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Canadian Heavy Crude Oil (Net Energy) Index Futures
Product Symbol WCC
Venue CME ClearPort, Open Outcry (New York)
Hours
(All Times are New York Time/ET)		 CME ClearPort Sunday – Friday 6:00 p.m. – 5:15 p.m. (5:00 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. Chicago Time/CT) with a 45-minute break each day beginning at 5:15 p.m. (4:15 p.m. CT)
Open Outcry Monday – Friday 9:00 AM to 2:30 PM (8:00 AM to 1:30 PM CT)
Contract Unit 1,000 barrels
Price Quotation U.S. dollars and cents per barrel
Minimum Fluctuation $0.001 per barrel
Index Price The Index Price for each contract month is equal to the simple arithmetic average of the Net Energy Canadian Daily Index (CDI) for Canadian Heavy Crude Oil during the Index Pricing Period for the contract month. The Index Pricing Period shall extend from the first Canadian business day of the month through the last Canadian business day prior to Notice of Shipments (NOS) date on the Enbridge Pipeline. The Index is expressed as a differential versus the Calendar Month Average (CMA) of the NYMEX Light Sweet Crude Oil futures settlement price.
Termination of Trading Trading shall cease one Canadian business day prior to the Notice of Shipments (NOS) date on the Enbridge Pipeline. The NOS date occurs on or about the 20th calendar day of the month, subject to confirmation by Enbridge Pipeline. The official schedule for the NOS dates will be made publicly available by Enbridge Pipeline prior to the start of each year.
Listed Contracts The current year plus 4 full years
Settlement Type Financial
Position Limits NYMEX Position Limits
Rulebook Chapter 263
Exchange Rule These contracts are listed with, and subject to, the rules and regulations of NYMEX.