Suppose you purchase a July 2020 orange juice futures contract on this day at the last price
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Suppose you purchase a July 2020 orange juice futures contract on this day at the last price of the day. What will your profit or loss be if orange juice prices turn out to be $1.213 per pound at expiration? Use Table 23.1. (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a positive value rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) |
TABLE 23.1 Sample Wall Street Journal Futures Price Quotations
Metal & Petroleum Futures | ||
Contract | Chg | Open Interest |
Open High | hi Lo Low Settle | |
Copper-High (CMX)25,000 lb; $ per lb | ||
May 2.3655 2.4260 2.3400 2.4050 0.0715 1,672 | ||
July 2.3375 2.4285 | 2.3340 2.4040 | 0.0735 99,558 |
Gold (CMX)100 troy oz; $ per troy oz | ||
May 1755.70 1770.50 | 1734.10 1731.80 | 21.60 1,335 |
June 1757.50 1775.80 1729.30 1734.40 21.90 257,707 | ||
Aug 1769.40 1787.50 | 1741.90 1746.70 | 21.30 165,420 |
Oct 1780.00 1792.90 1750.50 1753.60 19.60 18,096 | ||
Dec 1780.00 1800.00 | 1756.20 1760.60 | 18.10 63,563 |
Feb21 1765.00 1775.00 1762.00 1763.60 17.40 10,863 | ||
Palladium (NYM)50 troy oz; $ per troy oz | ||
May ... ... ... 2021.80 169.20 ... | ||
June 1873.10 20770.00 | 1863.70 2027.10 | 169.20 3,381 |
Sept 1880.00 2050.00 1880.00 2016.20 161.30 3,318 | ||
Dec 2000.00 2000.00 | 2000.00 2009.20 | 161.50 393 |
Platinum (NYM)50 troy oz; $ per troy oz. | ||
May 807.60 807.60 | 805.10 864.70 | 52.20 8 |
July 823.10 877.00 822.70 869.30 52.20 42,602 | ||
Silver (CMX)5,000 troy oz.; $ per troy oz | ||
May 17.220 17.585 17.220 17.464 0.418 353 | ||
July 17.225 17.985 | 17.125 17.468 | 0.398 111,605 |
Crude Oil, Light Sweet (NYM)1,000 bbl; $ per bbl | ||
June 29.53 33.32 | 29.53 31.82 | 2.39 54,931 |
July 29.81 33.10 29.55 31.65 2.13 308,131 | ||
Aug 30.30 33.52 | 30.15 32.27 | 2.15 248,058 |
Sept 30.92 33.90 30.69 32.87 2.18 304,304 | ||
Dec 32.25 34.77 | 32.13 34.07 | 2.06 339,481 |
Dec21 35.55 37.81 35.55 37.30 1.76 129,484 | ||
NY Harbor ULSD (NYM)42,000 gal; $ per gal | ||
June .9205 1.0286 .9195 1.0064 .0860 52,223 |
Source: The Wall Street Journal, May 19, 2020.
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