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Tokyo Commodity Exchange: Price Limit And Margin For April 2008

Date 27/03/2008

Margins and Price limits to be applied for the trades in April 2008 are as follows: (Unit: JPY)

Commodity

Contract Month

Initial*1 Spot Month*2 Extra-ordinary*3 Price Limit

EPR*4(+/-Ref. Price*5)

WPR*6(+/-Ref. Price)
Rubber  Apr 2008
75,000
37,500
-
-
0.3 1.0
May 2008
-Oct 2008
75,000
-

-

16.0

Gold

(Standard)

Apr 2008
135,000
67,500
-
-
3 8
June 2008
-Apr 2009
135,000
- -
150

Gold

(Mini)

Apr 2008

18,000

-
-
-
3 8
Jun 2008
-Oct 2008
18,000
- -
150

Gold Options

ALL Series     67,500       3 8
Silver Apr 2008
108,000
54,000

-

-
0.7 2.0
Jun 2008
-Apr 2009
108,000
- -
40.0
Platinum Apr 2008
150,000
150,000

-

-
3 10
Jun 2008
-Apr 2009
150,000
-

-

300
Palladium Apr 2008
60,000
60,000
-
-
3 10
Jun 2008
-Apr 2009
60,000
- -
100
Crude Oil

Apr 2008

180,000
- -
-
30 200
May 2008
-Sep 2008
180,000
- - 2,700
Gasoline
May 2008
180,000
90,000
- - 30 200

Jun 2008
-Nov 2008

180,000
- -
2,700
Kerosene
May 2008
180,000
90,000
- - 30 200

Jun 2008
-Nov  2008

180,000
- -
2,700
Aluminum Apr 2008
75,000
37,500

-

-
0.5 1.2
Jun 2008
-Apr 2009
75,000
- -
16.0

*1 Initial : Maintenance Amount for Initial Clearing Margin
*2 Spot Month : Spot Month Additional Clearing Margin
*3 Extraordinary : Extraordinary Clearing Margin
*4 EPR : Executable Price Range
*5 RP: Reference Price
*6 WPR: Warning Point Range

  
* For the May 2008 contract of Rubber, Spot Month Additional Clearing Margins (JPY 37,500) shall be required on and after April 24, 2008.                                                                                                                  * For the Jun 2008 contract of  Gold (except Gold Mini and Gold Options), Silver, Platinum and Palladium, Spot   Month Additional Clearing Margins (Gold standard: JPY 67,500, Silver: JPY 54,000, Platinum: JPY 60,000, Palladium JPY 60,000) shall be required on and after April 25, 2008.                                                                                       
* For the Jun 2008 contract of Gasoline and Kerosene, Spot Month Additional Clearing Margins (JPY 90,000) shall be required on and after April 28, 2008.                                                                                             * For the Jun 2008 contract of Aluminum, Spot Month Additional Clearing Margins (JPY37,500) shall be required on and after April 25, 2008.                                                                             

   
* No price limit will be imposed on and after April 24, 2008 for the May 2008 contract of Rubber, as well as the Jun 2008 contracts of Gasoline and Kerosene on and after April 28, 2008, and the Jun 2008 contracts of Gold, Silver, Planinum, Palladium and Alminum on and after April 25, 2008.