Tokyo Commodity Exchange, Inc, announced that its December 2013 Gold futures contract (back contract month) temporarily reached 4,821 yen per gram during today’s session. This is the highest price recorded since the listing of gold futures contract at TOCOM on March 23, 1982 renewing in the two consecutive business days after January 11, 2013. Daily trading volume of Gold futures (standard) was 71,572 contracts (including 55,356 contracts traded for December 2013 contract) and the entire TOCOM market to 154,627 contracts.
1. Quotes for Gold Futures (Standard) on January 15, 2013 (Yen per gram)
Contract Month | Last Settlement Price | Open | High | Low | Close | Settlement Price |
December 2013 | 4,795 | 4,802 | 4,821 | 4,751 | 4,798 | 4,797 |
2. TOCOM Gold Futures Price Jan 2000- today (Back contract month, Settlement price/yen per gram) )