| 1% Fuel Oil Barges FOB Rdam (Platts) vs. 1% Fuel Oil Cargoes FOB NWE (Platts) BALMO Futures | |||||
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| Product Symbol | CME Globex: EBE CME ClearPort: EBF Open Outcry: EBF |
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| Venue | CME Globex, CME ClearPort, Open Outcry (New York) | ||||
| Hours (All Times are New York Time/ET) |
CME Globex: | 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) Trade is Flow per day. | |||
| 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) Trade is Flow per day or Flow per month. | ||||
| Open Outcry: | Monday – Friday 9:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. (8:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. CT) | ||||
| Contract Unit | 1,000 metric tons | ||||
| Price Quotation | U.S. dollars and cents per metric ton | ||||
| Minimum Fluctuation | $0.001 per metric ton | ||||
| Floating Price | The Floating Price for each contract month is equal to the balance-of-month arithmetic average of the mid-point between the high and low quotations from the Platts European Marketscan for 1% Fuel Oil under the heading “Barges FOB Rotterdam” minus the mid-point of the high and low quotations from Platts European Marketscan for 1% Fuel Oil under the heading “Cargoes FOB NWE” starting from the selected start date through the end of the contract month, inclusively. | ||||
| Termination of Trading | Trading shall cease on the last business day of the contract month. | ||||
| Listed Contracts | CME ClearPort and Open Outcry: | One month and the following month listed 10 business days prior to the start of the contract month | |||
| CME Globex: | 1 month | ||||
| Settlement Type | Financial | ||||
| Position Limits | NYMEX Position Limits | ||||
| Rulebook Chapter | 664 | ||||
| Exchange Rule | These contracts are listed with, and subject to, the rules and regulations of NYMEX. | ||||