News: Adjusted Trading Hours for January 9, to Honor former President 

CME Group Adjusting Trading Hours for U.S. National Day of Mourning to Honor Former President Jimmy Carter

Following the news of the passing of former President, Jimmy Carter, CME Group has announced an adjusted trading schedule for the U.S. National Day of Mourning on January 9, 2025. 

To honor the former President, major US Futures markets, including equities, interest rates and agricultural markets, will close early. However, some markets will maintain their regular trading hours. 

Adjusted Futures Trading Hours on January 9, 2025:

U.S. Equity Markets:

Trading will conclude at 8:30 a.m. Central Time (CT) on Thursday, January 9.

All U.S. equity options set to expire on Thursday, January 9 will now expire on Wednesday, January 8.

Interest Rates and Agricultural Markets:

These markets will close early at 12:15 p.m. CT, on Thursday, January 9.

BrokerTec U.S. Markets:

Repo products will have an early close at 2:30 p.m. CT, on Thursday, January 9.

Treasury products will close at 1:30 p.m. CT, on Thursday, January 9.

Event Contracts: 

U.S. based equity Event Contracts will be closed for trading on Thursday, January 9. Other Event Contracts will trade as normal.

Other Markets:

CME Group cryptocurrency, energy, foreign exchange, and metals markets, will maintain their regular trading hours.

All CME Globex-traded products will resume trading at their standard times on Thursday, January 9 for the trade date of Friday, January 10.

For a comprehensive schedule of the trading hours on January 9, please refer to CME Group’s official announcement, and their full trading schedule.