CME Group, the world's largest and most diverse derivatives exchange, today announced that it will launch European style options on the European gasoil bullet swaps futures contract and average price options on the European gasoil calendar swaps futures contract, on ClearPort® and the New York energy trading floor, beginning November 2 for trade date November 3.
The European style gasoil options contract (commodity code: F8) will be listed for 36 consecutive months, beginning with the November 2008 contract. The bullet swap contract expires one day before the gasoil futures contract.
The average price gasoil options contract (commodity code: F7) will be listed for the balance of the current year, plus each calendar month for the following two years.
Both contracts will be 1,000 metric tons in size with a minimum price fluctuation of $0.01 per metric ton. There will be 20 strike prices in intervals of $5.00 per metric tons above and below the at-the-money strike price.
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