Asset class

Commodities

Precious metals, energy and industrial metals — from safe-haven gold to weather-driven natural gas.

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Commodities covered

Market	Tickers	Chart source	Main hours
Gold The most widely traded precious metal, quoted in US dollars per troy ounce and watched as a hedge and safe-haven asset.	XAU/USD · GC · MGC	Spot metal	Approx. Sun 6:00 p.m. – Fri 5:00 p.m. ET
Silver A precious metal with substantial industrial demand, typically more volatile than gold.	XAG/USD · SI · SIL	Spot metal	Approx. Sun 6:00 p.m. – Fri 5:00 p.m. ET
WTI Crude Oil West Texas Intermediate, the US crude oil benchmark, priced in dollars per barrel and delivered at Cushing, Oklahoma.	CL · MCL · USOIL	Commodity CFD (proxy)	Sun–Fri 6:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. ET (daily 5:00–6:00 p.m. ET break)
Natural Gas (Henry Hub) US natural gas priced at the Henry Hub in Louisiana; one of the most volatile major commodities.	NG · QG · UNG	Commodity CFD (proxy)	Sun–Fri 6:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. ET (daily 5:00–6:00 p.m. ET break)
Copper The bellwether industrial metal, closely tied to construction, manufacturing, electrification and Chinese demand.	HG · MHG · XCU	Commodity CFD (proxy)	Sun–Fri 6:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. ET (daily 5:00–6:00 p.m. ET break)

About commodities

Commodities respond to both macroeconomic forces and their own supply and demand. Gold and silver are heavily influenced by real interest rates and the dollar; oil and natural gas by production policy, inventories and weather; copper by the industrial cycle and China.

Most benchmark commodity futures trade on CME Group exchanges (COMEX and NYMEX) nearly 24 hours a day, with spot precious metals trading over the counter around the clock on weekdays.