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Commodities
Commodities are raw materials that can be traded in bulk. Commodities fall into 3 classes: energy, metals and agricultural products. Commodities are traded on futures markets through commodity exchanges like the NYMEX.
The main menu for Commodities may be accessed by clicking on the yellow <Comdty> key on the upper keyboard and then the green <GO> key.
Commonly used commands for energy data:
| OIL <GO> menu for crude oil markets | GLCO <GO> - global commodity prices |
| GAS <GO> - menu for natural gas markets | CTM <GO> - futures contracts by category/exchange/region |
| VOLT <GO> - menu for electricity markets | CPFC <GO> - commodity price forecasts |
| COAL <GO> - menu for coal markets | BMAP <GO> - Bloomberg commodity maps |
| RENE <GO> - menu for renewables | |
| AGS <GO> - menu for agriculture markets | |
| MINE <GO> - menu for metals markets |
How to find?
- Commodity futures pricesFind commodity futures data, contract tables, and historical futures prices.
- Commodity spot pricesFind historical commodity spot prices using the Bloomberg terminal as well as the Bloomberg Excel data plugin.
Bloomberg commodity futures tickers
Commodity tickers:
CLA <COMDTY> Crude Oil
NGA <COMDTY> Natural Gas
GCA <COMDTY> Gold
SIA <COMDTY> Silver
HOA <COMDTY> Heating Oil
HGA <COMDTY> Copper
W A <COMDTY> Wheat
C A <COMDTY> Corn
Note: <COMDTY> refers to the yellow "COMDTY" key
Delivery Month Codes:
F – January N - July
G – February Q - August
H – March U - September
J – April V - October
K – May X - November
M – June Z – December
Commodity Futures Tickers – Examples:
NGA <COMDTY> Natural Gas active contract
NGM8 <COMDTY> Natural Gas June 2018 contract
NGF7 <COMDTY> Natural Gas January 2017 contract
NG1 <COMDTY> Natural Gas Generic 1st contract (based on a 1-month natural gas contract)
NG36 <COMDTY> Natural Gas Generic 36th contract (based on a 36-month contract)