Category: Commodities Exchange

Commodities Exchange

A commodities exchange is an exchange where commodities and derivatives merchandise is traded. Most commodity markets around the world trade in raw materials and agricultural products (like wheat, barley, sugar, maize, cotton, cocoa, coffee,...

Minneapolis Grain Exchange

The Minneapolis Grain Exchange, MGEX for short, is the principal market for trade in futures and options contracts for hard red spring wheat (HRSW) that is grown primarily in the northern plains of USA...

Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME)

The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME), a financial and commodity futures and options exchange located at 20 S. Wacker Drive, Chicago, was established in 1898 as an agricultural commodities exchange as Chicago Butter and Egg...

London Metal Exchange (LME)

The London Metal Exchange (LME) is a premier futures exchange, actually the largest market for futures and options contracts in base metals. The LME offers cash trading and futures and options contracts with expiry...

Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT)

Founded in 1848, the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) is the oldest futures and options exchange in the world. Futures and options contracts traded by more than 3600 CBOT members numbered over 454 million...

European Climate Exchange

The European Climate Exchange (ECX), earlier a subsidiary company of the Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX) and now a sister concern, is one of the two third party sources of carbon credits. A holding company,...

Kansas City Board of Trade

The Kansas City Board of Trade was founded in 1856 by a group of Kansas City merchants, and served as the city’s Chamber of Commerce. The Kansas City Board of Trade was formally chartered...