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Tokyo Commodity Exchange: Price Limit And Margin For February 2008

Date 29/01/2008

Margins and Price limits to be applied for the trades in February 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 Feb 2008
60,000
30,000
-
-
0.3 1.0
Mar 2008
-Aug 2008
60,000
-

-

16.0

Gold

(Standard)

Feb 2008
120,000
60,000
-
-
3 8
Apr 2008
-Feb 2009
120,000
- -
150

Gold

(Mini)

Feb 2008

16,000

-
-
-
3 8
Apr 2008
-Aug 2008
16,000
- -
150

Gold Options

ALL Series  60,000 - - 150 3 8
Silver Feb 2008
108,000
54,000

-

-
0.7 2.0
Apr 2008
-Feb 2009
108,000
- -
40.0
Platinum Feb 2008
100,000
100,000

-

-
3 10
Apr 2008
-Feb 2009
100,000
-

-

240
Palladium Feb 2008
30,000
30,000
-
-
3 10
Apr 2008
-Feb 2009
30,000
- -
80
Crude Oil

Feb 2008

150,000
- -
-
30 200
Mar 2008
-Jul 2008
150,000
- - 2,700
Gasoline
Mar 2008
150,000
75,000
- - 30 200

Apr 2008
-Sep 2008

150,000
- -
2,700
Kerosene
Mar 2008
150,000
75,000
- - 30 200

Apr 2008
-Sep  2008

150,000
- -
2,700
Aluminum Feb 2008
60,000
30,000

-

-
0.5 1.2
Apr 2008
-Feb 2009
60,000
- -
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 March 2008 contract of Rubber, Spot Month Additional Clearing Margins (JPY 30,000) shall be required on and after February 26, 2008.                                                                                                            * For the April 2008 contract of Gold (except Gold Mini & Gold Options), Silver, Platinum and Palladium, Spot Month Additional Clearing Margins (Gold: JPY 60,000 Silver: JPY54,000 Platinum: JPY100,000 Palladium: JPY30,000) shall be required on and after February 27, 2008.
* For the April 2008 contract of Gasoline and Kerosene, Spot Month Additional Clearing Margins (JPY 75,000) shall be required on and after February 26, 2008.                                                                                 *For the April 2008 contract of Aluminum, Spot Month Additional Clearing Margins (JPY30,000) shall be required on and after February 27, 2008.

   
* No price limit will be imposed on and after February 26, 2008 for the March 2008 contract of Rubber and the April 2008 contracts of Gasoline and Kerosene, as well as on and after February 27, 2008 for the April 2008 contracts of Gold, Silver, Platinum, Palladium and Aluminum.