Explore the four types of tradable commodities, their market roles, risks, and how futures contracts govern trading in energy, metals, livestock, and agriculture.

Robert Kelly is managing director of XTS Energy LLC, and has more than three decades of experience as a business executive. He is a professor of economics and has raised more than $4.5 billion in ...

A recent report from McKinsey highlights trends seen in commodities trading over the past year. The document shows that despite global uncertainty, commodities trading generated over US$100 billion in ...

The total global commodity trading gross margin jumped from below $40 billion in 2018 to a record-high of nearly $150 billion in 2022. Commodity traders have amassed up to $120 billion in cash over ...

President Donald Trump's auto and retaliatory tariffs on key U.S. trading partners are contributing to market volatility. Trump also recently noted he will impose 25% tariffs on imports from countries ...

The current discussion about hydrogen is more and more about price risk embedded in the long-term offtake contracts that financiers require. Initiatives in Europe and the Middle East anticipate the ...

Crypto.com has partnered with the Dubai Multi Commodities Centre (DMCC) to explore blockchain-based applications that aim to ...

A diversified commodity index rose 3.44% in Q1 2025, driven by gains in energy, base metals, precious metals, and animal proteins amid global trade volatility. Gold, copper, coffee, and cattle futures ...

LONDON, Dec 5 - Investment banks are raising their profile in booming energy markets, increasing their trading teams in response to customers' increased need to offset the risks of volatile oil prices ...

The agreement builds on DMCC’s broader digital asset strategy, including its recent partnership with the Virtual Assets ...