Agricultural (grains, and food and fiber)
| Commodity |
Main Exchange |
Contract Size |
Trading Symbol |
| Corn |
CBOT |
5000 bu |
C/ZC (Electronic) |
| Corn |
EURONEXT |
50 tons |
EMA |
| Oats |
CBOT |
5000 bu |
O/ZO (Electronic) |
| Rough Rice |
CBOT |
2000 cwt |
RR |
| Soybeans |
CBOT |
5000 bu |
S/ZS (Electronic) |
| Rapeseed |
EURONEXT |
50 tons |
ECO |
| Soybean Meal |
CBOT |
100 short tons |
SM/ZM (Electronic) |
| Soybean Oil |
CBOT |
60,000 lb |
BO/ZB (Electronic) |
| Wheat |
CBOT |
5000 bu |
W/ZW (Electronic) |
| Milk |
Chicago Mercantile Exchange |
200,000 lbs |
DC |
| Cocoa |
ICE |
10 tons |
CC |
| Coffee C |
ICE |
37,500 lb |
KC |
| Cotton No.2 |
ICE |
50,000 lb |
CT |
| Sugar No.11 |
ICE |
112,000 lb |
SB |
| Sugar No.14 |
ICE |
112,000 lb |
SE |
| Frozen Concentrated Orange Juice |
ICE |
15,000 lbs |
FCOJ-A |
Livestock and meat
| Commodity |
Contract Size |
Currency |
Main Exchange |
Trading Symbol |
| 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 |
Energy
| Commodity |
Main Exchange |
Contract Size |
Trading 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 mmBTU |
NG |
| 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 |
Precious metals
| Commodity |
Unit |
Currency |
Main Exchange |
| Gold |
troy ounce |
USD ($) |
COMEX |
| Platinum |
troy ounce |
USD ($) |
COMEX |
| Palladium |
troy ounce |
USD ($) |
COMEX |
| Silver |
troy ounce |
USD ($) |
COMEX |
Industrial metals
| Commodity |
Unit |
Currency |
Main Exchange |
| Copper |
Metric Ton |
USD ($) |
London Metal Exchange, New York |
| Lead |
Metric Ton |
USD ($) |
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 |
| Nickel |
Metric Ton |
USD ($) |
London Metal Exchange |
| Cobalt |
Metric Ton |
USD ($) |
London Metal Exchange |
| Molybdenum |
Metric Ton |
USD ($) |
London Metal Exchange., |
| Recycled steel |
Metric Ton |
USD ($) |
Rotterdam[citation needed] |
Other
| Commodity |
Unit |
Currency |
Bourse |
| Rubber |
1 kg |
US cents (¢) |
*Singapore Commodity Exchange |
| Palm Oil |
1000 kg |
Malaysian Ringgit (RM) |
Bursa Malaysia |
| Wool |
1 kg |
AUD ($) |
ASX |
| Polypropylene |
1000 kg |
USD ($) |
London Metal Exchange |
| Linear Low Density Polyethylene (LL) |
1000 kg |
USD ($) |
London Metal Exchange |
In 2007, steel began being traded as a commodity in the London Metal Exchange.
