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FTSE Mondo Visione Exchanges Index:

Tokyo Commodity Exchange Price Limit And Margin For September 2006

Date 29/08/2006

Margins and price limits to be applied for the trades in September 2006 are as follows: (Unit: JPY)

Commodity

Contract Month

Initial*1

Spot Month*2

Extra-ordinary*3

Price Limit

EPR*4
(+/-RP*5)

WPR*6 (+/-
R P*5)

Rubber

  Sep 2006

75,000

 37,500

-

-

0.3

1.0

 Oct 2006-  Mar 2007

75,000

-

-

10.0

Gold

Oct 2006 
 90,000   45,000
-
-
3
8

Dec 2006-
Aug 2007

 90,000

-

-

60

Gold Options

 All series

  45,000

        -  

-

60

3

 8

Silver
Oct 2006
 162,000   81,000
-
-

  0.7

2.0

Dec 2006-
Aug 2007
 162,000

-

-

 18.0
Platinum
Oct 2006
 75,000   75,000
-
-
3
10
Dec 2006-
Aug 2007
 75,000

-

-

100
Palladium
Oct 2006
 60,000    60,000
-
-

3

10

Dec 2006-
Aug 2007
60,000

-

-

80

Crude Oil

Sep 2006
90,000
-
-
-
30
200
 Oct 2006-
Feb 2007
90,000

-

-

1,200
Gasoline

 Oct 2006

135,000

67,500

-

-

30
200

   Nov 2006-   Apr 2007

135,000

-

-

1,800

Kerosene

   Oct 2006

135,000

67,500

-

-

30
200

  Nov 2006- Apr 2007

135,000

-

-

1,800

Aluminum
 Oct 2006
120,000
60,000
-
-
0.5
1.2
Dec 2006-
Aug 2007
 120,000       
-
          
-
 8.0

*1 Initial : Minimum Initial Trading Margin
*2 Spot Month : Spot Month Additional Trading Margin
*3 Extraordinary : Extraordinary Trading Margin
*4 EPR : Executable Price Range
*5 RP: Reference Price
*6 WPR: Warning Point Range


* For November 2006 contracts of Gasoline and Kerosene, Spot Month Additional Trading Margins  
    (JPY675,000 for each) shall be required on and after September 26, 2006.       
* For October 2006 contract of Rubber, Spot Month Additional Trading Margins (JPY37,500) shall     be required on and after September 26, 2006.

 
* For November 2006 contracts of Gasoline and Kerosene, as well as for the October 2006 contract of        Rubber, no price limit will be imposed on and after September 26, 2006.