ICE Announces Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Trading Schedule

ATLANTA, Jan. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- IntercontinentalExchange, Inc. (NYSE: ICE), a leading operator of regulated global futures exchanges, clearing houses and over-the-counter (OTC) markets, announced the 2010 Martin Luther King holiday trading schedule for ICE Futures U.S. ICE OTC energy hours will remain unchanged.

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ICE Futures U.S. - Martin Luther King Jr. Day

    AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS - Including RJ/CRB & CCI contracts

    DATE                 OPEN OUTCRY*    ELECTRONIC TRADE        HELP DESK
    ----                 ------------    ----------------        ---------
    Friday, January 15   Regular Hours   Regular Hours           Regular Hours
    Monday, January 18   Closed          Closed                  Regular Hours

    FINANCIAL PRODUCTS - Including Currency Pairs & ICE U.S. Dollar Index

    DATE                OPEN OUTCRY*   ELECTRONIC TRADE          HELP DESK
    ----                ------------   ----------------          ---------
    Friday, January 15  Regular Hours  Early Close - 4:15pm ET   Regular Hours
    Monday, January 18  Closed         Early Close - 1:00pm ET  Regular Hours

    STOCK INDEX PRODUCTS - NYSE Composite Index(R) & Russell Indexes

    DATE                OPEN OUTCRY*   ELECTRONIC TRADE          HELP DESK
    ----                ------------   ----------------          ---------
    Friday, January 15  Regular Hours  Early Close - 4:15pm ET   Regular Hours
    Monday, January 18  Closed         Early Close - 11:30am ET  Regular Hours

*For those options contracts which continue to trade on the floor

See ICE Holiday Hours for more information.

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IntercontinentalExchange® (NYSE: ICE) operates leading regulated exchanges, trading platforms and clearing houses serving the global markets for agricultural, credit, currency, emissions, energy and equity index markets. ICE Futures Europe® hosts trade in half of the world's crude and refined oil futures. ICE Futures U.S.® and ICE Futures Canada® list agricultural, currency and Russell Index markets. ICE offers trade execution and processing for the credit derivatives markets through Creditex and ICE Link(TM), respectively, and CDS clearing through ICE Trust(TM) and ICE Clear Europe®. A component of the Russell 1000® and S&P 500 indexes, ICE® serves customers in more than 50 countries and is headquartered in Atlanta, with offices in New York, London, Chicago, Winnipeg, Calgary, Houston and Singapore. www.theice.com

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