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The following is a list of futures contracts on physically traded commodities.
Agricultural
Grains, food and fiber
Symbol from [1]
Commodity
|
Main exchange
|
MIC
|
Contract size
|
Symbol
|
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
|
EBL
|
Milk
|
CME
|
XCME
|
200,000 lbs
|
DC
|
Cocoa
|
ICE
|
IEPA
|
10 tons
|
CC
|
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
Energy
Commodity
|
Main exchange
|
Contract size
|
Symbol
|
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 (reformulated gasoline blendstock for oxygen blending)
|
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
Metals
Industrial Metals
Commodity |
Contract size |
Currency |
Main exchange |
Symbol
|
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 ($) |
London Metal Exchange |
|
Precious Metals
Commodity |
Contract size |
Currency |
Main exchange |
Symbol
|
Gold |
100 troy ounces |
USD ($) |
COMEX |
GC
|
Platinum |
50 troy ounces |
USD ($) |
NYMEX |
PL
|
Palladium |
100 troy ounces |
USD ($) |
NYMEX |
PA
|
Silver |
5,000 troy ounces |
USD ($) |
COMEX |
SI
|
Other
Commodity |
Contract size |
Currency |
Main exchange
|
Palm Oil |
1000 kg |
Malaysian Ringgit (RM) |
Bursa Malaysia
|
Rubber |
5000 kg |
US cents (¢) |
Osaka Exchange
|
Wool |
2500 kg |
AUD ($) |
ASX
|
Amber |
1 kg |
Rub (₽) |
Saint Petersburg "Bourse"
|
List of largest global commodities trading companies
- 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
- Prime Trading, LLC
- Knarr Bank
Commodity exchanges and regulators
References
| Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List of traded commodities. Read more |