2013
      • Effective Date
      • 09 December 2013
    • Earlier today, December 9, 2013, the New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc. (NYMEX or Exchange) delisted from trading previously listed contract months beginning with the March 2016 contract month and beyond for five (5) 25-day Brent futures and options contracts. As such, the last contract month available for trading and clearing is February 2016. These contracts are listed for trading on CME Globex and the NYMEX trading floor and for clearing through CME ClearPort. The delisted contract months had no open interest.
       

      Product Title
      Clearing/Globex Code
      Rulebook Chapter
      Brent 25-day (Platts) Financial Futures
      BDC/BDC
      1175
      Brent 25-day Option
      BDO/BDO
      1176
      Brent 25-day European Option
      BDE/BDE
      1177
      Brent 25-day Average Price Option
      BDA/BDA
      1178
      NYMEX Brent 25-day Futures
      NBZ/NBZ
      1186

       
       
       
       
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      Paul Wightman           paul.wightman@cmegroup.com        +44 20 3379 3134
      Peter Keavey             peter.keavey@cmegroup.com          +1 212 299 2365