PLEASE ANSWER FULLY*******DON'T GIVE ME THE WRONG ANSWER24. Apex Exchange has just introduced a futures contract on the stock of Brandex, a company that currently pays no dividends. Eachcontract calls for delivery of 1,000 shares of stock in one year. The T-bill rate is 4% per year.Required:a. If Brandex stock now sells at $120 per share, what should the futures price be?Note: Round your answer to 2 decimal places.Futures priceb. Brandex stock now sells at $120 per share. If the Brandex stock price drops by 3%, what will be the new futures price and thechange in the investor's margin account?Note: Input all amounts as positive values. Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to 2 decimal places.New futures priceInvestor's margin account

To find the Future Stock, the formula we need to use is : F0= S0erT

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