According to Article 9 of the "Measures of Dalian Commodity Exchange for Risk Management", it has been decided upon discussion that Dalian Commodity Exchange will adjust the minimum trading margin standards and the limits up and down of all the products before and after the market closing during 2014 Qingming Festival as follows:
As of the settlement on April 3, 2014 (Thursday), the limit up and down and the minimum trading margin standard of the products of coke, coking coal and iron ore will be adjusted to 5% and 7% respectively.
After the trading is resumed on April 8, 2014 (Tuesday), as of the settlement of the first trading day when the two contracts with the largest open interest of all the products do not have interrupted quotations simultaneously on the trading limit side, the limit up and down and the minimum trading margin standard of the products of coke, coking coal and iron ore shall return to 4% and 5%.
With regard to the contracts meeting the requirements of the “Measures of Dalian Commodity Exchange for Risk Management” for the adjustment of the limit up and down and the minimum trading margin standard, the limit up and down and the minimum trading margin standard shall be the larger ones of the stipulated figures.
The limits up and down and the minimum trading margin standards of other listed products shall remain unchanged from the current standards.