Commodity market oil is traded through NYMEX under trading symbol HO. Purified terephthalic acid (PTA) is traded through ZCE in units of 5 tons with the trading symbol of TA. Ethanol is traded at CBOT in units of 29,000 U.S. gal under trading symbols AC (Open Auction) and ZE (Electronic). Precious metals currently traded on the commodity market include gold, platinum, palladium and silver which are sold by the troy ounce. One of the main exchanges for these precious metals is COMEX. According to the World Gold Council, investments in gold are the primary driver of industry growth. Gold prices are highly
Commodity trading in India is Forward Markets Commission (FMC) which was set up in 1953. As of September 2015 FMC was merged with the Securities and Exchange Board of India, SEBI.After this merger sebi has been ordered to exit many commodity exchanges. Commodity trading in India Commodity trading in India has a long history. In fact, commodity trading in India started much before it started in many other countries. However, years of foreign rule, droughts and periods of scarcity and government policies caused the commodity trading in India to diminish. Commodity trading was restarted in India recently. Today, apart from numerous regional exchanges, India