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Commodity Futures Contract
A listed commodity futures contract is an obligation to buy (= take delivery of) or sell (= deliver) an underlying commodity in standardised lots at a specified price on an agreed date in the future. Commodity futures are available on a wide range of agricultural commodities, as well as energy and metals.