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European Hot Rolled Coil
Description

Cash settled steel swaps – settled against The Steel Index:

Hot Rolled Coil – Northern Europe, domestic (SCN)

Hot Rolled Coil – Southern Europe, domestic (SCS)

Lot Size

20 mt

CurrencyEuros
Pricing€ per metric tonne
Minimum tick€0.0001 to account for final settlement
Fixed priceThe traded price or the previous day’s settlement price as supplied end of day by FIS, or any other such source as LCH may determine
Floating price

In respect of daily settlement, the floating price will be the end of day price as supplied by FIS, or any other such source as LCH may determine

In respect of final settlement, the floating price will be the mean of the daily prices for the contract route as published by The Steel Index during the contract month

Contract seriesFront 1 or 2 months (remaining from front quarter), 5 whole quarters, 2 whole calendar years
Expiry / Last Trading Day

Last UK business day of the contract month

DeliveryCash settled monthly against the arithmetic average of all the indices in the contract month
Final paymentThe first business day following the expiry day
Business DaysUK business days 

Turkish Import Scrap
Description

Cash settled steel swap – settled against The Steel Index:

Turkish Import Scrap (SST)

Lot Size

20 mt

CurrencyUS dollars
PricingUS $ per metric tonne
Minimum tick$0.0001 to account for final settlement
Fixed priceThe traded price or the previous day’s settlement price as supplied end of day by FIS, or any other such source as LCH may determine
Floating price

In respect of daily settlement, the floating price will be the end of day price as supplied by FIS, or any other such source as LCH may determine

In respect of final settlement, the floating price will be the mean of the daily prices for the contract route as published by The Steel Index during the contract month

Contract seriesFront 1 or 2 months (remaining from front quarter), 5 whole quarters, 2 whole calendar years
Expiry / Last Trading Day

Last UK business day of the contract month

DeliveryCash settled monthly against the arithmetic average of all the indices in the contract month
Final paymentThe first business day following the expiry day
Business DaysUK business days 

China Domestic Hot Rolled Ribbed Bar
Description

Cash settled steel swap – settled against the Cleartrade China Steel Index (provided by Umetal):

China Domestic Hot Rolled Ribbed Bar (SBC)

Lot Size

20 mt

CurrencyUS Dollars
PricingUS $ per metric tonne
Minimum tickUS $0.0001 to account for final settlement
Fixed priceThe traded price or the previous day’s settlement price as supplied end of day by FIS, or any other such source as LCH may determine
Floating price

In respect of daily settlement, the floating price will be the end of day price as supplied by FIS, or any other such source as LCH may determine

In respect of final settlement, the floating price will be the arithmetic average of all the daily Cleartrade China Steel Index (provided by Umetal) indices for that month*

Contract seriesFront 1 or 2 months (remaining from front quarter), 5 whole quarters, 2 whole calendar years
Expiry / Last Trading Day

Last Chinese business day of the month

Where the last Chinese business day is a UK holiday, last trading day will be the previous UK business day

DeliveryCash settled monthly against the arithmetic average of all the indices in the contract month
Final paymentThe first UK business day following the expiry day
Business DaysChinese business days for the purpose of Index publication
UK business days for the purpose of trade registration, confirmation and final payment

China Hot Rolled Coil
Description

Cash settled steel swap – settled against the Cleartrade China Steel Index (provided by Umetal):

China Hot Rolled Coil (SCC)

Lot Size

20 mt

CurrencyUS Dollars
PricingUS $ per metric tonne
Minimum tickUS $0.0001 to account for final settlement
Fixed priceThe traded price or the previous day’s settlement price as supplied end of day by FIS, or any other such source as LCH may determine
Floating price

In respect of daily settlement, the floating price will be the end of day price as supplied by FIS, or any other such source as LCH may determine

In respect of final settlement, the floating price will be the arithmetic average of all the daily Cleartrade China Steel Index (provided by Umetal) indices for that month*

Contract seriesFront 1 or 2 months (remaining from front quarter), 5 whole quarters, 2 whole calendar years
Expiry / Last Trading Day

Last Chinese business day of the contract month

Where the last Chinese business day is a UK holiday, last trading day will be the previous UK business day

DeliveryCash settled monthly against the arithmetic average of all the indices in the contract month
Final paymentThe first UK business day following the expiry day
Business DaysChinese business days for the purpose of Index publication
UK business days for the purpose of trade registration, confirmation and final payment

*subject to the following currency exchange:
The Cleartrade China Steel Index is published in CNY and Cleartrade will use the daily Bloomberg USD CNY fixing rate, as published at 4pm China Standard Time, to convert the prices to USD.  Where an index price is published at a weekend, the next published Bloomberg fixing rate at 4pm China Standard Time will be used to convert it.