New OPEC Basket Price symbols

Commodity: Oil Region: Global

The following symbols have been created in dispatch category RI, which represent OPEC Basket weekly, monthly and yearly up-to-date average prices and update daily (weekdays).

For more information on this data, please go to: http://www.opec.org/home/basket.aspx The launch date is scheduled for late May 2009. The data will be published on PGA 207 and a publication TBD.

DISP SYMBOL BATES DEC FREQ CURR UOM DESCRIPTION RI AAEUQ04 c 2 DW USD BBL OPEC Basket Weekly RI AAEUQ03 c 2 DW USD BBL OPEC Basket Monthly RI AAEUQ01 c 2 DW USD BBL OPEC Basket Yearly

In addition, the daily code has had its description revised from: AAEUQ00 OPEC Basket

To: AAEUQ00 OPEC Basket Daily

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