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Contract size Currency Main exchange Symbol Lean Hogs: 40,000 lb (20 tons) USD ($) Chicago Mercantile Exchange: HE Live Cattle: 40,000 lb (20 tons) USD ($) Chicago Mercantile Exchange: LE Feeder Cattle: 50,000 lb (25 tons) USD ($) Chicago Mercantile Exchange: GF
Multi Commodity Exchange of India (MCX) is a commodity exchange based in India. It was established in 2003 and is currently based in Mumbai. It is India's largest commodity derivatives exchange. The average daily turnover of commodity futures contracts increased by 26% to ₹32,424 crore during FY2019-20, as against ₹25,648 crore in FY2018-19 ...
Trading includes various types of derivatives contracts based on these commodities, such as forwards, futures and options, as well as spot trades (for immediate delivery). A futures contract provides that an agreed quantity and quality of the commodity will be delivered at some agreed future date.
Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME / GLOBEX) (Since 2007 a Designated Contract Market owned by the CME Group) New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) and (COMEX) (Since 2008 Designated Contract Markets owned by the CME Group) Kansas City Board of Trade (KCBT) (Since 2012, a Designated Contract Market owned by the CME Group)
A futures contract might also opt to settle against an index based on trade in a related spot market. ICE Brent futures use this method of settlement. Expiry (or Expiration in the U.S.) is the time and the day that a particular delivery month of a futures contract stops trading, as well as the final settlement price for that contract. For many ...
The National Stock Exchange of India Limited (NSE) commenced trading in derivatives with the launch of index futures on 12 June 2000. The futures and options segment of NSE has made a global mark. In the Futures and Options segment, trading in the NIFTY 50 Index, NIFTY IT index, NIFTY Bank Index, NIFTY Next 50 index, and single stock futures ...
S&P Futures trade with a multiplier, sized to correspond to $250 per point per contract. If the S&P Futures are trading at 2,000, a single futures contract would have a market value of $500,000. For every 1 point the S&P 500 Index fluctuates, the S&P Futures contract will increase or decrease $250.
Futures trading is skyrocketing – CME's E-mini contracts averaged 3.5 million contracts a day in 2008, a 37 percent yearly increase in volume, while equity volume increased only 2 percent for the same period of time. [8] However studies reveal that hedging strategies still dominate speculation trade activity in every futures market studied. [9]