List of traded commodities
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The following is a list of futures contracts on physically traded commodities.
Agricultural
[edit]Grains, food and fiber
[edit]Symbol from [1]
Commodity | Main exchange | MIC | Contract size | Symbol |
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Corn | CBOT | XCBT | 5000 bu | C/ZC (Electronic) |
Corn | EURONEXT | 50 tons | EMA | |
Corn | DCE | XDCE | 10 metric tons | c |
Oats | CBOT | XCBT | 5000 bu | O/ZO (Electronic) |
Rough Rice | CBOT | XCBT | 2000 cwt | ZR |
Soybeans | CBOT | XCBT | 5000 bu | S/ZS (Electronic) |
No 2. Soybean | DCE | XDCE | 10 metric tons | b |
Rapeseed | EURONEXT | 50 tons | ECO | |
Soybean Meal | CBOT | XCBT | 100 short tons | SM/ZM (Electronic) |
Soy Meal | DCE | XDCE | 10 metric tons | m |
Soybean Oil | CBOT | XCBT | 60,000 lb | BO/ZL (Electronic) |
Soybean Oil | DCE | XDCE | 10 metric tons | y |
Wheat | CBOT | XCBT | 5000 bu | W/ZW (Electronic) |
Wheat | EURONEXT | 50 tons | EBM | |
UK Feed Wheat | ICE | IEPA | 100 metric tons | T |
Milk | CME | XCME | 200,000 lbs | DC |
Cocoa | ICE | IEPA | 10 metric tons | CC |
Cocoa (London) | ICE | IEPA | 10 metric tons | C |
Coffee C | ICE | IEPA | 37,500 lb | KC |
Cotton No.2 | ICE | IEPA | 50,000 lb | CT |
Sugar No.11 | ICE | IEPA | 112,000 lb | SB |
Sugar No.14 | ICE | IEPA | 112,000 lb | SE |
Frozen Concentrated Orange Juice | ICE | IEPA | 15,000 lbs | FCOJ-A |
Adzuki bean | OSE | XOSE | 2400 kg | |
Robusta coffee | ICE | IEPA | 10,000kg |
Livestock and meat
[edit]Commodity | Contract size | Currency | Main exchange | Symbol |
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Lean Hogs | 40,000 lb (20 tons) | USD ($) | Chicago Mercantile Exchange | HE |
Live Cattle | 40,000 lb (20 tons) | USD ($) | Chicago Mercantile Exchange | LE |
Feeder Cattle | 50,000 lb (25 tons) | USD ($) | Chicago Mercantile Exchange | GF |
Commodity | Contract size | Currency | Main exchange | Symbol |
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Class III Milk | 200,000 lb | USD ($) | Chicago Mercantile Exchange | DC |
Cash-settled Butter | 20,000 lb (~9 metric tons) | USD ($) | Chicago Mercantile Exchange | CB |
Non-fat Dry Milk | 44,000 lb (~22 metric tons) | USD ($) | Chicago Mercantile Exchange | GNF |
Whole milk powder | 1 metric ton | USD ($) | Singapore Exchange | WMP |
Skim Milk Powder | 1 metric ton | USD ($) | Singapore Exchange | SMP |
Energy
[edit]Commodity | Main exchange | Contract size | Symbol |
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WTI Crude Oil | NYMEX, ICE | 1000 bbl (42,000 U.S. gal) | CL (NYMEX), WTI (ICE) |
Brent Crude | ICE | 1000 bbl (42,000 U.S. gal) | B |
Ethanol | CBOT | 29,000 U.S. gal | AC (Open Auction) ZE (Electronic) |
Natural gas | NYMEX | 10,000 million BTU | NG |
Natural gas | ICE | 1,000 therms | NBP |
Heating Oil | NYMEX | 1000 bbl (42,000 U.S. gal) | HO |
Gulf Coast Gasoline | NYMEX | 1000 bbl (42,000 U.S. gal) | LR |
RBOB Gasoline | NYMEX | 1000 bbl (42,000 U.S. gal) | RB |
Propane | NYMEX | 1000 bbl (42,000 U.S. gal) | PN |
Purified Terephthalic Acid (PTA) | ZCE | 5 tons | TA |
Forest products
[edit]Commodity | Main exchange | Contract size | Symbol |
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Random Length Lumber | Chicago Mercantile Exchange | 110,000 nominal board feet | LBS |
Hardwood Pulp[4] | Chicago Mercantile Exchange | 20 metric tonnes | HWP |
Softwood Pulp[4] | Chicago Mercantile Exchange | 20 metric tonnes | WP |
Metals
[edit]Industrial Metals
[edit]Commodity | Contract size | Currency | Main exchange | Symbol |
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LME Copper | Metric Ton | USD ($) | London Metal Exchange, New York | HG |
Lead | Metric Ton | USD ($) | London Metal Exchange | |
Zinc | Metric Ton | USD ($) | London Metal Exchange | |
Tin | Metric Ton | USD ($) | London Metal Exchange | |
Aluminium | Metric Ton | USD ($) | London Metal Exchange, New York | |
Aluminium alloy | Metric Ton | USD ($) | London Metal Exchange | |
LME Nickel | Metric Ton | USD ($) | London Metal Exchange | |
Cobalt | Metric Ton | USD ($) | London Metal Exchange | |
Molybdenum | Metric Ton | USD ($) | London Metal Exchange |
Precious Metals
[edit]Commodity | Contract size | Currency | Main exchange | Symbol |
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Gold | 100 troy ounces | USD ($) | COMEX | GC |
Platinum | 50 troy ounces | USD ($) | NYMEX | PL |
Palladium | 100 troy ounces | USD ($) | NYMEX | PA |
Silver | 5,000 troy ounces | USD ($) | COMEX | SI |
Other
[edit]Commodity | Contract size | Currency | Main exchange |
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Palm Oil | 1000 kg | Malaysian Ringgit (RM) | Bursa Malaysia |
Rubber | 5000 kg | US cents (¢) | Osaka Exchange |
Wool | 2500 kg | AUD ($) | ASX |
Amber | 1 kg | Rub (₽) | Saint Petersburg "Bourse" |
List of 15 largest global commodities trading companies
[edit]- Vitol
- Glencore International AG
- Trafigura
- Cargill
- Salam Investment
- Archer Daniels Midland
- Gunvor (company)
- Beddu-Trading
- Mercuria Energy Group
- Noble Group
- Louis Dreyfus Group
- Bunge Limited
- Wilmar International
- Olam International
- Cannon Trading Company
Commodity exchanges
[edit]- Chicago Mercantile Exchange
- Dubai Mercantile Exchange
- Euronext
- Intercontinental Exchange
- London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange
- London Metal Exchange
- NASDAQ OMX Commodities
- Dalian Commodity Exchange
References
[edit]- ^ "CME Group Website". cmegroup.com. CME Group. Retrieved 2010-10-20.
- ^ "CME Group Website". cmegroup.com. CME Group. Retrieved 2023-11-28.
- ^ "Singapore Exchange Limited website". www.sgx.com/derivatives/products/dairy. SGX. Retrieved 2023-11-28.
- ^ a b CME Group. "Softwood and Hardwood Pulp Futures and Options" (PDF). Retrieved November 11, 2019.
External links
[edit]- "CME Group website". cmegroup.com. CME Group. Retrieved 2008-08-21.
- "ICE/NYBoT website". theice.com. ICE/NYBOT Exchange. Retrieved 2008-08-21.
- List of Commodity Delivery Dates on Wikinvest
- "yahoo finance commodities".