NEW YORK, Oct. 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ICE Futures U.S.(SM), a wholly-owned subsidiary of IntercontinentalExchange , announced today its 2008 holiday schedule:
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS HOLIDAY DATE FLOOR ELECTRONIC TRADE New Year's Day January 1 closed closed Martin Luther King Day January 21 closed closed President's Day February 18 closed closed Good Friday March 21 closed closed Memorial Day May 26 closed closed Independence Day July 4 closed closed Labor Day September 1 closed closed Thanksgiving Day November 27 closed closed Christmas Day December 25 closed closed CURRENCY AND INDEX PRODUCTS HOLIDAY DATE CURRENCIES STOCK INDEXES Floor Electronic Floor Electronic New Year's Day January 1 closed(1) closed closed closed Martin Luther King Day January 21 closed(1) open(2) closed open(2) President's Day February 18 closed(1) open(2) closed open(2) Good Friday March 21 closed(1) open(2) closed open(2) Memorial Day May 26 closed(1) open(2) closed open(2) Independence Day July 4 closed(1) open(2) closed open(2) Labor Day September 1 closed(1) open(2) closed open(2) Thanksgiving Day November 27 closed(1) open(2) closed open(2) Christmas Day December 25 closed(1) closed closed closed (1) Floor session ends at 1:00 p.m. on the business day prior to the Holiday. (2) ETS hours for these products will be announced prior to each Holiday. About IntercontinentalExchange
IntercontinentalExchange(R) operates global commodity and financial products marketplaces, including the world's leading electronic energy markets and soft commodity exchange. ICE's diverse futures and over- the-counter (OTC) markets offer contracts based on crude oil and refined products, natural gas, power and emissions, as well as agricultural commodities including canola, cocoa, coffee, cotton, ethanol, orange juice, wood pulp and sugar, in addition to foreign currency and equity index futures and options. ICE(R) conducts its energy futures markets through ICE Futures Europe(SM), its London-based futures exchange, which offers the world's leading oil benchmarks and trades nearly half of the world's global crude futures in its markets. ICE conducts its soft commodity, foreign exchange and equity index markets through its U.S. futures exchange, ICE Futures U.S.(SM), which provides global futures and options markets, as well as clearing services through ICE Clear U.S.(SM) In August 2007, ICE acquired the Winnipeg Commodity Exchange Inc., the leading agricultural futures exchange in Canada. ICE's state-of-the-art electronic trading platform brings market access and transparency to participants in more than 50 countries. ICE was added to the Russell 1000(R) Index in June 2006 and the S&P 500 Index in September 2007. Headquartered in Atlanta, ICE also has offices in Calgary, Chicago, Dublin, Houston, London, New York, Singapore and Winnipeg. For more information, please visit http://www.theice.com/.
Safe Harbor Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 - Statements in this press release regarding IntercontinentalExchange's business that are not historical facts are "forward-looking statements" that involve risks and uncertainties. For a discussion of such risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements, see ICE's Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings, including, but not limited to, the risk factors in ICE's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006, and the Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, June 30 and September 30, 2007, each as filed with the SEC on February 26, May 4, July 27 and October 26, 2007, respectively.
