Tokyo Commodity Exchange Gold All-time High Renews For 4 Consecutive Days

The Tokyo Commodity Exchange, Inc, announced that its December 2013 Gold futures contract (most active/back contract month) temporarily reached 5,010 yen 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 four consecutive days. Since the beginning of this year, gold price (settlement price) has advanced 6.8 percent. Daily trading volume of Gold futures (standard) was 88,333 contracts (including 60,413 contracts traded for December 2013 contract) and that of the entire TOCOM market was 165,931 contracts today.

1.Quotes for Gold Futures (Standard) on February 5, 2013 (Yen per gram)

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