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Gulf Coast No. 6 Fuel Oil 3.0% vs. European 3.5% Fuel Oil Barges FOB Rdam (Platts) BALMO Swap Futures
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Gulf Coast No. 6 Fuel Oil 3.0% vs. European 3.5% Fuel Oil Barges FOB Rdam (Platts) BALMO Swap Futures
Product Symbol GCB
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 barrels
Minimum Fluctuation $0.001 per barrel
Floating Price The Floating Price for each contract month is equal to the balance-of-month arithmetic average of the mid-point of the high and low quotations from Platts Oilgram Price Report for Gulf Coast No. 6 3.0%S (Waterborne) Fuel Oil minus the high and low quotations from Platts European Marketscan for 3.5% Fuel Oil under the heading "Barges FOB Rotterdam" price assessment starting from the selected start date through the end of the contract month, inclusive (using non-common pricing).
Termination of Trading Trading shall cease on the last business day of the contract month.
Listed Contracts One month and the following month listed 10 business days prior to the start of the contract month.
Settlement Type Financial
Position Limits NYMEX Position Limits
Rulebook Chapter 1063
Exchange Rule These contracts are listed with, and subject to, the rules and regulations of NYMEX.