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Mills failed to help the association by limiting iron-ore imports in the run-up to the negotiations as a tactic to hold spot prices down.

Mr Sen reported last week: "The panel did not find any firm evidence of futures prices of commodities influencing spot prices. "

Analysts said China's buying accelerated in January and that if it continued importing at its current pace, spot prices could climb further.

Iron-ore spot prices, at about $110 a metric ton, have been climbing toward their highest level in more than a year.

The urgency to agree on provisional prices was caused, in part, by an increase in spot prices in recent months.

"A month ago, no one could have predicted that spot prices would fall so far, " she adds.

Iron-ore spot prices began to ease last week after nearly doubling since touching lows in April.

Commodities bulls, enduring big falls not just in spot prices but far out along the futures curve, must almost wish they were right.

But as talks continued, spot prices, a determinant of contract prices, began to rise.

Excluding freight costs, Indian spot prices have surged this week to $130 a tonne, up from $53 a tonne a year ago.

Norway, also a big supplier to EU countries, had begun to sell gas on contracts that tied an even larger fraction to spot prices.

A similar problem has caused returns for the United States Oil Fund to lag far behind spot prices in recent months.

But Barclays says that even though spot prices have fallen, forward prices are holding up well across the sector.

The steelmakers' costs are likely to increase even further during the summer as spot prices continue to rise.

This, Darby said, could amount to a 'double whammy' when ore contracts eventually reset at lower spot prices.

They often cite high spot prices as the reason for jagging up the contract prices.

Small rise in spot prices, lower prices of polyester products continue to move down the center of gravity.

The expiration of these contracts now allows the miner to sell the ore at spot prices.

As coal market fundamentals have turned increasingly bullish, spot prices for coking coal have climbed to all time highs.

Spot prices could surge or plunge in the short-term, but seem unlikely to return to levels that are low and stable for some time.

It implies futures prices represent accurate predictors of expected spot prices, and China futures markets are weak efficient.

Investment dollars bid up the price of futures relative to spot prices.

A move towards spot prices could also trigger a race to create derivatives contracts, helping exchanges in continental Europe and Asia.

And indeed, spot prices have risen higher since the earthquake.

Long-dated oil prices are now almost $20 a barrel higher than two years ago, even though spot prices are much lower than then.

After that, miners have warned previous long-term agreements with Chinese steelmakers would be void and they would sell ore at spot prices.

But from the recent trend on the relationship between futures prices and spot prices, spot prices on the futures price less impact.

But their failure to hedge has allowed them to take advantage of the decline in spot prices.

That triggered the end of stable benchmark-pricing agreements and the emergence of a new system based on spot prices.

Spot prices for legacy parts soared by more than 20 percent amid fears that supply will remain tight due to lack of capacity.

Spot prices rose modestly, some cotton enterprises active stable quote, market turnover of lighter.

Usually, futures prices have tended to be below spot prices.

The differential between benchmark and spot prices pretty much guarantees corruption and ill will.

Through the use of spot prices and futures prices of historical data, to do regression analysis can achieve.

Spot prices for iron ore recently have fallen below contract prices, reversing a trend from recent years.

But in relatively liberalised Britain gas is largely traded at spot prices set by current supply and demand.

Today, however, when miners and mills start talking on the sidelines of the Qingdao conference, they already have a reference: spot prices.

Since that deal, spot prices rose, traders said, reinforcing Rio's negotiating position.

Traditionally, annual contracts are settled below spot prices.

Spot prices at Chinese ports have fallen in recent weeks, suggesting that destocking has begun.

For them, there was a financial incentive to keep spot prices higher.

With the spot price in the period of adjustment, spot prices have now fallen into futures prices, the basis of basic becomes reasonable.

Seen from the spot on the trend, spot prices decline for a stay.

Up to 15 per cent of sales to customers such as Germany's Eon Ruhrgas, Italy's Eni and France's GDF Suez will be linked to spot prices.

Judging from the R2 value, this time, correlation between spot prices and on futures price less than in the past.

Spot prices include the cost of shipping to China.

RWE, which favours a complete shift to spot prices, has apparently followed suit.

Spot prices, which guide the annual benchmark, have risen steadily.

In 2009 the parlous state of the global economy pushed spot prices for the metal down below $1, 500 a tonne.

BHP is offering a quarterly pricing system based on spot prices and Rio says that it could do something similar.

Cisa's bargaining position is, however, weakening as spot prices rise.

"Plus, spot prices are not that far off from the benchmark price, " Cochrane said.

Due to lower demand in Mong Kok, began weakening in spot prices.

Long-dated oil futures have outperformed spot prices during the past six months.

They are buying it at spot prices and selling the promise of delivery at a future date.

Their reasoning is obvious: spot prices are sky-high and the process of annual negotiations is a shambles.

In February it rebuffed appeals by Germany's e. ON, one of its most important customers, to link its gas to spot prices.

Spot prices include the cost of shipping from Western Australia into the port of Qingdao in China.

This removes some oil from the market, putting a floor under spot prices.

BHP sells ore through a hybrid system based on indices and spot prices.

Spot prices jumped last week to an all-time record of $210 per tonne, between $50 and $75 higher than current contract prices.

In addition, Canpotex, the Canadian potash export cartel, has raised spot prices in Asia and Brazil.

Spot prices for wheat rose by 24% in July, and by more than 50% between the start of June and August 6th.

Every time spot prices go up, they lend weight to miners who want a higher benchmark price for their bulk sales.

Even so, spot prices for flash chips are up sharply this week, according to DRAMeXchange, Asia's biggest spot market for chips.

A couple of months ago, for instance, spot prices went over $190 a tonne; they have now settled at around $140.

Contract prices for iron ore are at about $85 a ton. Spot prices are hovering around $200 a ton.

Excluding freight costs, spot prices are more than 90 per cent above the $61 a tonne level agreed in the 2009-10 contract talks.

Spot prices, meanwhile, are at levels of four years ago.

allowing the miner to sell the ore at spot prices.

Spot prices are also volatile.

Samsung's stock rose 3. 6% Thursday after news that memory-chip spot prices rose last month.

Australian and Brazilian spot prices have jumped 39 and 71 per cent respectively.

Spot prices for coking coal surged last week to $160 a tonne, up almost 40 per cent in the last three months and the highest in 12 months.

Excluding freight costs, spot prices are more than 90 per cent above the $61 a tonne 2009-10 contract price.

They can then resell ore, at spot prices, to the smaller Chinese firms, making a profit and undermining their competitors at the same time.

Spot prices fell by 75%, more even than oil.

On December 2, COMEX spot prices for gold were 1. 99% higher than December gold futures, which are for December 31 delivery.

Spot prices fell last week to $80 a tonne.

Spot prices for carbon credits were NZ$18. 45 per metric ton on Aug.

Spot prices oil ended last week at $77. 65.

These are bets on future spot prices written with banks.

Mathematical Eduction on the Influence of Hedging by the Gap between Futures Prices and Spot Prices