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ESU6 · CME E-mini S&P 500 September 2026 contract
ESU6 is the CME E-mini S&P 500 futures contract for September 2026; it stopped trading on 18 Sep 2026. Every date below is derived from the exchange contract text and the reviewed holiday calendar; no prices.
Nearest month still trading: ESZ6, last trading day 2026-12-18 →
Last trading day
Fri
This contract stopped trading on Fri 18 Sep 2026.
- Delivery
- Fri 18 Sep 2026
What is ESU6, and when is its last trading day?
ESU6 is the CME E-mini S&P 500 futures contract for September 2026: last trading day Fri 18 Sep 2026, delivery Fri 18 Sep 2026; trading hours 17:00 (prev day)–16:00.
- Roll convention: by CME equity-index convention, volume and open interest typically start rolling to the next quarterly contract on the Thursday eight days before expiry (2026-09-10); a market convention, not an exchange rule.
- Last-trading-day rule: the third Friday of the expiry month, rolled back to the preceding trading day if it is a holiday
- Delivery rule: cash-settled on the last trading day itself
- No prices or quotes on this page and no investment advice; dates are computed from the exchange contract text plus the reviewed holiday calendar.
Source: Futures Clock, reviewed 2026-09-04
Key dates
| Last trading day | Fri 18 Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| Delivery | Fri 18 Sep 2026 · cash-settled on the last trading day itself |
| Trading hours (exchange local time) | 17:00 (prev day)–16:00 |
How to read ESU6
Closures in September 2026
- 2026-09-07Labor Day — early close 12:00 CT, reopens 17:00 CT
China night sessions pause on the evening before a statutory holiday: that night belongs to the first post-holiday trading date, so it does not run. All 2026 exchange holidays →