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Tokyo Commodity Exchange: Price Limit And Margin For May 2008

Date 25/04/2008

Margins and Price Limits to be applied for the trades in May 2008 are as follows (Unit: JPY):

Commodity

Contract Month

Initial*1 Spot Month*2 Extra-ordinary*3 Price Limit

EPR*4(+/-Ref. Price*5)

WPR*6(+/-Ref. Price)
Rubber  May 2008
75,000
37,500
-
-
0.3 1.0
Jun 2008
-Nov 2008
75,000
-

-

16.0

Gold

(Standard)

Jun 2008
135,000
67,500
-
-
3 8
Aug 2008
-Apr 2009
135,000
- -
150

Gold

(Mini)

Jun 2008

18,000

-
-
-
3 8
Aug 2008
-Oct 2008
18,000
- -
150

Gold Options

Jun 2008
67,500
- - - 3 8

All other
series

  67,500

- -

150

Silver Jun 2008
108,000
54,000

-

-
0.7 2.0
Aug 2008
-Apr 2009
108,000
- -
40.0
Platinum Jun 2008
150,000
150,000

-

-
3 10
Aug 2008
-Apr 2009
150,000
-

-

300
Palladium Jun 2008
60,000
60,000
-
-
3 10
Aug 2008
-Apr 2009
60,000
- -
100
Crude Oil

May 2008

180,000
- -
-
30 200
Jun 2008
-Oct 2008
180,000
- - 2,700
Gasoline
Jun 2008
180,000
90,000
- - 30 200

Jul 2008
-Dec 2008

180,000
- -
2,700
Kerosene
Jun 2008
180,000
90,000
- - 30 200

Jul 2008
-Dec 2008

180,000
- -
2,700
Aluminum Jun 2008
75,000
37,500

-

-
0.5 1.2
Aug 2008
-Apr 2009
75,000
- -
16.0

*1 Initial : Maintenance Amount for Initial Clearing Margin
*2 Spot Month : Spot Month Additional Clearing Margin
*3 Extraordinary : Extraordinary Clearing Margin
*4 EPR : Executable Price Range
*5 RP: Reference Price
*6 WPR: Warning Point Range

  
* For the June 2008 contract of Rubber, Spot Month Additional Clearing Margins (JPY 37,500) shall be required on and after May 27, 2008.  

 * For the July 2008 contract of Gasoline and Kerosene, Spot Month Additional Clearing Margins (JPY 90,000) shall be required on and after May 26, 2008.
                                                                                                                                                               

   
* No price limit will be imposed on and after May 27, 2008 for the June 2008 contract of Rubber, as well as the July 2008 contracts of Gasoline and Kerosene on and after May 26, 2008.