Wood Pulp futures are traded on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange under ticker symbol WP in dollars per metric ton. For electronic trading sessions, the symbol WP is used.[1]

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Wood Pulp futures prices for a July, 2009 delivery date. Prices are in dollars per metric ton.

Delivery Dates

Wood Pulp futures are delivered every year in January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December.[1] The following is a table with wood pulp futures delivery dates and resultant tickers for 2009. For an explanation on commodity tickers see commodity ticker construction.

Delivery Month Full Ticker Symbol Thomson-Reuters Symbol
January, 2009WPF9WP/F9-CM
February, 2009WPG9WP/G9-CM
March, 2009WPH9WP/H9-CM
April, 2009WPJ9WP/J9-CM
May, 2009WPK9WP/K9-CM
June, 2009WPM9WP/M9-CM
July, 2009WPN9WP/N9-CM
August, 2009WPQ9WP/Q9-CM
September, 2009WPU9WP/U9-CM
October, 2009WPV9WP/V9-CM
November, 2009WPV9WP/X9-CM
December, 2009WPZ9WP/Z9-CM

Contract Specifications

Contract Size

One Wood Pulp futures contract on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange is 20 metric tons.[1]

Daily Price Limit

$50 per mt above or below previous day's settlement price; none for expiring contract in spot month.[1]

Last Trading Day

Trading of Wood Pulp futures contracts on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange ends on the last Tuesday of the contract month, 2:00 a.m..[1]

Deliverable Grades

Deliverable Wood Pulp grades for futures contracts on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange are: Northern Bleached Softwood Kraft pulp.[1]

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