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The plastics price discovery process in detail

The process through which LME Plastics Futures Official Prices are set are transparent and straight-forward.

Official Prices

  1. Official Prices for Cash, Month 1 and Month 2 will be established on LMEselect using the Trade Weighted Average method.  The Official Settlement Price will be the Official Cash Price resulting from the same calculation.
  2. The Official Price for each contract would only be one price and not a two-way bid/offer price. 
  3. Provisional Official Prices will be available to LMEselect users and members will have five minutes to challenge these provisional prices.
  4. Official prices will then be distributed to the market via market data vendors.

Unofficial Prices

  1. There will not be an Unofficial Price for Plastics.

Closing Prices

  1. Provisional Evening Evaluations will be displayed on LMEselect and member users who will have fifteen minutes to challenge these. 
  2. Final Closing Prices will be distributed to the market via market data vendors.

 

 

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Notices related to the procedures for the establishment of LME prices for plastics.

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 09/238 : A233 Consultation on Proposed Procedures for Establishing Official and Closing Prices For Plastics On LME Select
 
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