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.