The New York Mercantile Exchange (Nymex) said it plans to hold a special Nymex Access electronic trading session on Wednesday afternoon so that the natural gas futures market will be open during the release of the Energy Information Administration’s weekly natural gas storage report.

EIA normally releases its storage report at 10:30 a.m. Eastern time on Thursday, but the schedule was changed this week because of the Thanksgiving Day holiday. The storage report is due to be released between 4:30 and 4:40 p.m. EST Wednesday. The special session is scheduled from 3:15 to 6 p.m. Wednesday. Trades conducted during the special session will be considered as having been transacted during the Dec. 2 session.

“We have worked diligently to ensure the availability of our markets during the release of critical information so that all market participants have the ability to react as they see fit to storage information,” said Exchange President J. Robert Collins, Jr. “This additional session is being offered in direct response to customer request.”

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