Guides: Finance and Investment: Commodities

Data

Markets Data Center
Provided by the Wall Street Journal, this website provides current day data on US stocks, international markets, ETFs, mutual funds, bonds, credit markets, commodities, futures, currencies, and earnings.

International Financial Statistics - Online This link opens in a new window
This International Monetary Fund source provides current and historical financial information on member countries. Once in the landing page, change time period, then click on "Commodity Prices". 1945- Tutorial from UIUC: http://cooper.library.uiuc.edu/bel/classes/ifs/index.phtml

FAOStat Agriculture Data
provides time-series and cross sectional data from over 210 countries and territories covering statistics on agriculture, nutrition, fisheries, forestry, food aid, land use and population. 1961-
Primary Commodities Prices
From IMF's International Financial Statistics. "Indices in terms of dollars or sdrs, indices of market prices for non-fuel commodities and petroleum, actual market prices for non-fuel commodities and petroleum, and average weekly prices for non-fuel commodities and petroleum. "

Commodities Futures Trading Commission
U.S.Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is an independent government agency with the mandate to regulate commodity, futures and option markets in the United States. Their web site has links to all domestic exchanges, market analysis, market surveillance, and market research.