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Gold Futures

SPECIFICATION

Underlying Instrument

Fine gold bar (99.99% pure)

Trading Unit

1 Kg(1,000g)

Price Quotation

Korean Won(KRW) per gram

Minimum Price Fluctuation

10 or a value of KRW 10,000 per tick

Contract Months

Six even-numbered months

Number of Contracts Iisted

6 contract months

Margins

Preliminary Margin : KRW 1,000,000
Initial Margin Rate : 7.5% (Around KRW 825,000)
Maintenance Margin Rate : 5% (Around KRW 550,000)

Daily Price Limit

None

Position Limit

It can be adopted when KOFEX determines to be necessary

Final Settlement Day

Last business day of the contract month

Last Trading Day

Second trading day preceding the last trading day

Settlement Method

Delivery settlement

Trading Hours
(Korean Standard Time)

Mon-Fri: 09:00 ~ 15:05, 15:05 ~ 15:15(SPA)
Last trading day: 09:00 ~ 11:20, 11:20 ~ 11:30(SPA)

Trading Method

Electronic trading

Listing Date

April 23, 1999

Price Information Sources

Reuters:o#GOLD:
Telerate:KR@GDyym
Bloomberg:KLA Comdty
Internet: http://eng.krx.co.kr/index.html