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AGRICULTURAL FUTURES CONTRACT [2 records]

Record 1 2018-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Stock Exchange
  • Trade
  • Agricultural Economics

French

Domaine(s)
  • Bourse
  • Commerce
  • Économie agricole
DEF

Contrat à terme sur marchandises, négocié sur un marché organisé, dont le sous-jacent est un produit comestible, par exemple une céréale ou un autre produit extrait d'une plante, comme le maïs, le blé, l'avoine, le riz, le soja, la pomme de terre, le cacao, le sucre, le café ou le coton, ou encore une viande, comme le bœuf ou le porc, un crustacé, comme la crevette, ou un produit laitier, comme le lait, le fromage ou le beurre.

Spanish

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Record 2 1991-10-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Stock Exchange
  • Investment
CONT

In Canada, grain and other agricultural commodity futures have traded on The Winnipeg Commodity Exchange for many years. Gold futures contracts were added in 1972, options on these contracts in 1979 and silver futures in February 1981.

Key term(s)
  • agricultural commodity future

French

Domaine(s)
  • Bourse
  • Investissements et placements

Spanish

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