List of traded commodities
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Agricultural (Grains, and Food and Fiber)
Commodity | Main Exchange | Contract Size | Trading Symbol |
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Corn | CBOT | 5000 bu | C |
Oats | CBOT | 5000 bu | O |
Rough Rice | CBOT | 2000 cwt | RR |
Soybeans | CBOT | 5000 bu | S |
Soybean Meal | CBOT | 100 short tons | SM |
Soybean Oil | CBOT | 60,000 lb | BO |
Wheat | CBOT | 5000 bu | W |
Cocoa | NYBOT | 10 tons | CC |
Coffee C | NYBOT | 37,500 lb | KC |
Cotton No.2 | NYBOT | 50,000 lb | CT |
Sugar No.11 | NYBOT | 112,000 lb | SB |
Sugar No.14 | NYBOT | 112,000 lb | SE |
Livestock & Meat
Commodity | Contract Size | Currency | Bourse | Ticker |
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Lean Hogs | 40,000 lb | USD ($) | Chicago Mercantile Exchange | LH |
Live Cattle | 40,000 lb | USD ($) | Chicago Mercantile Exchange | LC |
Feeder Cattle | 50,000 lb | USD ($) | Chicago Mercantile Exchange | FC |
Energy
Commodity | Main Exchanges | Trading Symbol |
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Light, Sweet Crude | NYMEX | CL |
Brent Crude | ICE | IB |
Ethanol | CBOT | AC (Open Auction) ZE (Electronic) |
Natural Gas | NYMEX | NG |
Heating Oil | NYMEX | HO |
Gulf Coast Gasoline | NYMEX | LR |
RBOB Gasoline (reformulated gasoline blendstock for oxygen blending) | NYMEX | RB |
Propane | NYMEX | PN |
Uranium | NYMEX | UX |
Precious metals
Commodity | Unit | Currency | Price (20th August 2008) | Bourse |
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Gold | troy ounce | USD ($) | $822.00 | CBOT |
Platinum | troy ounce | USD ($) | $2025.00 | NYMEX |
Palladium | troy ounce | USD ($) | $443.00 | NYMEX |
Silver | troy ounce | USD ($) | $13.27 | CBOT |
Industrial metals
Commodity | Unit | Currency | Price (2004) | Price (2006) ([1]) | Bourse |
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Copper | Metric Ton | USD ($) | $3,200 | 6,670 ([2]) | London Metal Exchange, New York |
Lead | Metric Ton | USD ($) | $990 ([3]) | 1,515 ([4]) | London Metal Exchange |
Zinc | Metric Ton | USD ($) | $1,226 ([5]) | 4,110 ([6]) | London Metal Exchange |
Tin | Metric Ton | USD ($) | $7,665 ([7]) | 9,675 ([8]) | London Metal Exchange |
Aluminium | Metric Ton | USD ($) | $1,947 ([9]) | 2,595 ([10]) | London Metal Exchange, New York |
Aluminium alloy | Metric Ton | USD ($) | ([11]) | 2,595 ([12]) | London Metal Exchange |
Nickel | Metric Ton | USD ($) | $15,190 ([13]) | 30,050 ([14]) | London Metal Exchange |
Aluminium alloy | Metric Ton | USD ($) | ([15]) | 2,310 ([16]) | London Metal Exchange |
Recycled steel | Metric Ton | USD ($) | Rotterdam |
Rare metals
The following metals are not, at present (2008), traded on any exchange, such as the London Metal Exchange (LME), and, therefore, no spot or futures market, where producers, consumers and traders can fix an official or settlement price exists for these metals.[citation needed] The only price information that is available globally is published by, among others, the London Metal Bulletin and is based on information from producers, consumers and traders.[citation needed] Germanium, Cadmium, Cobalt, Chromium, Magnesium, Manganese, Molybdenum, Silicon, Rhodium, Selenium, Titanium, Vanadium, Wolframite, Niobium, Lithium, Indium, Gallium, Tantalum, Tellurium, and Beryllium.
Other Minerals and Materials
The following minerals and materials are not, at present (2008), traded on any exchange, and, therefore, no spot or futures market where producers, consumers and traders can fix an official or settlement price exists for these minerals.[citation needed] Generally the only price information that is available globally is published privately by, among others, the London Metal Bulletin and is based on information from producers, consumers and traders.[citation needed]
Asphalt, Aggregate, Arsenic, Borax, Boron, Gypsum, Asbestos, Chlorine, Fluoride, Cement, Sulfuric Acid, Carbon Dioxide, Fluorspar, Bromine, and Titanium Dioxide.
Agricultural Products
The following Agricultural Products are not, at present (2008), traded on any exchange, and, therefore, no spot or futures market where producers, consumers and traders can fix an official or settlement price exists for these minerals.[citation needed] Generally the only price information that is available is based on information from producers, consumers and traders.[citation needed]
Fresh Flowers, Cut Flowers, Melons, Lemons, Tung Oil, Gum Arabic, Pine Oil, Xanthan, Milk, Tomatoes, Grapes, Eggs, Potatoes, and Figs.
Other
Commodity | Unit | Currency | Price (2004) | Price (2006) | Bourse | Ethanol | 29,000 US gallon (110 m³) | USD ($) | CBOT | Rubber | 1 kg | EU cents (¢) | Singapore Commodity Exchange | Palm Oil | 1000 kg | Malaysian Ringgit (RM) | Bursa Malaysia | Wool | 1 kg | AUD (p) | ASX | Polypropylene | 1000 kg | USD ($) | ([17]) | 1,165 ([18]) | London Metal Exchange | Linear Low Density Polyethylene (LL) | 1000 kg | USD ($) | ([19]) | 1,070 ([20]) | London Metal Exchange |
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In 2007, steel started to be traded as a commmodity in the London Metal Exchange.
References
- "CME Group Website". cmegroup.com. CME Group. Retrieved 2008-08-21.
- "ICE/NYBoT Website". theice.com. ICE/NYBOT Exchange. Retrieved 2008-08-21.