List of traded commodities

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	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

Commodity	Contract size	Currency	Main exchange	Symbol
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 ^[2][3]

Commodity	Contract size	Currency	Main exchange	Symbol
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

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	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

Commodity	Main exchange	Contract size	Symbol
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

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 15 largest global commodities trading companies

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

Commodity exchanges

Main article: List of commodities exchanges

• 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

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. CME Group. "Softwood and Hardwood Pulp Futures and Options" (PDF). Retrieved November 11, 2019.

External links

• "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".