New CFTC symbols for the Nymex Brent Avg Price Options contract

Commodity: Oil Region: Americas

In addition to the 18 contracts announced last month, Platts will also be publishing complete information from the main CFTC reports for the Nymex Brent Average Price Options contract. The sources for this data are the weekly Commitments of Traders report and the monthly Bank Position report published by the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

Data subscribers will receive these values in dispatch category CM.

Print/alert subscribers will receive them on PGA pages 578-9, 582-3 and 753, and in Oilgram Price Report.

For complete information on these new CFTC symbols, see http://www.platts.com/IM.Platts.Content/MethodologyReferences/NewDiscontinued Codes/Codes/cftcjan10.xls or http://bit.ly/cftcjan10. For a list of the other CFTC symbols and complete information on symbol structure, etc, see the original announcement at NewCodeDetails.aspx?xmlFile=3436535.xml&newCodesDate=1 2/21/2009%2012:00:00%20AM or http://bit.ly/cftc1221. Note that you may need to copy these web addresses and paste them into your web browser.

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