date:May 22, 2012
ontracts began Sunday at 6 p.m. EDT. The contracts trade on a 21-hour schedule through Friday each week, with electronic trading stopping at 3 p.m.
The official settlement of the contracts remains at the end of open outcry trading at 2:15 p.m. EDT. The extended 45 minutes of trading, resulted in July and November contracts easing by 3 cents from the settlement at 2:15 p.m.
U.S. wheat futures prices perked up Monday as well, extending the market's recent upward trend. Wheat kept rising as con