On and after December 20, the following Extraordinary Margins will be imposed on new and existing positions in all contract months (including Dec 2006 contract month to be generated on Dec 20) for the time being.
Commodity | Contract Month | Extraordinary Trading Margin / lot |
|
Until Dec 19: |
From Dec 20: | ||
Gold | All Months (Existing Positions) | JPY 25,000 | JPY 25,000 |
All Months (New Positions) | JPY 50,000 | ||
Gold Options (sellers only) | All Months (Existing Positions) | JPY 12,500 | JPY 12,500 |
All Months (New Positions) | JPY 25,000 |
Lifting of aforementioned measure will be determined taking into consideration of the price movements, etc., and will be notified as soon as the decision is made.