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Tokyo Commodity Exchange: Price Limit And Margin For October 2007

Date 26/09/2007

Margins and price limits to be applied for the trades in October 2007 are as follows: (Unit: JPY)

Commodity

Contract Month

Initial*1

Spot Month*2

Extra-ordinary*3

Price Limit

EPR*4
(+/-RP*5)

WPR*6 (+/-
R P*5)

Rubber

Oct 2007

75,000

 37,500

-

-

0.3

1.0

Nov 2007-
Apr 2008

75,000

-

-

10.0

Gold
(Standard)

Oct 2007
 90,000   45,000
-
-
3
8

Dec 2007-
Oct 2008

  90,000

-

-

120

Gold
(Mini)

Oct 2007  12,000
-
-
- 3 8
 Dec 2007-
Apr 2008
 12,000
-
-
120

Gold Options

Oct 2007
 45,000
-
-
-

3

 8

  All other series

  45,000

        -  

-

120

Silver
Oct 2007
 81,000   40,500
-
-

  0.7

2.0

  Dec 2007-
Oct 2008

81,000
-
-
18.0
Platinum
Oct 2007
 75,000    75,000
-
-
3
10
Dec 2007-
Oct 2008
 75,000

-

-

100
Palladium
Oct 2007
 45,000    45,000
-
-

3

10

Dec 2007-
Oct 2008
45,000

-

-

60

Crude Oil

Oct 2007
135,000
-
-
-
30
200
Nov 2007-
Mar 2008
135,000

-

-

2,700
Gasoline

Nov 2007

135,000

67,500

-

-

30
200

  Dec 2007-
May 2008

135,000

-

-

2,700

Kerosene

Nov 2007

135,000

67,500

-

-

30
200

 Dec 2007-
May 2008

135,000

-

-

2,700

Aluminum
Oct 2007
60,000 30,000
-
-
0.5
1.2

 8.0
  Dec 2007-
Oct 2008
60,000
-
-

*1 Initial : Minimum Initial Trading Margin
*2 Spot Month : Spot Month Additional Trading Margin
*3 Extraordinary : Extraordinary Trading Margin
*4 EPR : Executable Price Range
*5 RP: Reference Price
*6 WPR: Warning Point Range

  
* For the November 2007 contract of Rubber, Spot Month Additional Trading Margins (JPY 37,500) shall be required on and after October 26, 2007.
* For the December 2007 contracts of Gold (except Gold Mini and Gold options), Silver, Platinum and Palladium, Spot Month Additional Trading Margins  (the same amounts required for October 2007 for each commodity) shall be required on and after October 29, 2007.
* For the December 2007 contract of Gasoline and Kerosene, Spot Month Additional Trading Margins (JPY 67,500) shall be required on and after October 26, 2007.
* For the December 2007contract of Aluminum, Spot Month Additional Trading Margin (the same amount required for October 2007) shall be required on and after October 29,2007. 

   
* No price limit will be imposed on and after October 26, 2007 for the November 2007 contract of Rubber, as well as for the December 2007 contracts of Gasoline and Kerosene, and on and after October 29, 2007 for the December 2007 contracts of Gold, Silver, Platinum, Palladium and Aluminum.