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Total trading volume at the Dalian Commodity Exchange, China's leading agricultural and plastics exchange, for the month of September was 73,492,016 contracts, an increase of 12.4% compared to September 2009. Average daily volume for this period was 3.87 million contracts. Trading turnover totaled CNY 3.762 trillion, an increase of 34.2% over September 2009.
With the exception of corn, trading volumes fell slightly for most agricultural products in September: agricultural commodity volume averaged 3.08 million contracts per day, accounting for 79% of trading volume. Average plastics volume was up slightly at 787,418 contracts per day, accounting for 21% of trading volume.
Open interest for all DCE products at the end of September was 3,743,450 contracts, an increase of 8.8% over last month.
According to data from the China Futures Industry Association, total nationwide trading volume for September reached 256,921,956 contracts worth CNY 25.22 trillion, increases of 25.7% and 107.28% respectively compared to September 2009.
|
Average
Daily Volume |
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|
|
Sep
2010 |
Sep
2009 |
%
Change |
Aug
2010 |
%
Change |
|
No.
1 Soybeans |
327,582 |
304,202 |
7.69% |
426,226 |
-23.14% |
|
No.
2 Soybeans |
144 |
119 |
21.20% |
159 |
-9.71% |
|
Soybean
Meal |
1,220,996 |
1,122,658 |
8.76% |
1,269,433 |
-3.82% |
|
Soybean
Oil |
902,973 |
574,903 |
57.07% |
1,305,337 |
-30.82% |
|
Corn |
289,062 |
157,166 |
83.92% |
235,783 |
22.60% |
|
Palm
Oil |
339,826 |
390,284 |
-12.93% |
407,415 |
-16.59% |
|
LLDPE |
723,337 |
265,855 |
172.08% |
721,728 |
0.22% |
|
PVC |
64,081 |
156,961 |
-59.17% |
31,983 |
100.36% |
|
Total |
3,868,001 |
2,972,148 |
30.14% |
4,398,064 |
-12.05% |
DCE August 2010 Prices
Note: Prices are in CNY / metric ton. Prices are for the nearest delivery month contract, not including the month of reporting
Start = Opening price at the beginning of the monthEnd = Closing price at the end of the month
High/Low = Highest/lowest trading price during the month
|
Product |
Start |
End |
%
Inc./Dec. |
High |
Low |
|
No.
1 Soybeans |
3,800 |
3,880 |
2.11% |
3,950 |
3,752 |
|
No.
2 Soybeans |
4,120 |
4,300 |
4.37% |
4,381 |
4,120 |
|
Soybean
Meal |
3,088 |
3,500 |
13.34% |
3,534 |
3,055 |
|
Soybean
Oil |
7,770 |
8,250 |
6.18% |
8,344 |
7,682 |
|
Corn |
1,989 |
1,974 |
-0.75% |
2,064 |
1,942 |
|
Palm
Oil |
7,102 |
7,480 |
5.32% |
7,890 |
7,090 |
|
LLDPE |
9,920 |
10,305 |
3.88% |
10,510 |
9,870 |
|
PVC |
7,450 |
7,865 |
5.57% |
7,865 |
7,260 |
