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Southern Fields Has an Inventory of 838,000 Pounds of Sugar

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Southern Fields has an inventory of 838,000 pounds of sugar.The firm placed a partial hedge on this inventory by selling 6 futures contracts at 9.56.The futures contracts are based on 112,000 pounds and quoted in cents per pound.At the time the firm sold the sugar,the spot rate was 9.63.How much profit did the firm lose because of the hedge?


A) $470.40
B) $586.60
C) $688.20
D) $4,704.00
E) $5,866.00

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