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Question 6
Mogul oil company will sell 7000 barrels of oil in 3 months. Suppose Mogul hedges the risk by selling futures on 7000 barrels of oil. The current oil futures price is $15.6 dollars per barrel. If in 3 months the spot price of oil is $15.0 and the futures price is $15.9 per barrel, what is Mogul's effective price of oil per barrel?
16.5
17.0
14.7
15.3
Question 7
Mogul oil company will sell 9000 barrels of oil in 2 months. Suppose Mogul hedges the risk by selling futures on 7200.0 barrels of oil. The current oil futures price is $21.1 dollars per barrel. If in 2 months the spot price of oil is $20.5 and the futures price is $21.8 per barrel, what is Mogul's gain on the futures transaction and effective price per barrel?
-5040.0 and 21.06
5040.0 and 19.94
5040.0 and 21.06
-5040.0 and 19.94