Commodities such oil and precious metals are traded on exchnage just like financial instruments. Infact the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, which is probably the biggest commodity trading exchange in the world, carries on trades in commdities such as agricultural produce as wheat, soya, corn and also futures and options on crude oil, precious metals etc. So commodity trading is a vast field and provides an efficient way to manage risks for various international traders who are dealing in commodities exports and imports.
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