Tokyo Commodity Exchange Gold All-time High Continue To Renew With 4,946 Yen/Gram

The Tokyo Commodity Exchange, Inc, announced that its December 2013 Gold futures contract (most active/back contract month) temporarily reached 4,946 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 advanced 5.7 percent since the beginning of the year 2013 renewing the all-time high seven times. Daily trading volume of Gold futures (standard) was 61,328 contracts (including 54,266 contracts traded for December 2013 contract) and that of the entire TOCOM market was 141,890 contracts today.

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

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