Indices DJIA S&P 500 DAX 30 Nasdaq 100 Nasdaq Comp Nikkei 225 FTSE 100 SMI DJ Stoxx 50 CAC 40 Hang Seng Kospi Nyse Comp AMEX   -     -     -     -     -     -     -     -     -     -     -     -     -     -   10911 1137.4 5732.4 2127.7 2438.1 8981.9 5072.1 4984.1 2161.9 5732.4 19614.7 1817.4 7017.6 2174.7 Commodites Light Crude Oil Brent Crude Copper Gold Pallad Platinum Silver Dow Diamonds QQQQ   -     -     -     -     -     -     -     -     -   83.08 106.28 1.17 1758.7 730.5 1782 38.21 109.16 55.42 Last update: 11-08-2011 14:29:00 (GMT - Live)

CME Hurricane Futures What are Commodities? Commodity futures contract Commodity categories Henry Hub Natural Gas Heating Oil Uranium COMEX Gold COMEX Silver NYMEX Cocoa Futures NYMEX Coffee Futures NYMEX No. 11 Sugar Futures CME Snowfall Futures CME Hurricane Futures Traging The Weather CME Swap Rate futures CME$INDEX Futures CME Credit Index Event contracts CME Swaps on Swapstream Following the devastating 2005 hurricane season that caused an estimated $79 billion in damage, it became apparent there is not unlimited capacity in the insurance industry to insure customer claims. In recognition, CME Group has developed three types of contracts for hurricane futures and options in six U.S. defined areas – the Gulf Coast, Florida, the Southern Atlantic Coast, the Northern Atlantic Coast, the Eastern U.S., and CHI-Cat-In-A-Box – Galveston-Mobile. The underlying indexes for Hurricane futures and options on futures will be calculated by Carvill, a leading independent reinsurance intermediary in specialty reinsurance that tracks and calculates hurricane activity. The underlying indexes for CME Hurricane futures and options on futures will be calculated by Carvill, a leading independent reinsurance intermediary in specialty reinsurance that tracks and calculates hurricane activity. Using publicly available data from the National Hurricane Center of the National Weather Service, the Carvill Hurricane Indexes (CHI™) use the maximum wind velocity and size (radius) of each official storm to calculate the potential for damage. The front contract expires when a hurricane makes landfall with the expiration pegged to the CHI. The contract tick size is 0.1 CHI point, which is equivalent to $100. CME Group has developed three types of contracts for hurricane futures and options in six U.S. defined areas – the Gulf Coast, Florida, the Southern Atlantic Coast, the Northern Atlantic Coast, the Eastern U.S., and CHI-Cat-In-A-Box – Galveston-Mobile. source: