SFE BOND and $A FUTURES
TRADEABLE ON THE SYDNEY FUTURES EXCHANGE

Updated Contract Specifications are available from the SFE in the form of a
.pdf file
Specifications Last updated on Wednesday, November 26 2003

Updated Initial Margins are availablefrom the SFE in the form of a
.pdf file
Initial Margins Last updated on Wednesday, November 26 2003

BOND and $A Contracts
Minimum Price Movement: 1 cent, corresponding to $10 per contract
Last Trading Day: 4pm on the last Thursday of Settlement Months
Delivery Unit: 1000 shares, delivered on the business day following the contract's Last Trading Day.
Adjustment method: No adjustment for dividends but for all other capital reconstructions such as
share splits, bonus & rights issues etc.

CODE

UNIT

ASX
CODE

SETTLEMENT
MONTHS

INITIAL MARGIN
(per contract)

AWM

Alumina

AWC

H M U Z

$300

AAR

Amcor

AMC

G K Q X

$350

MP

AMP

AMP

H M U Z

$875

AZ

ANZ Bank

ANZ

F J N V

$600

AAX

AXA Asia Pacific Holdings

AXA

F J N V

$150

ABP

BlueScope Steel

BSL

H M U Z

$200

ABO

Boral

BLD

G K Q X

$250

ABM

BramblesIndustries

BIL

H M U Z

$450

ABL

BHP Billiton

BHP

H M U Z

$775

ACC

Coca-Cola Amital

CCL

F J N V

$250

ACM

Coles Myer

CML

G K Q X

$550

ACB

Commonwealth Bank

CBA

F J N V

$1100

AFB

Fosters Group

FGL

F J N V

$400

AIA

Insurance Australia Group

IAG

H M U Z

$325

AFX

John Fairfax Holdings

FXJ

F J N V

$175

ALL

Lend Lease Corporation

LLC

H M U Z

$525

ALH

Lihir Gold

LHG

G K Q X

$125

AMY

Mayne Group

MAY

G K Q X

$175

ANB

National Austraila Bank

NAB

F J N V

$1300

ANM

Newcrest Mining

NCM

G K Q X

$500

ANU

News Corporation

NCP

G K Q X

$900

APB

Publishing & Broadcasting

PBL

H M U Z

$425

AQA

Qantas Airways

QAN

G K Q X

$250

AOB

QBE Insurance

QBE

F J N V

$400

ACS

Rinker Group

RIN

H M U Z

$475

ACA

Rio Tinto

RIO

H M U Z

$1400

ARS

Southcorp

SRP

H M U Z

$350

AGB

St George Bank

SGB

F J N V

$550

ASU

Suncorp-Metway

SUN

F J N V

$575

ATB

Tabcorp Holdings

TAH

F J N V

$500

ATA

Testra

TLS

H M U Z

$200

AWF

Wesfarmers

WES

F J N V

$1750

ABC

Westpac Banking

WBC

F J N V

$700

ARE

WMC Resources

WMC

H M U Z

$300

AWE

Westfield Holdings

WSF

F J N V

$850

AWP

Woodside Petroleum

WPL

H M U Z

$650

WW

Woolworths

WOW

H M U Z

$450

MONTH CODES

F

JANUARY

G

FEBRUARY

H

MARCH

J

APRIL

K

MAY

M

JUNE

N

JULY

Q

AUGUST

U

SEPTEMBER

V

OCTOBER

X

NOVEMBER

Z

DECEMBER

F

JANUARY

G

FEBRUARY

H

MARCH

J

APRIL

K

MAY

M

JUNE

N

JULY

Q

AUGUST

U

SEPTEMBER

V

OCTOBER

X

NOVEMBER

Z

DECEMBER


F

JANUARY

G

FEBRUARY

H

MARCH

J

APRIL

K

MAY

M

JUNE

N

JULY

Q

AUGUST

U

SEPTEMBER

V

OCTOBER

X

NOVEMBER

Z

DECEMBER

UNcommon ISF Contracts
Last Trading Day: 4pm on the last Thursday of Settlement Months
Adjustment Methods: 1.

CODE

UNIT
(shares)

UNIT
ASX
CODE

SETTLEMENT
MONTHS

MIN.PRICE MOVT PER
CONTRACT

SETTLEMENT
DAY

DELIVERY
(number
of shares)

ADJUST.
METHOD

APC

200 Ansell

ANN

G K Q X

$2

"

200

1.

AAM

1012 AMP

AMP

H M U Z

$10.12

"

1012

1.

AAN

1042 ANZ Bank

ANZ

F J N V

$10.42

"

1042

1.

ACI

1000
Commonwealth Bank

CBA

monthly up to 4 months ahead

$10

"

1000

2.

ATE

1000 Telstra

TLS

monthly up to 4 months ahead

$10

"

1000

2.