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Futures are a financial contract. Transaction price of an asset is predetermined for a transaction on future date. Buyer of a future contract is obligated to purchase the asset on decided price on future date.
Here, Investor has taken long position, so purchase price of gold = $ 1900 per troy ounce
At the date of expiry, future price is at $ 1960 per troy ounce. So, investor can sell the gold on this price.
Hence, gain for investor = (Selling price – purchase price) * quantity of gold per contract
= ($ 1960 - $ 1900) * 100
= $ 60 * 100 = $ 6,000
Answer: investor made a gain of $ 6,000