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DME Oman Crude Oil Futures Contract Summary (OQD)
 

DME Oman Crude Oil Futures Contract Summary (OQD)

Trading Unit
1,000 U.S. barrels (42,000 gallons)

Price Quotation
U.S. dollars and cents per barrel

Trading Symbol
OQD

Trading Hours
Electronic trading is open from 1600 North American Central Standard Time / Central Daylight Time (CST/CDT) Sundays and from 1700 CST/CDT Monday to Thursday and closes at 1615 CST/CDT the next day, Monday to Friday.

Singapore is 14 hours ahead of CST and Dubai is 10 hours ahead. The time difference is reduced by one hour when CDT is in effect. Neither Dubai nor Singapore observe Daylight Savings Time.


Trading Months
The current year and the next five years will be listed. A new calendar year will be added following the termination of trading in the December contract of the current year.

Minimum Price Fluctuation
$0.01 (1) per barrel ($10.00 per contract)

Maximum Daily Price Fluctuation
None

Daily Settlement
A daily OSP settlement price will be published as at 1630 Singapore time (1230 Dubai Time, 0230 CST or 0330 CDT). This price represents the weighted average price of trades in the nearby Contract Month between 1625 and 1630 (Singapore).

The DME will also publish an end of trading day settlement price for all listed Contract Months, determined as at 1330 CST/CDT, which coincides with the end of the trading day for NYMEX Light Sweet Crude Oil. This latter settlement price is used by the Clearing House to calculate daily variation margin on all open DME Contracts.

Final Settlement Price
The Final Settlement Price for a Contract Month shall be the OSP settlement price on the last Trading Day of the Contract Month. This price represents the weighted average price of trades in the nearby Contract Month between 1615 and 1630 Singapore Time.

The Final Settlement Price will be used for purposes of margins for delivery of the Oil.

Last Trading Day
Trading in the nearby Contract Month shall cease on the last Trading Day of the second month preceding the Delivery Month.

Settlement Type
Physical

Delivery
F.O.B at the Loading Port, consistent with current terminal operations. Complete delivery rules and provisions are detailed in Chapter 10 of the rulebook.

Governing Law
English Law

Holidays


DME Trading and Settlement
Calendar 2013


Trading for Business Day

DME Settlement
(CME intra-day Settlement)

DME Post Close Settlement
(CME Settlement)

New Year Day 2013 Tuesday,
January 1
Closed No No
Martin Luther King Day Monday,
January 21
22/1/2013 Yes No
Presidents' Day Monday,
February 18
19/2/2013 Yes No
Good Friday Friday,
March 29
Closed No No
Memorial Day Monday,
May 27
28/5/2013 Yes No
Independence Day Thursday,
July 4
5/7/2013 Yes No
Labor Day Monday,
September 2
3/9/2013 Yes No
Thanksgiving Day Thursday,
November 28
29/11/2013 Yes No
Christmas Day Wednesday,
December 25
Closed No No
New Year Day 2014 Wednesday,
January 1
Closed No No
Note: Where the last trading day of a calendar month falls on a Singapore or US public holiday, the last trading day for the nearby Contract Month shall be the previous trading day.

This information is a summary of the key elements of the DME Oman Crude Oil Futures Contract. For a full contract specification follow this link.