COMEX - Commodity Exchange Inc. (Division of NYMEX)
Exchange Futures List
CSI #
Commodity Name
Symbol
Point
Value
Contract
Size
Unit of
Measure
1st Day
on file
Active
Months
Conversion
Factor Ex.
CF
1st Day
of Cash
1st Day
of Options
Foot
Notes
202 Aluminum-COMEX (Floor Trading Only) AL $4.40 44000 lbs USD/lb 12/8/83 VVVVVVVVVVVV Ten Thousands +4 12/8/83 8/17/99 Note
1106 Aluminum-London-COMEX LAC $0.10 10 metric tonnes USD/tonne 12/12/06 VVVVVVVVVVVV Hundredths +2 None None None
6 Copper(INACTIVE)-COMEX CU' $2.50 25000 lbs cents/lb 1/3/66 SSVSVSVSVSSV Hundredths +2 6/5/74 4/7/86 Note
1105 Copper-London-COMEX LKC $0.05 5 metric tonnes USD/tonne 12/12/06 VVVVVVVVVVVV Hundredths +2 None None None
1104 Copper-MiNY-COMEX QCC $1.25 12500 lbs USD/lb 12/12/06 IIVIVIVIVIIV Ten Thousands +4 None None None
8 CopperHG-COMEX(Floor Trading Only) HG $2.50 25000 lbs cents/lb 1/3/66 SSVSVSVSVVSV Hundredths +2 6/5/74 7/29/88 Note
809 CopperHG-COMEX(Floor+Electronic Combined) HG2 $2.50 25000 lbs cents/lb 1/3/66 SSVSVSVSVVSV Hundredths +2 6/5/74 None None
1108 Gold-Asian-COMEX QSC $1 1000 grams USD/gram 12/12/06 VVVVVVVVVVVV Thousands +3 None None None
30 Gold-COMEX(Floor Trading Only) GC $10.00 100 oz troy USD/oz troy 1/2/75 SVSVSVSVSVSV Tenths +1 1/2/75 10/4/82 Note
867 Gold-COMEX(Floor+Electronic Combined) GC2 $10 100 oz troy USD/troy oz 1/2/75 SVSVSVSVSVSV Tenths +1 1/2/75 None None
1102 Gold-MiNY-COMEX GOC $0.50 50 troy ounces USD/ounce 12/12/06 IVIVIVIVIVIV Hundredths +2 None None None
277 Index-Eurotop 100(INACTIVE)-COMEX ER' $10.00 $100 x INDEX points 10/26/92 IIVIIVIIVIIV Tenths +1 10/26/92 1/8/93 None
276 Index-FTSE Eurotop 300(INACTIVE)-COMEX EA' $2 $200 x INDEX points 10/22/99 IIVIIVIIVIIV Hundredths +2 None None None
16 Silver-COMEX(Floor Trading Only) SI $5 5000 oz troy cents/troyoz 6/12/63 IIVIVIVIVIIV Tenths +1 12/6/67 10/4/84 Note
868 Silver-COMEX(Floor+Electronic Combined) SI2 $5 5000 oz troy cents/troy oz 6/12/63 IIVIVIVIVIIV Tenths +1 12/6/67 None None
1103 Silver-MiNY-COMEX QIC $0.25 2500 troy oz. USD/oz. 12/12/06 IIVIVIVIVIIV Ten Thousands +4 None None None
1107 Zinc-London-COMEX LZC $0.10 10 metric tonnes USD/tonne 12/12/06 VVVVVVVVVVVV Hundredths +2 None None None

FootNotes
  • AL - Only the close is available for the current day cash price. The cash price Aluminum Ingot from December 8, 1983 until January 9, 1985, when it changed to Aluminum, Del., N.Y.
  • CU' - On Sep 12, 1984, Copper cash contracts were changed from Scrap Wire to Copper Cathode. On Jan 18, 1979, cash prices changed to Copper Cathode, U.S. Producers. Trading stopped on Nov 10, 1989.
  • HG - Data before December 29, 1988 represents COMEX copper (CSI #6) which has been added to this file to provide a longer series for analysis purposes.
  • GC - One trailing zero is dropped from newspaper represention of these prices.
  • SI - Contract size was 10,000oz before August 26, 1974. One trailing zero is dropped from the newspaper represention of these prices.