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CFTC fines Vitol $6m for misleading Nymex


Vitol, the energy and commodities trading group based in Rotterdam and Geneva, will pay $6m to settle two charges of misleading the New York Mercantile Exchange, now part of CME Group.

The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission said on September 14 that the charges related to Vitol Inc in Houston,...

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