Tokyo Commodity Exchange Gold All-time High Renews 6 Consecutive Days

The Tokyo Commodity Exchange, Inc, announced that its December 2013 Gold futures contract (most active/back contract month) temporarily reached 5,081yen per gram during today’s session renewing the highest price recorded since the listing of gold futures contract at TOCOM on March 23, 1982 for the six consecutive days. Since the beginning of this year, gold price (settlement price) has advanced 8.62 percent. Daily trading volume of Gold futures (standard) was 67,443 contracts (including 53,192 contracts traded for December 2013 contract) and that of the entire TOCOM market was 149,891 contracts today.

1. Quotes for Gold Futures (Standard) on February 7, 2013 (Yen per gram)

2. TOCOM Gold Futures Price Jan 2000- today ( Back contract month, Settlement price/yen per gram)