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Termination Schedule
Terms & Conditions
Settlements
BALMO Swap
Specifications
Margins
Termination Schedule
Terms & Conditions
1% Fuel Oil Swap, Northwest Europe (NWE)(Platts)
Trading Unit
1,000 metric tons
Price Quotation
U.S. dollars and cents per metric ton. The minimum price fluctuation is $0.01 per metric ton; there is no maximum price fluctuation.
Trading Hours (All times are New York Time)
The contract is available for trading on the NYMEX ClearPort® trading platform from 6:00 PM Sundays through 5:15 PM Fridays, with a 45-minute break each day between 5:15 PM and 6:00 PM. Off-Exchange transactions can be submitted solely for clearing to the NYMEX ClearPort® clearing website as an exchange of futures for swaps (EFS) or exchange of futures for physicals (EFP) transaction until 5:15 PM, Monday through Friday, and the day preceding a holiday.
Listed Months
36 consecutive months.
Termination of Trading
Trading ceases on the last business day of the contract month.
Settlement Type
Financial, based on the arithmetic average of the mid-point between the high and low quotations from Platts European Marketscan for Northwest Europe 1% fuel oil under the heading "Cargoes FOB NWE" for each business day that it is determined during the contract month.

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Trading Symbol
UF
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