No extra margin on MCX gold, silver futures during tender period
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MUMBAI – Traders will not have to pay any additional margin on gold and silver futures contracts once the tender period starts, The Multi Commodity Exchange of India said in a press release Tuesday. Tender period is the duration before a futures contract expires when sellers can mark their intention to deliver the underlying commodity physically.
An additional margin on contracts is imposed by the Multi Commodity Exchange Clearing Corp. Ltd. to cover potential market volatility or risk. It is a temporary requirement on top of the initial margin and is levied on both long and short positions to provide a buffer against unforeseen market fluctuations or potential defaults.
For the ‘GOLDGUINEA', ‘GOLDPETAL', and ‘GOLDTEN' contracts expiring on Oct. 31, the additional margin of 1% will not be levied from the beginning of the day on Oct. 30, according to the release. The additional margin of 1% for the ‘GOLDM' contract expiring on Nov. 5 will not be applicable from Nov. 3, it said.
However, the additional margin of 1% on the near-month contracts of all gold variants will continue to be levied until further notice, it said. A near-month contract refers to the nearest contract expiry that is not yet in the tender period.
In the case of all silver contract variants, the additional margin of 4.5% will be removed when the contracts enter their respective tender periods and the margins will then be applied to the subsequent expiring contracts, the release said. End
Reported by Taniva Singha Roy
Edited by Deepshikha Bhardwaj
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