DGCX set to launch new Product Suite
New
products will go live
on
Friday 22nd March 2019
The
Dubai Gold & Commodities Exchange (DGCX) and Dubai Commodities Clearing
Corporation (DCCC) announced an expansion to their existing portfolio of metals
products with the launch of new base metal products. The two new products will
go live on Friday 22nd March 2019.
The
new products will provide investors with an opportunity to mitigate the risks
involved in the base metal markets and appeal to global participants by
enabling them to hedge prices efficiently. The size of each Futures contract
will be 5 metric tons (MT), denominated and traded in US dollars.
Les
Male, CEO of DGCX, commented: “We are excited to introduce new products to meet
the ever-growing needs of our member community. The imminent launch of these
two products is a response to growing demands and investor feedback and will
play an important role in the DGCX Group’s growth strategy moving forward.
We
are confident that they will further strengthen our value proposition to all
participants across the non-ferrous metals supply chain while complementing our
existing portfolio of diverse products.” The new products will be cash settled
in US Dollars, and EFS, EFP and Block trading will be permissible in the
contracts.
“All
trades in the new contracts will be cleared by our wholly-owned and regulated
clearing house, the Dubai Commodities Clearing Corporation (DCCC). The DCCC is
recognized by ESMA as a Third-Country Central Counter Party and has rightfully
earned itself a credible reputation acting as a guarantor to all trades
executed on the DGCX,”
The
DGCX traded over 1.62 million contracts in February, valued at USD 31.1
billion. DGCX’s currency portfolio saw robust trading activity throughout
February. Euro Futures and Rupee Mini Futures recorded their highest monthly
Average Open Interest (AOI) of 2,919 and 119,173 contracts respectively. Open
Interest is defined as the number of contracts outstanding in derivatives (such
as futures and options) trading at any time on a market and is a definitive
measure of a product’s and wider exchanges success.
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