Investment opportunities in the energy and metalsmarkets are offered
by NYMEX and COMEX miNY™ futures, fractional versions of the Exchange's
highly liquid crude oil, natural gas, heating oil, gasoline, gold, copper,
and silver futures contracts. The NYMEX miNY™ crude oil, heating
oil, and gasoline contracts are 50% of the size of their respective standard-sized
contracts; NYMEX miNY™ natural gas contracts are 25% of the size
of their respective standard-sized natural gas contracts; and COMEX miNY
gold, copper, and silver are 50% of the size of their respective standard-sized
metals contracts.
All are financially settled at the settlement price of their corresponding
standard-sized contracts, the world's most actively traded physical commodity
futures contracts. The contracts trade virtually around the clock on the
CME Globex® electronic trading platform and clear through the New
York Mercantile Exchange clearinghouse. |