• Delisting of Singapore Fuel Oil 180CST (Platts) Brent Crack Spread Futures Contract

      • To
      • Members, Member Firms and Market Users
      • From
      • Research and Product Development
      • #
      • SER-7420
      • Notice Date
      • 27 July 2015
      • Effective Date
      • 27 July 2015
    • Earlier today, Monday, July 27, 2015, New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc. (“NYMEX” or “Exchange”) delisted the futures contract identified in Exhibit 1. below.

      Exhibit 1.

      Commodity Code

      Contract Name

      Rulebook Chapter

      SFC

      Singapore Fuel Oil 180CST (Platts) Brent Crack Spread Futures

      213

      This contract was listed for trading on CME Globex and for submission for clearing through CME ClearPort.

      The respective product rule chapters, as well as the terms and conditions contained in Rule 588.H and in the Position Limit, Position Accountability and Reportable Level Table located in the Interpretations and Special Notices Section of Chapter 5 (Trading Qualifications and Practices) of the NYMEX Rulebook were removed from the Exchange Rulebook.

      In April 2012, the Exchange has notified the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) of the delisting of certain previously listed contract months beyond December 2014 (NYMEX Submission No.12-132 dated April 27, 2012). The CFTC will be notified of the delisting of this product during the week of August 3, 2015, via the weekly notification procedures set forth in Part 40 of the CFTC Regulations.

       

      Enquiries concerning this action should be addressed to:

      Cameron Liao             Kenghui.Liao@cmegroup.com           +65 6593 5588

      Paul Wightman           Paul.Wightman@cmegroup.com       +44 20 3379 3134