According to "Dalian Commodity Exchange Risk Management Measures" Article IX, it has been decided that our exchange will be closed during the 2012 Spring Festival period. Before and after this holiday, trading margins and price limits at the DCE will have the following adjustments:
For settlement periods from January 19th onwards, the minimum trading margins for No.1 and No.2 soybeans, soybean meal, soybean oil, LLDPE, PVC, RBD palm olein and coke futures contracts will be 10%, and their price limits will extend to 7%; the minimum trading margins for corn futures contracts will be 9%, while price limits will extend to 6%.
For settlement periods from January 30th onwards, the minimum trading margins for No.1 and No. 2 soybeans, soybean meal, soybean oil, corn, LLDPE, PVC, RBD palm olein and coke futures contracts will recover to 7%, while their price limits will recover to 5%.
Other provisions regarding price limits or the trading margins and magnitude will still proceed according to the implementation of the "Dalian Commodity Exchange Risk Management Measures".