CME Group to Observe Moments of Silence in Honor of the 14th Anniversary of the September 11 Attacks
CHICAGO, Sept. 10, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced that on Friday, September 11, the NYMEX and COMEX trading floors will observe moments of silence to honor the victims of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center.
Open outcry trading will cease for one minute on four occasions as follows: 8:46 a.m. ET and 9:03 a.m. ET, noting the times the airplanes crashed into each tower and at 9:59 a.m. ET and 10:29 a.m. ET, noting the times that each tower collapsed.
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