Holiday Schedule

Market Holiday Schedule 2008
The Metals Exchanges and the Scrap Post will be closed on the following days:

COMEX LME SCRAPPOST

NEW YORK METALS EXCHANGE
Tuesday, January 1 (Electronic trading and NYMEX ClearPort® are closed for the holiday; these venues will reopen at 6:00 PM for the next day’s trade date)	New Year's Day
Monday, January 21 (Electronic trading and NYMEX ClearPort® are unaffected and will run on a normal schedule)	Martin Luther King Day
Monday, February 18 (Electronic trading and NYMEX ClearPort® are unaffected and will run on a normal schedule)	President's Day
Friday, March 21 (Electronic trading and NYMEX ClearPort® are closed for the holiday; these venues will reopen at 6:00 PM Sunday for the next day’s trade date)	Good Friday
Monday, May 26 (Electronic trading and NYMEX ClearPort® are unaffected and will run on a normal schedule)	Memorial Day
Friday, July 4 (Electronic trading and NYMEX ClearPort® are unaffected and will run on a normal schedule)	Independence Day
Monday, September 1 (Electronic trading and NYMEX ClearPort® are unaffected and will run on a normal schedule)	Labor Day
Thursday, November 27 (Electronic trading and NYMEX ClearPort® are unaffected and will run on a normal schedule)	Thanksgiving
Thursday, December 25 (Electronic trading and NYMEX ClearPort® are closed for the holiday; these venues will reopen at 6:00 PM for the next day’s trade date)	Christmas
Tuesday, January 1, 2008	New Year's Holiday

* Early closing on the business day preceding the holiday: Energy markets close at 1:00 PM. Aluminum and palladium close at 12:00 noon; copper and silver at 12:05 PM; and platinum and gold at 12:10 PM.

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LONDON METAL EXCHANGE
Tuesday, January 1	New Year's Day
Friday, March 21	Good Friday
Monday, March 24	Easter Monday
Monday, May 5	May Day Holiday
Monday, May 26	Spring Bank Holiday
Monday, August 25	Summer Bank Holiday
Thursday, December 25	Christmas Day
Friday, December 26	Boxing Day
Thursday, January 1, 2009	New Year's Day

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THE SCRAP POST
Tuesday, January 1	New Year's Day
Monday, January 21	Martin Luther King Day
Monday, February 18	President's Day
Friday, March 21	Good Friday
Monday, March 24	Easter
Monday, May 26	Memorial Day
Friday, July 4	Independence Day
Monday, September 1	Labor Day
Thursday, November 27	Thanksgiving
Thursday, December 25	Christmas Holiday
Friday, December 26	Boxing Day
Thursday, January 1, 2009	New Year's Holiday
NOTE: The Scrap Post is always closed when COMEX is closed.

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