31.   The commodities exchanges were closed for the Christmas holiday.

32.   The CME earlier this year changed the way it reports exchange trading volume, accepting standards developed by the Futures Industry Association and followed by other commodities exchanges.

33.   The CFTC also could ban trading outside established U.S. commodity exchanges.

34.   The CFTC does regulate some foreign-currency options sold on established U.S. commodity exchanges.

35.   The Chicago Board of Trade surpassed the annual trading volume record for a commodity exchange, boosted by strong agricultural markets.

36.   The commodity exchanges were closed for Thanksgiving.

37.   The Commodity Futures Trading Commission would gain more power to regulate the U.S. activities of overseas commodity exchanges under a bill introduced in the House today.

38.   The following is a listing of the schedules for U.S. commodity exchanges on Martin Luther King Jr. Weekend.

39.   The following is a listing of days during which U.S. commodity exchanges are closed for the winter holidays.

40.   The fight has drawn sharp battle lines between U.S. banks and commodity exchanges, has divided federal appeals courts, and pits the CFTC against the Treasury Department.