Kansai Commodities Exchange
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| Kansai Commodities Exchange | |
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| Founded | 1993 |
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| Headquarters | Osaka, Japan |
| Web site | www.kanex.or.jp |
The Kansai Commodities Exchange (KEX) is a commodity futures exchange based in Osaka, the birthplace of Japan’s first commodity exchange.
History
The exchange was created with a slightly different name, Kansai Agricultural Commodities Exchange, in October 1993 with the merger of three regional exchanges: the Osaka Grain Exchange, Osaka Sugar Exchange and the Kobe Grain Exchange. In April 1997, the Kobe Raw Silk Exchange joined and the name was changed to the Kansai Commodities Exchange. The most recent merger to date was in December 2006 with the addition of the Fukuoka Futures Exchange.[1]
Products and Services
The exchange currently lists eight agricultural products and indexes for trading[2]:
- KEX Frozen Black Tiger Shrimp
- KEX Coffee Index, based on the robusta and arabica contract prices at the Tokyo Grain Exchange
- KEX Corn75 Index, an index combining CBOT Corn and Soybean Oil prices
- KEX Corn
- KEX US Soybeans
- KEX Azuki Beans
- KEX Raw Sugar
- KEX Broiler Chickens
References
- ↑ Exchange Introduction. Kansai Commodities Exchange. Retrieved on May 12, 2008.
- ↑ Listed Commodities. Kansai Commodities Exchange. Retrieved on May 12, 2008.
