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A commodity
is any homogenous good traded in bulk on an exchange. Grain,
precious metals, electricity, oil, beef, orange juice, and
natural gas are traditional examples of commodities. |
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The National Commodity Exchanges
recognized by the Central Government permits commodities
which include precious (gold and silver) and non-ferrous
metals, cereals and pulses, ginned and un-ginned cotton,
oilseeds, oils and oilcakes, raw jute and jute goods, sugar
and gur, potatoes and onions, coffee and tea, rubber and
spices etc. |
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The terms commodity market,
commodities market and future(s) market mean the same thing
and can be/are used interchangeably. |
There are a number of specific
commodities and commodity groupings. Examples of different
commodities market groupings or families include the following: |
- Agricultural commodities include raw "grains" like corn, oats and wheat.
- In the metals commodity market, gold, silver, copper, platinum, aluminum, etc are some of the main raw metal commodities.
- Meat commodities are raw products like pork bellies and live cattle.(Bacon comes from pork bellies)
- 'Soft' commodities, including Orange Juice, Coffee,
Sugar and Lumber.
- Energy commodities, including Crude Oil, Gasoline,Heating Oil.
- Financial commodities include Treasury Bills, T-Bonds and Currencies.
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Some of the commodity rates are given below. |
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