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CHICAGO(Commodity Online): Following the increase in Gold collateral ceiling, the CME Group on Monday raised its margin requirements for trading Copper and Platinum futures, effective after the close of business Tuesday.

In a statement,CME said from 5th October initial requirements for platinum were hiked to $4,950 per contract from $3,850, and maintenance margins rose to $4,500 each from $3,500

For Copper contracts on the comex division, it rose to $7,763 per contract from $6,750, and maintenance margins climbed to $5,750 each contract from $5,000.

The exchange operator raised initial margins on Comex copper futures by 15 percent to $7,763 a contract, while raising the same requirement on Nymex Platinum futures by about 29 percent to $4,950 a contract.