CME Group, the world’s leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced the launch of trading and clearing services for eight new petroleum swap futures contracts. Trading will be available on the New York trading floor and CME ClearPort®, a set of flexible clearing services open to over-the-counter (OTC) market participants to substantially mitigate counterparty risk and provide neutral settlement prices across asset classes. Trading and clearing are scheduled to begin on April 25 for trade date April 26. These contracts will be listed by NYMEX and subject to the rules and regulations of NYMEX and CME.
The new swap futures contracts and their commodity codes will be:
· Singapore Mogas 95 unleaded vs. Singapore Mogas 92 unleaded spread (Platts) (SMU)
· European 3.5% fuel oil (Platts) cargoes FOB Med BALMO (EFF)
· Singapore fuel oil 180 cst (Platts) crack spread (SFC)
· East-west naphtha: Japan C&F vs. cargoes CIF NEW spread (Platts) (EWN)
· European 1% fuel oil cargoes FOB Med (Platts) (EFM)
· European 1% fuel oil cargoes FOB Med vs. European 1% fuel oil cargoes FOB NEW spread (Platts) (ENS)
· Mont Belvieu ethylene (PCW) financial (MBN)
· Mont Belvieu ethylene (PCW) BALMO (MBB)
The first listed month will be the May 2010 contract. The Mont Belvieu ethylene contracts
will be 100,000 pounds in size, with a minimum price fluctuation of $0.00001 per tick. All of the other contracts will be 1,000 metric tons in size with a minimum price fluctuation of $0.001 per tick.
“These contracts will serve our international customers, who look to CME Group to launch innovative new products that help them mitigate risk in specialized energy markets,” said Joe Raia, CME Group managing director of Energy Products and Services. “The ability to use the capital efficiencies of CME Group’s cross margining spread credits also adds financial savings that are beneficial to our customers.”