Commodities Traded On The Exchange
One of the most innovative concepts pioneered at the exchange is the ability given to seat holders to trade seats that they do not actually own. Seatholders may sell short seats they do not have title to as well as purchase seats they have intention of holding as an investment.
- Cocoa
- Coffee
- Cotton
- Orange juice (frozen concentrate)
- Wood pulp
- Sugar (domestic)
- Sugar (world)
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