List of traded commodities

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The following is a list of futures contracts on physically traded commodities .

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Agricultural

Grains, food and fiber

Symbol from [1]

CommodityMain exchangeMICContract sizeSymbol
Corn CBOT XCBT 5000 buC/ZC (Electronic)
Corn EURONEXT 50 tonsEMA
Corn DCE XDCE 10 metric tonsc
Oats CBOT XCBT 5000 buO/ZO (Electronic)
Rough Rice CBOT XCBT 2000 cwt ZR
Soybeans CBOT XCBT 5000 bu S/ZS (Electronic)
No 2. SoybeanDCE XDCE 10 metric tonsb
Rapeseed EURONEXT50 tonsECO
Soybean Meal CBOT XCBT 100 short tonsSM/ZM (Electronic)
Soy Meal DCE XDCE 10 metric tonsm
Soybean Oil CBOT XCBT 60,000 lbBO/ZL (Electronic)
Soybean Oil DCE XDCE 10 metric tonsy
Wheat CBOT XCBT 5000 buW/ZW (Electronic)
WheatEURONEXT50 tonsEBM
UK Feed Wheat ICE IEPA 100 metric tonsT
Milk CME XCME 200,000 lbsDC
Cocoa ICE IEPA 10 metric tonsCC
Cocoa (London) ICE IEPA 10 metric tonsC
Coffee C ICE IEPA 37,500 lbKC
Cotton No.2 ICE IEPA 50,000 lbCT
Sugar No.11 ICE IEPA 112,000 lbSB
Sugar No.14 ICE IEPA 112,000 lbSE
Frozen Concentrated Orange Juice ICE IEPA 15,000 lbsFCOJ-A
Adzuki bean OSE XOSE 2400 kg
Robusta coffee ICE IEPA 10,000kg

Livestock and meat

CommodityContract sizeCurrencyMain exchangeSymbol
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

Dairy

Commodity [2] [3] Contract sizeCurrencyMain exchangeSymbol
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 Milk44,000 lb (~22 metric tons)USD ($) Chicago Mercantile Exchange GNF
Whole milk powder 1 metric tonUSD ($) Singapore Exchange WMP
Skim Milk Powder1 metric tonUSD ($) Singapore Exchange SMP

Energy

CommodityMain exchangeContract sizeSymbol
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. galAC (Open Auction) ZE (Electronic)
Natural gas NYMEX 10,000 million BTU NG
Natural gas ICE 1,000 thermsNBP
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 tonsTA

Forest products

CommodityMain exchangeContract sizeSymbol
Random Length Lumber Chicago Mercantile Exchange 110,000 nominal board feetLBS
Hardwood Pulp [4] Chicago Mercantile Exchange 20 metric tonnesHWP
Softwood Pulp [4] Chicago Mercantile Exchange 20 metric tonnesWP

Metals

Industrial Metals

CommodityContract sizeCurrencyMain exchangeSymbol
LME Copper Metric Ton USD ($) London Metal Exchange, New YorkHG
Lead Metric Ton USD ($)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

CommodityContract sizeCurrencyMain exchangeSymbol
Gold 100 troy ounces USD ($)COMEXGC
Platinum 50 troy ouncesUSD ($)NYMEXPL
Palladium 100 troy ouncesUSD ($)NYMEXPA
Silver 5,000 troy ouncesUSD ($)COMEXSI

Other

CommodityContract sizeCurrencyMain exchange
Palm Oil 1000 kg Malaysian Ringgit (RM) Bursa Malaysia
Rubber 5000 kgUS cents (¢) Osaka Exchange
Wool 2500 kgAUD ($) ASX
Amber 1 kgRub (₽) Saint Petersburg "Bourse"

List of 15 largest global commodities trading companies

  1. Vitol
  2. Glencore
  3. Trafigura
  4. Cargill
  5. Salam Investment
  6. Archer Daniels Midland
  7. Gunvor
  8. Beddu-Trading
  9. Mercuria Energy Group
  10. Noble Group
  11. Louis Dreyfus Group
  12. Bunge Global
  13. Wilmar International
  14. Olam International
  15. Cannon Trading Company

Commodity exchanges

References

  1. ↑ "CME Group Website". cmegroup.com. CME Group. Retrieved 2010-10-20.
  2. ↑ "CME Group Website". cmegroup.com. CME Group. Retrieved 2023-11-28.
  3. ↑ "Singapore Exchange Limited website". www.sgx.com/derivatives/products/dairy. SGX. Retrieved 2023-11-28.
  4. 1 2 CME Group. "Softwood and Hardwood Pulp Futures and Options" (PDF). Retrieved November 11, 2019.
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