For full text article go to : http://www.educorporatebridge.com/commodities/commodities-market/ Commodities Market, is a physical or a virtual place where buying, selling and trading raw or primary products takes place. Commodities market is same as equity market the only difference is that instead of buying or selling of shares, commodities are traded here. For investors' purposes there are currently about 50 major commodity markets worldwide that facilitate investment trade in nearly 100 primary commodities.
3. • It is a physical or a virtual place where buying, selling
and trading raw or primary products takes place.
• Commodities market is same as equity market the only
difference is that instead of buying or selling of shares,
commodities are traded here.
• For investors' purposes there are currently about 50
major commodity markets worldwide that facilitate
investment trade in nearly 100 primary commodities.
4. These commodities can be majorly classified
into the following:
•Precious Metals: Gold, Silver, Platinum, etc.
•Other Metals: Nickel, Aluminum, Copper, etc.
•Agro-Based Commodities: Wheat, Corn,
Cotton, Oils, Oilseeds, etc.
•Soft Commodities: Coffee, Cocoa, Sugar, etc.
•Live-Stock: Live Cattle, Pork Bellies, etc.
•Energy: Crude Oil, Natural Gas, Gasoline, etc.
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Different Segments In The Commodities Market
Over-The-Counter (OTC) Market
Exchange-Traded market
6. Determinant factors of commodity prices
• Demand And Supply
• Weather conditions
• Economic and political conditions
7. Participants of commodity market:
Hedgers– Hedging in simple language means the reduction of risk. Consequently any
investor who is looking at reducing his risk is known as Hedger.
Speculators – These are the investors who speculate on the direction of the futures prices
for making profit. They hypothesize expected price movements and take positions
accordingly.
Arbitrageurs– They are the traders who attempts to profit from, pricing inefficiencies in
the commodities market. Arbitrage in a way involves simultaneously sale and purchase of
the same commodities in different markets.
8. • Chicago Board of Trading (CBOT)
• New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX )
• London Metal Exchange (LME)
World’s Major Commodity Exchanges
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India’s Major Commodity Exchanges
• Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX)
• National Commodity and Derivatives Exchange
(NCDEX)
• National Multi-Commodity Exchange (NMCE)
• Indian Commodity Exchange (ICEX)
• The ACE Derivatives exchange ( ACE )
• The Universal commodity exchange (UCX)
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