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   -     -     -     -     -     -     -     -     -     -     -     -     -     -   10278 1084.6 6085.6 1828.7 2188.1 9062.8 1775.7 6937 1928 Commodites Light Crude Oil Brent Crude Copper Gold Pallad Platinum Silver Dow Diamonds QQQQ   -     -     -     -     -     -     -     -     -   73.64 74.86 348.85 1250.8 518.25 1544.5 19.56 102.9 45.01 Last update: 02-09-2010 14:39:00 (GMT - Live)

What are Commodities? 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 Term "commodity" is often used as a broad industry term describing all types of futures contracts, commodities are more specifically known as physical assets. They are broadly defined as natural resources, chemicals and physical products you can taste, touch, smell, grow, mine, consume or deliver. Examples include oil, corn, gold or coffee.