2009 Holiday Calendar - Kansas City Board of Trade

all dates/times subject to revision
Exchange Holidays
New Year's Day¹	Jan 1
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day²	Jan 19
Presidents' Day³	Feb 16
Good Friday⁴	April 10
Memorial Day⁵	May 25
Independence Day⁶	July 3
Labor Day⁷	Sep 7
Thanksgiving⁸	Nov 26
Christmas⁹	Dec 25
Dates/times subject to revision closer to actual holiday. ¹There will be no daytime trading (open outcry or electronic) or evening electronic trading on Thursday, Jan.1. Trading for business date 1/2/09 will begin with the morning opening times under Friday, Jan. 2. On Jan. 2, wheat futures open outcry and electronic will have regular trading hours (pre-open begins at 6:00 a.m.; trading from 9:30 a.m. to 1:15 p.m.). Wheat options and Value Line will also have regular trading hours. ²Friday, Jan. 16, regular trading hours will be observed. Sunday, Jan. 18, overnight electronic trading closed. Daytime (electronic and open outcry) trading will be closed on Monday, Jan. 19, but overnight trading will be open for trade date Jan. 20. ³ Regular trading hours will be observed on Friday, Feb. 13. Overnight electronic trading will be closed on Sunday, Feb. 15. Daytime trading will be closed on Monday, Feb. 16, but overnight electronic trading will be open for trade date Feb. 17. ⁴ Evening electronic trading will be closed on Thursday, April 9. Daytime trading closed on Friday, April 10. Electronic trading will resume on Sunday, April 12 for trade date April 13. ⁵Sunday, May 24, electronic trading closed. Monday, May 25, daytime trading closed, overnight electronic trading open for trade date May 26. ⁶ Thursday, July 2, overnight electronic trading closed. Friday, July 3, trading closed. Sunday, July 5, electronic trading resumes for trade date July 6. ⁷Sunday, Sep. 6, electronic trading closed. Monday, Sept. 7, daytime trading closed, overnight electronic trading open for trade date Sept. 8. ⁸On Wednesday, Nov. 25 all contracts will trade normal trading hours. There will be no evening electronic session on Nov. 25. Evening electronic trading will be in session on Thursday, Nov. 26 for trade date Nov. 27. On Friday, Nov. 27, wheat futures will close at 12:00 noon and wheat options will close at 12:10 p.m. In coordination with U.S. Stock Exchanges, the KCBT's Value Line® will trade normal hours on Friday. Electronic trading will be in session the evening of Sunday, Nov. 29 for trade date Nov. 30. ⁹ On Thursday, Dec. 24, wheat futures will close at 12:00 noon and wheat options will close at 12:10 p.m. In coordination with U.S. Stock Exchanges, the Value Line will trade normal daytime hours unless otherwise announced. No electronic trading will occur the evening of Thursday, Dec. 24. There will be no daytime trading on Friday, Dec. 25. Electronic trading will resume the evening of Dec. 27 for trade date Dec. 28. ¹⁰ On Thursday, Dec. 31, 2009, all contracts will trade regular hours unless otherwise announced. There will be no evening electronic trading session on Dec. 31. The daytime wheat markets will be closed on Friday, January 1, 2010. Electronic trading will resume the evening of Sunday, Jan. 3, 2010 for trade date Jan. 4, 2010. * The exchange will be closed when wheat futures and wheat options open outcry (daytime) trading is not in session.

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