Platts announces expanded coverage of US CFTC reports

Commodities: Oil, Natural Gas, Metals Regions: Americas, Europe

Starting soon, Platts will begin delivering complete information from the Bank Position (BPR) and Commitments of Traders (COT) reports published by the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission for selected oil, natural gas and metals contracts. For complete information on these reports, go to http://www.cftc.gov/marketreports/index.htm .

Platts has defined symbols for each value in each report for each contract, including both 'old-format' and 'new-format' COT reports. In addition, Platts has defined a set of 'net' symbols to store long vs short position differences. Some of these 'net' symbols will replace the symbols used for the values Platts currently delivers on pages PGA578-80, PGA582-3, PGA753, and in other services.

The contracts for which Platts has defined the new CFTC symbols are listed below. The symbols will begin updating shortly in dispatch category CM. For a complete list of them, including symbol descriptive information and predecessor symbols where applicable, the rules (symbology) used to define the new CFTC symbols, and information on how 'net' values will be computed, go to http://www.platts.com/IM.Platts.Content/MethodologyReferences/NewDiscontinued Codes/Codes/cftcdec09.xls. Note that you may have to copy this url (starting with 'http:' and ending with '.xls' and paste it into your web browser.

If you have any questions or comments regarding this notice, please contact your local Platts Customer Care representative or email support@platts.com.

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