WTI-Brent Financial Futures - Contract Specs
Contract Unit | 1,000 barrels |
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Price Quotation | U.S. dollars and cents per barrel |
Trading Hours | CME Globex: Sunday 5:00 p.m. - Friday - 4:00 p.m. CT with a daily maintenance period from 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. CT CME ClearPort: Sunday 5:00 p.m. - Friday 4:00 p.m. CT with no reporting Monday - Thursday from 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. CT |
Minimum Price Fluctuation | 0.01 per barrel = $10.00 |
Product Code | CME Globex: BK CME ClearPort: BK Clearing: BK |
Listed Contracts | Monthly contracts listed for the current year and the next 8 calendar years. List monthly contracts for a new calendar year following the termination of trading in the December contract of the current year. |
Settlement Method | Financially Settled |
Floating Price | The Floating Price for each contract month is the arithmetic average of the NYMEX Light Sweet Crude Oil first nearby contract settlement price for each business day that it is determined minus the Brent Crude Oil (ICE) Futures first nearby contract settlement price for each business day that it is determined during the contract month (using Non-common pricing), except as set forth in Section (B) below. (B) The settlement price of the first nearby contract month for will be used except on the last day of trading for the expiring Brent Crude Oil Futures contract when the settlement price of the second nearby Brent contract will be used. |
Termination of Trading | Trading terminates on the last business day of the contract month. |
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