The following is a list of futures contracts on physically traded commodities.
Agricultural
Grains, food and fiber Symbol from "CME Group Website". cmegroup.com. CME Group. Retrieved 2010-10-20.
Commodity Main exchange MIC Contract size Symbol Corn CBOT XCBT 5000 bu C/ZC (Electronic) Corn EURONEXT 50 tons EMA Corn DCEXDCE 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 DCEXDCE 10 metric tons b Rapeseed EURONEXT 50 tons ECO Soybean Meal CBOT XCBT 100 short tons SM/ZM (Electronic) Soy Meal DCEXDCE 10 metric tons m Soybean Oil CBOT XCBT 60,000 lb BO/ZL (Electronic) Soybean Oil DCEXDCE 10 metric tons y Wheat CBOT XCBT 5000 bu W/ZW (Electronic) Wheat EURONEXT 50 tons EBM UK Feed Wheat ICEIEPA 100 metric tons T Milk CMEXCME 200,000 lbs DC Cocoa ICEIEPA 10 metric tons CC Cocoa (London) ICEIEPA 10 metric tons C Coffee C ICEIEPA 37,500 lb KC Cotton No.2 ICEIEPA 50,000 lb CT Sugar No.11 ICEIEPA 112,000 lb SB Sugar No.14 ICEIEPA 112,000 lb SE Frozen Concentrated Orange JuiceICEIEPA 15,000 lbs FCOJ-A Adzuki bean OSEXOSE 2400 kg Robusta coffeeICEIEPA 10,000kg
Livestock and meat Commodity Contract size Currency Main exchange SymbolLean Hogs 40,000 lb (20 tons) USD ($) Chicago Mercantile Exchange HELive Cattle 40,000 lb (20 tons) USD ($) Chicago Mercantile Exchange LEFeeder Cattle 50,000 lb (25 tons) USD ($) Chicago Mercantile Exchange GF
Dairy Commodity"CME Group Website". cmegroup.com. CME Group. Retrieved 2023-11-28."Singapore Exchange Limited website". www.sgx.com/derivatives/products/dairy. SGX. Retrieved 2023-11-28. Contract size Currency Main exchange SymbolClass III Milk 200,000 lb USD ($) Chicago Mercantile Exchange DCCash-settled Butter 20,000 lb (~9 metric tons) USD ($) Chicago Mercantile Exchange CBNon-fat Dry Milk 44,000 lb (~22 metric tons) USD ($) Chicago Mercantile Exchange GNFWhole milk powder 1 metric ton USD ($) Singapore Exchange WMPSkim Milk Powder 1 metric ton USD ($) 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 SymbolRandom Length LumberChicago Mercantile Exchange 110,000 nominal board feet LBSHardwood PulpChicago Mercantile Exchange20 metric tonnesHWPSoftwood PulpChicago Mercantile Exchange20 metric tonnesWP
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 ($) London Metal Exchange
Precious Metals Commodity Contract size Currency Main exchange SymbolGold 100 troy ounces USD ($) COMEX GCPlatinum 50 troy ounces USD ($) NYMEX PLPalladium 100 troy ounces USD ($) NYMEX PASilver 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
Vitol Glencore Trafigura Cargill Salam Investment Archer Daniels Midland Gunvor Beddu-Trading Mercuria Energy Group Noble Group Louis Dreyfus Group Bunge Global Wilmar International Olam International Cannon Trading Company
Commodity 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
External links
List of Commodity Delivery Dates on Wikinvest