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Gulf Coast No. 6 Fuel Oil (Platts) Crack Spread BALMO Swap Futures
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Gulf Coast No. 6 Fuel Oil (Platts) Crack Spread BALMO Swap Futures
Product Symbol GFC
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
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 Platts Oilgram Price Report for Gulf Coast No. 6 3.0%S (Waterborne) Fuel Oil minus the NYMEX Light Sweet Crude Oil Futures first nearby contract month settlement price starting from the selected start date through the end of the contract month, inclusive.
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 218
Exchange Rule These contracts are listed with, and subject to, the rules and regulations of NYMEX.