Total of 280 Lots Traded on ICIS-Linked PP Swaps Contract - SGX

SINGAPORE, April 8, 2016 /PRNewswire/ --

A total of 280 lots were traded on the Singapore Exchange's (SGX) ICIS-linked polypropylene (PP) flat yarn (raffia) CFR (cost & freight) China swaps contract on 6 April, data from the bourse showed on Thursday.

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On 6 April, 280 contracts were traded for settlement in June-December 2016, and there were 320 lots of open interest, according to SGX (please see table below).

In terms of contract size, the swaps traded on 6 April will amount to 14,000 tonnes for the June- December period. One lot of the PP swaps is set at 50 tonnes.

The SGX PP flat yarn CFR China swaps were first traded on 24 March, with 360 lots concluded for settlement in April-December 2016.

That was the first time a plastics resin traded in the derivatives space in Asia on a CFR China and US dollar basis was cleared by an exchange.

The SGX on 19 January 2015 launched four ICIS-linked polyolefin swaps contracts to help market players hedge against risks.

The polyolefins swaps and futures contracts provide a more direct hedge over existing hedging instruments that are solely based on feedstocks, according to SGX.

These four contracts are for linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE) and PP flat yarn (raffia) grades, on a CFR China and Southeast Asia basis. These contracts will be settled against the ICIS Monthly Settlement Prices (MSPs) published in the ICIS Polypropylene (Asia Pacific) Price Report on the last Friday of the contract month.

The ICIS MSPs are the monthly averages of the weekly spot price assessments published by ICIS.

ICIS's polyolefins spot price assessments are widely used by resin producers, plastics processors and resins traders in Asia as a benchmark for contract pricing.

Request the latest sample of the ICIS Polypropylene (Asia Pacific) Price Report here.

   
    PP Flat
      Yarn
    (Raffia)
      CFR
     China          SWAPS / FUTURES PRICES                     SWAPS
                                                                T+1       Open
                                                   T Volume   Volume    Interest
    Contract   DSP    Prev DSP                     (Contract (Contract (Contracts
     Month    (US$)    (US$)   US$ Change % Change    s)        s)         )

     Apr-16   990.00   990.00     0.00     0.0 %       -         -         20
     May-16   980.00   980.00     0.00     0.0 %       -         -         20
     Jun-16   970.00   970.00     0.00     0.0 %      40         -         40
     Jul-16   960.00   960.00     0.00     0.0 %      40         -         40
     Aug-16   955.00   955.00     0.00     0.0 %      40         -         40
     Sep-16   950.00   950.00     0.00     0.0 %      40         -         40
     Oct-16   945.00   945.00     0.00     0.0 %      40         -         40
     Nov-16   945.00   945.00     0.00     0.0 %      40         -         40
     Dec-16   945.00   945.00     0.00     0.0 %      40         -         40
     Jan-17   945.00   945.00     0.00     0.0 %       -         -         -
     Feb-17   945.00   945.00     0.00     0.0 %       -         -         -
     Mar-17   945.00   945.00     0.00     0.0 %       -         -         -
     Total                                            280        -        320

Source: Singapore Exchange

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For further information about this release and ICIS Asian polyolefins MSPs, please contact:

Chow Bee Lin
Head of Asia Markets, ICIS
E-mail: beelin.chow@icis.com
Tel：+65-6789-8828