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Dalian Commodity Exchange: Circular On The Adjustment To The Minimum Trading Margin Standard And The Trading Limit Rate Of Each Variety During The New Year’s Day Period Of 2013

Date 26/12/2012

Under the provisions of Clause Nine of “Risk Management Methods of Dalian Commodity Exchange” and after determination upon discussion, DCE will make the following adjustments to the trading margin and trading limit of each variety around the time when business stops during the New Year’s Day of 2013.

As of the clearing time on December 28, 2012 (Friday), the minimum margin standard of No.1 soybeans, No.2 soybeans, corn, soybean meal, soybean oil, RBD Palm Olein, polyethylene, PVC and coking coal shall be adjusted to 7%, and the trading limit rate shall be adjusted to 5%.

From January 4, 2013 (Friday) when trading resumes and the first trading day when the two contracts with the largest open interest of each variety have no interrupted quotations simultaneously on the trading limit side, the minimum trading margin rate of No.1 soybeans, No.2 soybeans, corn, soybean oil, RBD Palm Olein, polyethylene, and PVC contracts shall return to 5%, their trading limit rates to 4%; the minimum trading margin rates of soybean meal and coking coal contracts shall return to 6% and their trading limit rates to 4%.

As regards the contracts meeting the requirements of “Risk Management Methods of Dalian Commodity Exchange” for the adjustment to both the trading margin standards and the trading limit rate, their trading margin rate and trading limit rate shall be the greater one of the two.