Things were even worse on the futures exchanges in Chicago.
Chicago's futures exchanges have long had their eyes on the large financial markets of Japan.
The futures exchanges are also taken to task in the draft.
Several other futures exchanges followed the move, stirring some debate.
American futures exchanges do not now trade any contracts based on foreign instruments.
That did not sit well with the futures exchanges, or some important Congressmen either.
The major futures exchanges were unable to offer products tied to the average.
Most stock and futures exchanges will be open today.
The futures exchanges have reinvented themselves repeatedly through the years.
The challenge by the nation's two largest futures exchanges is not simply an effort to pigeonhole a new system.