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Markets in the U.S. are Closed On January 2, 2007

Respective Indexes are Not Calculated and Disseminated

NEW YORK, Dec. 29, 2006 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Please be advised that due to the closing of U.S. exchanges in remembrance of former President of the United States, Gerald R. Ford, some of our indexes will not be calculated and disseminated.

If you have questions with respect to specific indexes please contact the Dow Jones/STOXX public relations team.

Dow Jones U.S. Indexes

Dow Jones Averages (Industrial, Transportation, Utility, Composite), Dow Jones Wilshire Indexes and all Dow Jones U.S. Equities Indexes will not be calculated and disseminated on Tuesday, January 2, 2007.

Dow Jones-AIG Commodity Index

Tuesday, January 2, 2007 will not be a DJ-AIGCI Business Day as defined in the DJ-AIGCI Handbook, as a result of the announced closure of the regular trading sessions of the exchanges on which U.S. futures contracts comprising the Index trade.

As further defined in the DJ-AIGCI Handbook, the first DJ-AIGCI Business Day of January 2007 shall now be January 3rd. In addition, the fourth DJ-AIGCI Business Day, which is the "CIM Determination Date," shall now be January 8th.

Dow Jones STOXX Indexes

The calculation and dissemination of the pan-European Dow Jones STOXX indexes will not be affected by the markets closed in the U.S. on January 2, 2007.

Please feel free to contact us with questions.

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