Globex Holiday Hours

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Good Friday Holiday Schedule

CME Group Equity Products

Thursday, Apr 21 1515 CT – Regular CME Globex close for trade date Thursday, Apr 21

Friday, Apr 22 CME Globex is closed

Sunday, Apr 24 1700 CT – Regular CME Globex open for trade date Monday, Apr 25

CME Group Interest Rate Products

Thursday, Apr 211600 CT – Regular CME Globex close for trade date Thursday, Apr 21             

Friday, Apr 22  CME Globex is closed

Sunday, Apr 241700 CT – Regular CME Globex open for CME interest rate products for trade date

Monday, Apr 25

1730 CT – Regular CME Globex open for CBOT financial products for trade date

CME Group FX Products

Thursday, Apr 21 1600 CT – Regular CME Globex close for trade date Thursday, Apr 21

Friday, Apr 22           CME Globex is closed                       

Sunday, Apr 24 1700 CT – Regular CME Globex open for trade date Monday, Apr 25

NYMEX & COMEX and DME Products on CME Globex

Thursday, Apr 21 1615 CT / 1715 ET – Regular CME Globex close for trade date Thursday, Apr 21

Friday, Apr 22 CME Globex is closed

Sunday, Apr 24

1700 CT / 1800 ET – Regular CME Globex open for trade date Monday, Apr 2

Other CME Group Products on CME Globex Agricultural, GSCI , Dow Jones UBS ER, Weather, Real Estate, TRAKRS , and Eurozone HICP

Thursday, Apr 21    1355 CT – Early Close for Lumber, Dairy and Livestock

Regular Close - Per each product schedule for trade date Thursday, Apr 21 for:

CBOT, KCBT and MGEX Grains GSCI Dow Jones UBS ER Weather Real Estate TRAKRS    Wood Pulp   

Eurozone HICP Crude Palm Oil                    

CBOT Ethanol  

Friday, Apr 22

CME Globex is closed

   

Sunday, Apr 24

1700 CT – Regular CME Globex open for trade date Monday, April 25

            

1800 CT – Regular CME Globex open for CBOT, KCBT and MGEX Grain

                               Products & CBOT Ethanol for Trade date Monday April 25    

Exceptions:  Livestock, Lumber, & TRAKRS will remain closed until their regularly    

Market Wrap for 4.20.11

Economic Reports

MBA Purchase Applications

Purchase Index - W/W Change	Prev      -4.7 %	Curr 10.0 %
Refinance Index - W/W Change	-7.7 %	2.7 %
Composite Index - W/W Change	-6.7 %	5.3 %

Existing Home Sales

Existing Home Sales - Level - SAAR	Prev 4.88 M	Rev 4.920 M	Est 5.000 M	Range 4.750 M to 5.100 M	Act 5.10 M
Existing Home Sales - M/M Change	-9.6 %	-8.9 %			3.7 %
Existing Home Sales - Yr/Yr Change	-2.8 %				-6.3 %

Existing home sales rose 3.7% last month to an annual rate of 5.1mil. The median Price was up 2.2% to $159,600. Y-O-Y prices fell 5.9%. Distressed sales made up 40% of all transactions. 35% of sales were for cash.

EIA Petroleum Inventories

http://ir.eia.gov/wpsr/wpsrsummary.pdf

Stocks		Change From Last
04/15/11		Week	Year
Crude Oil	357.0	-2.3	1.1
Gasoline	208.1	-1.6	-16.8
Distillate	148.3	-2.5	-0.5
Propane	26.386	-0.360	-4.412

Gasoline Demand (Million Barrels per Day)

Week Ending			Year Ago
04/01/11	04/08/11	04/15/11	04/16/10
8.853	9.181	9.062	9.152

http://platts.com/PressReleases/2011/042011b

Market Activity

Metals+2.26%

PA +4.06% SI+2.81% HG+2.65% PL+1.85% GC+0.41%

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_COMMODITIES_REVIEW_SUMMARY_BOX?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

Indices+1.82% CRB +0.30% VIX -4.97%

RJ+2.08% NQ+1.93% EW+1.89% ES+1.53% YM+1.39%

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-04-20/vix-retreats-to-lowest-since-2007-as-corporate-earnings-exceed-estimates.html

Energies+0.92%

CL+2.91% HO+1.91% RB+1.10% NG+0.94% ZK-2.14%

Currencies+0.60%

AD+1.66% EC+1.26% SF+1.24% MP+0.59% BP+0.55%     CD+0.38% JY+0.03%

Grains+0.17%

RR+1.61% S+1.17% BO+1.06% SM+0.81% RS+0.63% W-0.10% O-1.65% C-2.17%

Softs-0.11%

SB+3.83% OJ+1.41% KC+1.10% CC+0.61% CT-3.50% LB-4.10%

Because of the holiday shortened week, front-month (May) cotton was sharply lower as traders liquidated long positions ahead of 1^st notice day, which is Monday

Financials-0.28%

ED+0.01%  ZT-0.02%  ZF-0.23% ZN-0.31%  ZB-0.46%

Market Wrap for 04.19.11

Economic Data

ICSC-Goldman Store Sales

Store Sales - W/W change	Prev 0.1 %	Act 0.3 %
Store Sales - Y/Y	2.9 %	3.0 %

Housing Starts

Starts - Level - SAAR	Prev 0.479 M	Revised 0.512 M	Est 0.525 M	Range 0.500 M to 0.620 M	Act 0.549 M
Permits - Level - SAAR	0.517 M	0.534 M			0.594 M

March starts rebounded 7.2% following an 18.5% in February. Starts were above expectations but are still at historically depressed levels. For the month, single-family home starts were up 7.7%, while multi-family starts were up 5.8%.

Starts in the Midwest were up 32.3%, the west up 27.6% and the Northeast up 5.4%. Starts in the South fell 3.3%. Permits gained 11.2% for the month but are13.3% below last year.

Housing report from “Market Watch.com” http://www.marketwatch.com/story/us-home-construction-quickens-in-march-2011-04-19

Redbook

Store Sales Y/Y change

4.7 %

5.1 %

Market Activity

Metals+0.58%

SI+2.51% HG+0.96% GC+0.23% PL-0.53% PA-0.55%

http://www.cmegroup.com/education/market-commentary/metals/2011/04/recap-silver_463.html

Energies+0.38%

NG+3.26% CL+0.48%            ZK-0.34% RB-0.59% HO -0.99%

Indices+0.29%  CRB +0.60% VIX -4.95%

NQ +0.59% ES +0.50%           YM +0.45% EW+0.09% RJ-0.18%

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110419/ap_on_bi_ge/us_earns_goldman_sachs;_ylt=ApwxXfvREx7.Yq995HIaA_T957EF;_ylu=X3oDMTJzM3IxcGJoBGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMTEwNDE5L3VzX2Vhcm5zX2dvbGRtYW5fc2FjaHMEcG9zAzgEc2VjA3luX3BhZ2luYXRlX3N1bW1hcnlfbGlzdARzbGsDZ29sZG1hbnJlcG9y

Grains+0.26%

O +1.68% W +1.39% RR+0.29% BO +0.24% S-0.17% C-0.37%       SM-0.40% RS-0.61%

http://www.cmegroup.com/education/market-commentary/ag/2011/04/recap-wheat_465.html

Currencies+0.23%

CD+0.83% EC+0.70% MP+0.50% BP+0.39% JY+0.13% AD+0.03% SF-0.37% USD-0.61%

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-04-19/canadian-inflation-accelerates-to-highest-rate-in-two-years-on-jump-in-oil.html

Financials+0.09%

US +0.23% TU+0.01%            TY unch ED -0.01% FY -0.03%

Softs-0.14%

KC+2.37% OJ+0.86% LB-0.20% CC-0.32% SB-0.53% CT-3.37%

Market wrap for 4.18.11

Economic Events

It was a light day for economic data, but the following stories had the greatest impact on market direction today:

#1) China raises reserve requirements by 0.5%

http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90778/90862/7352504.html

2) S&P affirmed it’s rating of US debt @ AAA/A-1+ but revised the outlook to negative,

http://www2.standardandpoors.com/spf/pdf/events/UnitedStatesofAmericaRatingAffirmedOutlookRevisedToNegative.pdf

United States : Housing Market Index

Housing Market Index

Prior 17

Act 16

Market Activity

Grains+1.29%     

W +4.13%  C1.31% O+1.17% RS0.99% BO0.97% S0.94% SM +0.75% RR+0.07%

http://www.cmegroup.com/education/market-commentary/ag/2011/04/recap-wheat_445.html

http://www.usda.gov/oce/weather/pubs/Daily/TODAYSWX.pdf

Financials+0.26%

US +0.28%U TY+0.26% FY +0.24% TU+0.06% ED -0.01%

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/why-bonds-actually-rose-on-sp-news-2011-04-18

Currencies-0.25%

USD +0.94% JY+0.63% BP-0.33% CD-0.38% SF-0.42% MP-0.50% AD-0.51% EC-1.42%

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/18/markets-forex-idUSN1823354820110418

Metals-0.61%

SI +1.84% GC+0.70% PL-0.50% HG-1.06% PA-4.06%

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/18/us-markets-precious-idUSTRE73786N20110418

Energies-1.06%

ZK+0.50% RB-0.98% HO-1.07% NG -1.67% CL-2.10%

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/18/us-markets-oil-idUSTRE72D01W20110418

Softs-1.28%

CT +0.48% OJ -0.62% SB-0.81% KC-1.27% LB -1.72% CC-3.74%

Indices-1.43% CRB -0.11% VIX +2.54%

NQ-1.08% ES-1.29% YM-1.32% RJ-1.70% EW-1.77%