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CFD Inflation Rates - Futures

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Inflation Rate Symbol Spread as low as† IM Factor (Margin Req) GFT Trading Hours Contract Months Last Dealing Day Basis of Settlement Example Price ††Tick Factor Currency Underlying Index Last Update
HICP Euro InflationHICPEUxx 5 near month; 10 other months5%08:00 - 16:30 CETNear month plus month ending next 2 quartersVariable. Data is released one month retrospectively, e.g. September year-on-year data is released in October. Last dealing day time is 09:30 CET. Eurostat official release for Eurozone HICP (EU-harmonized, year-on-year non-seasonally adjusted percentage change in the index). Data revisions are disregarded. See www.ec.europa.eu/eurostat 1.650.01 EUR Eurostat Eurozone HICP21/04/2009
UK Consumer Price IndexCPIUKxx 5 near month; 10 other months5%08:00 - 16:30 London timeNear month plus month ending next 2 quartersVariable. Data is released one month retrospectively, e.g. September year-on-year data is released in October. Last dealing day time is 09:00 London time. Office of National Statistics official release for UK CPI (EU-harmonized, year-on-year non-seasonally adjusted percentage change in the index). Data revisions are disregarded. See www.statistics.gov.uk4.550.01 GBP Consumer Price Index (CPI)21/04/2009

† Tick factor = the price increment representing 1 whole trading unit, by which P&L and both initial and variation margin are calculated. For non-FX CFDs, the Notional Value of your underlying transaction price is Price * Number of CFDs/Tick Factor.

Symbols

GFT Symbols use the following format: Symbol Root + Month Code + Year final digit

Month codes are as follows: Jan F; Feb G; Mar H; Apr J; May K; June M; July N; Aug Q; Sep U; Oct V; Nov X; Dec Z

E,g, Brent Crude Oil June 2009 would use the symbol LCOM9

Minimum / Maximum Trade Sizes

Maximum trading sizes vary according to underlying liquidity/market conditions and whether the underlying market is classed as being quoted by GFT “out of hours”, i.e. outside of regular trading hours.

The market information sheets indicate the usual minimum and maximum trading sizes in GBP; currency equivalents apply for non-GBP accounts, or when trading on markets denominated in a currency other than GBP.

Trading Hours

Times shown are GFT's usual times for trading a market and are basis GMT unless otherwise stated; these may vary e.g. on market holidays and where daylight saving applies.

Our normal dealing hours are from 22:00 Sunday to 22:00 on Friday.

Spreads

The spreads shown may vary according to underlying market liquidity, or in “fast markets”.