List of traded commodities

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Contents 1 Agricultural (Grains, and Food and Fiber) 2 Livestock & Meat 3 Energy 4 Precious metals 5 Industrial metals 6 Rare metals 7 Other Minerals and Materials 7.1 Agricultural Products 8 Other 9 References 10 Commodity Exchanges & Regulators

[edit] Agricultural (Grains, and Food and Fiber)

Commodity	Main Exchange	Contract Size	Trading Symbol
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

[edit] Livestock & Meat

Commodity	Contract Size	Currency	Bourse	Ticker
Lean Hogs	40,000 lb (20 tons)	USD ($)	Chicago Mercantile Exchange	LH
Frozen Pork Bellies	40,000 lb (20 tons)	USD ($)	Chicago Mercantile Exchange	PB
Live Cattle	40,000 lb (20 tons)	USD ($)	Chicago Mercantile Exchange	LC
Feeder Cattle	50,000 lb (25 tons)	USD ($)	Chicago Mercantile Exchange	FC

[edit] Energy

Commodity	Main Exchanges	Contract Size	Trading Symbol
WTI Crude Oil	NYMEX	1000 bbl (42,000 U.S. gal)	CL
Brent Crude	ICE	1000 bbl (42,000 U.S. gal)	IB
Ethanol	CBOT		AC (Open Auction) ZE (Electronic)
Natural Gas	NYMEX	10,000 mmBTU	NG
Heating Oil	NYMEX	42,000 U.S. gal	HO
Gulf Coast Gasoline	NYMEX		LR
RBOB Gasoline (reformulated gasoline blendstock for oxygen blending)	NYMEX	42,000 U.S. gal	RB
Propane	NYMEX		PN
Uranium	NYMEX		UX

[edit] Precious metals

Commodity	Unit	Currency	Price (20th August 2008)	Bourse
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

[edit] Industrial metals

Commodity	Unit	Currency	Price (2004)	Price (2006) ([1])	Bourse
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

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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

In 2007, steel started to be traded as a commmodity in the London Metal Exchange.

[edit] References

[edit] Commodity Exchanges & Regulators

• Chicago Board of Trade
• Chicago Mercantile Exchange
• Commodity Futures Trading Commission
• London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange
• National Futures Association
• New York Mercantile Exchange
• Kansas City Board of Trade
• New York Board of Trade