Commodity market Commodity market A commodity market is a market that trades in primary economic sector rather than manufactured products. Soft commodities are agricultural products such as wheat, coffee, cocoa, fruit and sugar. Hard commodities are mined, such as gold and oil. Investors access about 50 major commodity markets worldwide with purely financial transactions increasingly outnumbering physical trades in which goods are delivered. Futures contracts are the oldest way of investing in commodities. Futures are secured by physical assets. Commodity markets can include physical trading and derivatives trading using spot prices, forwards, futures, and options on futures. Farmers have used a simple
Derivative and Commodity Exchange Nepal Ltd. Derivative and Commodity Exchange Nepal Ltd. The Derivative and Commodity Exchange Nepal (DCX) is an Asian multi-product commodity and derivatives exchange situated in Nepal for commodity market in Nepal. Derivative trading in a diversified basket of commodities and derivatives (CFD) including futures and options contracts on precious metals, base metals, agriculture commodities, energy, currencies and commodity indices. In Nov 2011 the Derivative and Commodity Exchange Nepal Ltd. was granted Company recognition by Company Registrar Office, qualifying operating licence by the Company Registrar Office of Nepal to operate as a regulated and licensed exchange.Recently,The Commodities Act was passed by the Govt.of