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Settlement Price

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Settlement price
A figure determined by the closing range that is used to calculate gains and losses in futures market accounts. Settlement prices are used to determine gains, losses, margin calls, and invoice prices for deliveries. Related: Closing range.

Settlement Price
In futures, the average price at which a futures contract trades on a given day. It is calculated by taking the average of the opening price and the closing price on that day. The settlement price helps a broker determine whether a client's margin account needs to be called, if the price changes too much, and the client holds the contract in question.

settlement price
In futures trading, an official price established at the end of each trading day by using the range of closing prices for a particular contract. This price, similar to the closing price for stock, is used to determine margin requirements and the following day's price limits.


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Trading for all four will be available on the New York trading floor and clearing services will be available through CME ClearPort, a set of clearing services open to over-the-counter (OTC) market participants to substantially mitigate counterparty risk and provide neutral settlement prices across asset classes.
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Eoe1/4A[yen]The emirateEoe1/4aos Department of Petroleum Affairs will announce a differential price for Dubai crude on the last Thursday of the month to apply to the final settlement price of the Oman contract trading three months ahead, the exchange said.
 
 
 
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