Tokyo Commodity Exchange Gold Price Renews All-time High Again With 4,944 Yen/Gram

The Tokyo Commodity Exchange, Inc, announced that its December 2013 Gold futures contract (back contract month) temporarily reached 4,944 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 been on rise on TOCOM recently, and the all-time high was recorded six times during the month of January 2013. Daily trading volume of Gold futures (standard) was 70, 689 contracts (including 54,266 contracts traded for December 2013 contract) and that of the entire TOCOM market was 153,135 contracts today.

1. Quotes for Gold Futures (Standard) on January 31, 2013 (Yen per gram)

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