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Commodity Futures - Corn
| CORN FUTURES CONTRACT | |
| Contract code | EMA |
| Unit of trading | Fifty tonnes |
| Pricing unit/quotation (= price basis) | Euro and euro cents per tonne |
| Origins tenderable | European Union |
| Quality | Yellow and/or red corn, of sound, fair and merchantable quality of the following standard: - Moisture basis 15%, maximum 15.5% - Broken grain basis 4%, maximum 10% full specs refer to technical specs - Sprouted grain basis 2.5%, maximum 6% - Grain admixture basis 4%, maximum 5% - Other impurities basis 1%, maximum 3% |
| Minimum price movement (tick size and value) | 25 euro cents per tonne (€12.50) |
| Delivery months | March, June, August and November such that eight delivery months are available for trading. |
| Introduction of new expiry months | First trading day following the last trading day. |
| Wholesale services | Against Actuals, Exchange for Swaps |
| Euronext market | Paris |
| Last trading day | 18:30 on the fifth calendar day of the delivery month (if not a business day, then the following business day. |
| Settlement (Delivery) | in an approved silo in Bayonne (silo Maisica), Blaye (silo Semabla), Bordeaux (silos d’Aquitaine Invivo, Splb/Sobtran), La Rochelle Pallice (silos Sica Atlantique, Socomac), Nantes (silos in Vivo), and from November 2019 additional delivery points in Dunkirk (Sica Nord Céréales) and Ghent (Euro-Silo).. |
| Delivery period | Any business day from the last trading day to the end of the specified delivery month. |
| Exchange Delivery Settlement Price (EDSP) (methodo price) | EDSP as a physically delivered contract (please refer to the technical specifications) |
| Clearing organization | LCH SA |
| Delivery limits | Delivery limits are set by LCH SA and are published 80 days before the last trading day and are applicable for 12 days before the last trading day of the delivery month. Please refer to the LCH S.A. notices on the website. |
| Trading hours | 10:45 – 18:30 CET |
| Trading platform | Optiq |
| Algorithm | Central order book applies a price-time trading algorithm, with priority given to the first order at the best price. |
| Last update | 28 April 2021 |
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