Trading in the s p pit at the chicago board of trade cme group in chicago on aug.
Chicago board of trade floor closing.
Stories from chicago s famed trading floor.
Cme group owner of the chicago mercantile exchange and the chicago board of trade said wednesday that it will temporarily shut its trading floor at the close of business friday.
A marketplace emerged and businessmen formed the chicago board of trade in 1848 and the chicago produce exchange a forerunner to the.
In 1919 the chicago butter and egg board a spin off of the cbot was reorganized to enable member traders to allow future trading and its name was changed to chicago mercantile exchange cme.
The chicago board of trade the older of the two exchanges was founded in 1848.
Trading floor or in the chicago board of trade.
By 1858 access to the trading floor known as the pit was limited to members with seats on the exchange who traded.
Cme group released a statement on wednesday announcing it will close its chicago trading floor at the close of business on friday.
The global markets exchange is taking precautions to reduce.
The closing will take effect friday at the close of business cme said in a statement noting that no coronavirus cases have been reported at the chicago board of trade trading floor.
The board s restrictions on trading after hours on any prices other than those at the board s close gave rise to the 1917 case chicago board of trade v.