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What are the types of financial futures?
There are three kinds of financial futures: currency futures, interest rate futures and index futures. The varieties listed on the exchanges mainly include:

Currency futures: futures contracts of Australian dollar, British pound, Canadian dollar, German mark, French franc, Japanese yen, Swiss franc, Eurodollar and European monetary unit.

Main trading places: Chicago Mercantile Exchange International Money Market Branch, China-US Mercantile Exchange, Philadelphia Futures Exchange, etc.

2. Interest rate futures: short-term US Treasury futures, medium-term US Treasury futures, long-term US Treasury futures, municipal bonds, mortgage-backed securities, etc.

Main trading places: Chicago Board of Trade, International Money Market Department of Chicago Mercantile Exchange, China-US Commodity Exchange.

3. Stock index futures: Standard & Poor's 500 Stock Price Composite Index (Standard & Poor's 500), NYCE Stock Price Composite Index (NYCE Composite Index), Major Market Index (MMI) and Value Line Composite Index, in addition to Japan's Nikkei Index (NIKI) and Hong Kong Hang Seng Index (Hong Kong Futures Exchange).

Main trading places: Chicago Board of Trade, Chicago Mercantile Exchange, new york Stock Exchange and Kansas City Futures Exchange.