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Published: Feb 6, 2024 13:53

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The price limit range for the lithium carbonate futures contract will be adjusted to 15%, with the trading margin standard set at 16%. Starting from the trade on February 19, 2024 (Monday)

【Guangzhou Futures Exchange Adjusts Price Limit Range, Trading Margin Standards, and Transaction Fee Standards for Related Futures Contracts】 The Guangzhou Futures Exchange announced that starting from the settlement on February 7, 2024 (Wednesday), the price limit range for the industrial silicon futures contract will be adjusted to 9%, and the trading margin standard will be adjusted to 11%; the price limit range for the lithium carbonate futures contract will be adjusted to 15%, with the trading margin standard set at 16%. Starting from the trade on February 19, 2024 (Monday), the transaction fee standard for the lithium carbonate futures LC2407 contract will be adjusted to 0.016% of the transaction amount, and the intra-day close-out transaction fee standard will be adjusted to 0.016% of the transaction amount. After the resumption of trading on February 19, 2024 (Monday), at the settlement of the trading day without one-sided price limit movements without continuous quotes in the contracts with the highest open interest in each commodity, the price limit range for the industrial silicon futures contract will be adjusted to 6%, the speculative trading margin standard will be adjusted to 8%, and the hedge trading margin standard to 7%; the price limit range for the lithium carbonate futures contract will be adjusted to 10%, the speculative trading margin standard to 12%, and the hedge trading margin standard to 11%.

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