Mexican peso futures were barred from trading.
In an emergency action, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange suspended trading of the peso futures contract and ordered that all open positions be settled at Wednesday’s closing price. The emergency action, which came as a result of a Nov. 5 announcement by the Bank of Mexico that imposed foreign exchange limitations, took effect at the close of business Wednesday.
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