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Northwest Europe Fuel Oil High-Low Sulfur Spread (Platts) Swap Futures
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Northwest Europe Fuel Oil High-Low Sulfer Spread (Platts) Swap Futures
Product Symbol FS
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 metric tons
Price Quotation U.S. dollars and cents per metric ton
Minimum Fluctuation $0.01 per metric ton
Floating Price The Floating Price for each contract month is equal to the arithmetic average of the mid-point of the high and low quotations from the Platts European Marketscan for 1% Fuel Oil under the heading "Cargoes FOB NWE" minus the mid-point of the high and low quotations from Platts European Marketscan for 3.5% Fuel Oil under the heading "Barges FOB Rotterdam" for each business day during the contract month (using Non-common pricing)
Termination of Trading Trading ceases on the last business day of the contract month.
Listed Contracts 52 consecutive months
Settlement Type Financial
Position Limits NYMEX Position Limits
Rulebook Chapter 665
Exchange Rule These contracts are listed with, and subject to, the rules and regulations of NYMEX.