Minneapolis Grain Exchange

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Address:	130 Grain Exchange Building 400 S. 4th Street
	Minneapolis, MN 55415
Phone # for sales:	612 321 7101
Additional Phone #:	800 827 4746
Fax:	612 339 1155
Website:	www.mgex.com
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E-mail address:	mgex@mgex.com

CATEGORY: EXCHANGES

Exchange Attributes | General Exchange Information | Operations and Manangement | Protective Systems |
Liquidity

Exchange Attributes TOP

Name of exchange: Minneapolis Grain Exchange

Acronym(s) for exchange: MGEX

Brief description of exchange:

The Minneapolis Grain Exchange, founded in 1881, is a not-for-profit membership organization. Hard red spring wheat futures and options are the primary products traded at MGEX. Since December 2004, MGEX has offered cash-settled futures and options on the National Corn Index, National Soybean Index, Hard Red Winter Wheat Index, Soft Red Winter Wheat Index and Hard Red Spring Wheat Indexes on e-cbot powered by LIFFE CONNECT platform.

Trading day begins for this exchange: 730 EST

Trading day ends for this exchange: 230 EST

Do the trading day hours differ for any of the issues or contracts traded at this exchange?: Yes

Types of stocks and/or commodities this exchange cover(s):

Commodities

General Exchange Information TOP

Free information on the stocks and/or commodities listed at your exchange available: Yes

Securities are traded in this manner at this exchange:

Hard Red Spring Wheat: Open Outcry-daytime, electronic-daytime and nighttime Agricultural Indexes: electronic - daytime and nighttime

This exchange protects public investors by:

MGEX clearinghouse and self-regulation with oversight from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

Operations and Manangement TOP

This exchange is owned and operated by:

MGEX members.

This exchange is governed by:

MGEX board of directors comprised of members with additional participation by non-member directors.

The requirements to be listed on this exchange can be seen at this URL: www.mgex.com

Number of current issues or contracts traded at this exchange: 6

A list of the current issues or contracts traded at this exchange can be seen at this URL: www.mgex.com

Protective Systems TOP

These protective systems are in place during a system failure:

N/A

Liquidity TOP

Average open interest(contracts) or average trading volume(shares) on this exchange (daily): 45,000

Standard deviation regarding the open interest or trading volume at this exchange: N/A

Exchange Attributes | General Exchange Information | Operations and Manangement | Protective Systems |
Liquidity

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