COMMODITIES
EXCHANGE ===AUTHOR: ELVIO ARMANDO TUOTO ==
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COMMODITIES Exchange is an exchange where various commodities and derivatives
products are traded.Most
commodity markets across the world
trade in agricultural products and
other raw materials (like wheat, barley, sugar, maize, cotton, cocoa,
coffee, milk products, pork bellies, oil, metals, etc.) and
contracts based on them.These contracts can include spots, forwards, futures and options on futures.Other sophisticated products may include interest rates, environmental instruments, swaps, or ocean freight contracts.Some commodities exchanges across the world: * New York Board of Trade (New York) * New York Mercantile Exchange (New York) * Central Japan Commodity Exchange (Nagoya) * Commodity Exchange Hannover (Hannover) * Chicago Board of Trade (Chicago) * Chicago Climate Exchange (Chicago) * Chicago Mercantile Exchange (Chicago) * Eurex (Frankfurt) * Euronext.liffe (Europe) * European Climate Exchange (Europe) * London Metal Exchange (London) * Shanghai Metal Exchange (Shanghai) * Tokyo Commodity Exchange (Tokyo) * Winnipeg Commodity Exchange (Winnipeg) (Source: Wikipedia)