Company C is a mining company with 200,000 pounds of copper inventory at 1 September 2012, with
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Company C is a mining company with 200,000 pounds of copper inventory at 1 September 2012, with a total cost of USD640,000. On 1 September 2012, company C entered into a copper sale futures contract maturing on 1 February 2013, at a futures price of 3.25.
Copper spot and forward prices are as follows:
Copper spot prices | Copper futures price for maturity 1 February 2013 | |
1-Sep-12 | 3.22 | 3.25 |
31-Dec-12 | 3.25 | 3.29 |
1-Feb-13 | 3.3 | 3.3 |
Requirements
(a) Explain if a hedge exists; if so the type of hedge, hedging instrument and hedged item; if not why.
(b) Record the journal entries on 31 December 2012 and 1 February 2013
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