The main varieties of commodity futures can be divided into agricultural products (00006 1) futures (such as cotton, soybeans, wheat, corn, sugar, coffee, pork brisket, rapeseed oil, natural rubber and palm oil), metal futures (such as copper, aluminum, tin, zinc, nickel, gold and silver) and energy futures.
The main types of financial futures can be divided into foreign exchange futures, interest rate futures (including medium and long-term bonds and short-term interest rates) and stock index futures (such as the Financial Times Index in Britain, the Nikkei Average Index in Japan and the Hang Seng Index in Hong Kong).