The Tokyo Commodity Exchange, Inc, announced that its December 2013 Gold futures contract (back contract month) temporarily reached 4,913 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. Gold price has continued to rise on TOCOM recently, and the all-time high was recorded five times since January 11, 2013. Daily trading volume of Gold futures (standard) was 83,942 contracts (including 60,164 contracts traded for December 2013 contract) and the entire TOCOM market to 146,233 contracts today.
1. Quotes for Gold Futures (Standard) on January 22, 2013 (Yen per gram)
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Contract Month
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Last Settlement Price
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Open
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High
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Low
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Close
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Settlement Price
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| December 2013 |
4,882
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4,883
|
4,913
|
4,885
|
4,870
|
4,871
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2. TOCOM Gold Futures Price Jan 2000- today (Back contract month, Settlement price/yen per gram)
