The New York Mercantile Exchange website: According to the New York Mercantile Exchange's definition, ex.com's futures trading is divided into two branches: NYMEX and COMEX. The New York Mercantile Exchange deals in energy, platinum and palladium. In NYMEX branches, futures and options contracts traded through public bidding include crude oil, gasoline, fuel oil, natural gas and electricity, as well as futures contracts for coal, propane and palladium. Exchange