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COMMODITY
REPORTS
End-of-day and historical commodity prices, volatility and
charts. Data updated 14 times daily.
BASE METALS
PRECIOUS METALS
ENERGY COMMODITY
CRUDE OIL
GRAIN
SOFTS/TROPICAL
MEAT & LIVESTOCK
COMMODITY MOVERS
MAJOR COMMODITY PRICES
What is a commodity?*
A physical substance, such as
food, grains, and metals, which is interchangeable with another product of the
same type, and which investors buy or sell, usually through futures contracts.
The price of the commodity is subject to supply and demand. Risk is actually the
reason exchange trading of the basic agricultural products began. For example, a
farmer risks the cost of producing a product ready for market at sometime in the
future because he doesn't know what the selling price will be. |