Platts to publish NYMEX's Minute-Markers

Platts will publish NYMEX's 3:15 pm Eastern Time Minute-Markers for light sweet crude, RBOB, and heating oil futures starting June 15, 2009, on Platts Global Alert 766, in Dispatch, Crude Oil Marketwire, US Marketscan, Oilgram Price Report and North American Crude Wire.

These will be published in addition to Platts Futures Assessments at 3:15 pm ET for NYMEX crude, RBOB, and heating oil.

NYMEX announced the June 15 launch of these Minute-Markers last week, with the front-month Minute-Marker futures contracts listed for one month and the second-month contract listed 10 business days prior to the expiration of the front-month contract.

For further questions, please contact Esa Ramasamy, +1 713-658-3292, esa_ramasamy@platts.com, with a cc to pricegroup@platts.com.