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An overview of Commodities Data
Our commodities data allows you to grasp where the market is, where it has been, and – ultimately – where it is likely to go next. From exchange data and OTC prices** to specialist supply and demand fundamentals covering agriculture, energy, and metals – along with exclusive research and forecasts, weather, and commodity trade flows – we give you the confidence to act quickly and profitably.
Commodity markets covered includes global pricing and fundamentals for Oil, Refined Products, Petrochemicals, Transport, Power, Gas, LNG, Coal, Carbon, Agriculture, Metals and Weather.
Key Facts
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Geographical coverageGlobalAsiaEuropeAmericas
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HistoryHistory varies, some going back to 1900.
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Data formatCSVDelimitedGZIPHTMLJSONPCAPParquetPythonSQLString FormatUser InterfaceXMLZip Archive
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Delivery mechanismAPICloudDeployed/Onsite ServersDesktopExcelFTPRSS FeedSFTPSQLWebsite
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Data frequencyContinuousDailyWeeklyBiweeklyMonthlyQuarterlySemiannualAnnual
Features & Benefits
What you get with Commodities Data
- Commodity exchanges from around the world, with historical data back to the launch date of each product (ICE, CME Group, EEX, TOCOM, SHFE, LME, etc.) – real-time** and delayed.
- Brokers provide us with trade/order data for EU power, EU gas, coal, freight, as well as assessments on oil, oil products and US power and gas**.
- Price Reporting Agencies (PRAs) provide us with fee-liable pricing content (S&P Global Platts, Argus Media, ICIS, for example)**.
- Third-party pricing and news sources from multiple partners (examples are US ISOs, Antaike, Fastmarkets (MB), SMM (Shanghai Metals Markets), SHMET, CuSteel, INTL FC Stone, Jacobsen, Prima Markets, SCB)**.
- Global Weather from the US and EU weather centres. Forecasts, actuals, analysis**, deep history and insight from our team of meteorologists focusing on key agricultural regions, but also providing relevance to power/gas traders too. Coverage of global tropical weather events, with specific focus on the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico.
- Price Polls for Oil, Metals, Agriculture and Natural Gas.
- Infrastructure on Interactive Map enables you to view and analyze production and output, monitor performance and track key impact factors such as weather and freight. This includes global commodity asset details (vessels, refineries, pipelines, power stations, LNG terminals, mines, grain elevators, etc.)
- Proprietary assessed pricing and analytics data (spot, swaps and fair values)** and proprietary forecasts for pricing and fundamentals that our analyst teams produce. The supply/demand data includes actuals and forecasts for all commodities from our Research teams (including ex-GFMS, ex-Lanworth and exPoint-Carbon)
- Access to messaging forums which include Global Oil Forum, Global Ags Forum, Ag Global Weather Forum, Global Energy Forum, Global Metals Forum, European Power, Gas and Carbon Forum and NA Nat Gas Forum. These are invitation only news forums and discussion rooms covering key trends and market issues. Reuters News specialists editors moderate the forum and combine the top stories and commentary with real-time discussions and interviews with expert guests.
- Power your applications with market data feed handlers offering robust performance and comprehensive features or access our cloud data store of full-depth, raw exchange PCAP data.
- ** Information subject to third-party providers’ terms and conditions is not included in Refinitiv Access unless included as part of a capability in Refinitiv Access. Please consult your account manager.
RELEVANT USE CASES
How it works
Accessing the dataset
This dataset can be used by the following products. Talk to us to learn more about different packages and offerings.
Eikon for Commodities
For financial professionals seeking to profit from trading and investment opportunities around the globe, Refinitiv Eikon delivers a powerful combination of information, analytics and exclusive news on financial markets – delivered in an elegant and intuitive desktop and mobile interface.
- Data Formats:
- CSV
- XML
- JSON
- User Interface
- Python
- Delivery Mechanisms:
- API
- Desktop
- Excel
- Service Frequencies:
- Real time
- Real time delayed
- Intraday snapshot
- Daily
Eikon Premium
For financial professionals seeking to profit from trading and investment opportunities around the globe, Refinitiv Eikon delivers a powerful combination of information, analytics and exclusive news on financial markets – delivered in an elegant and intuitive desktop and mobile interface.
- Data Formats:
- CSV
- XML
- JSON
- User Interface
- Python
- Delivery Mechanisms:
- API
- Desktop
- Excel
- Service Frequencies:
- Real time
- Real time delayed
- Intraday snapshot
- Daily
Point Connect
FTP based feed for Commodity Fundamental data serving front and middle office use in analysis, trading and risk
- Data Formats:
- CSV
- Delivery Mechanisms:
- FTP
- Service Frequencies:
- Real time
- Real time delayed
- Intraday snapshot
- Daily
LSEG Workspace
Workspace delivers a powerful combination of information, analytics and exclusive news on financial markets – delivered in an elegant and intuitive desktop and mobile interface.
- Data Formats:
- CSV
- XML
- JSON
- User Interface
- Python
- Delivery Mechanisms:
- API
- Desktop
- Excel
- Service Frequencies:
- Real time
- Real time delayed
- Intraday snapshot
- Daily
Refinitiv Quantitative Analytics
Refinitiv Quantitative Analytics – a powerful, scalable platform to manage, maintain and integrate quantitative analysis and investment data. It is available with the following deployment options:
o Deployed (On Premise)
o Deployed (VM Hosted)
o Cloud (Azure)
o Cloud (Snowflake)
- Data Formats:
- SQL
- Delivery Mechanisms:
- Deployed/Onsite Servers
- Service Frequencies:
- Intraday snapshot
Refinitiv Datastream
Welcome to Datastream, our historical financial database with over 40 million individual instruments or indicators across all major asset classes, including 15 million economic indicators. It features 100+ years of data, across 175 countries – the information and tools you need to interpret market trends, economic cycles, and the impact of world events.
Datastream is available via Eikon DFO, Eikon R&A, Workspace for Students, Workspace for Academics, Workspace for Wealth.
Datafeed access is via Datastream Data Loader & Datastream Web Service (which includes Matlab, EViews, Python, R & codebook integration)
Client desktop tools include
DFO (Datastream for Office)
Datastream Charting, including Chartbook
Navigator - Search & Navigation tool
- Data Formats:
- HTML
- Delivery Mechanisms:
- RSS Feed
- API
- Desktop
- Service Frequencies:
- Daily
Refinitiv DataScope Select
Refinitiv DataScope Select is a unique platform that offers intuitive, cross-asset and timely access to all of Refinitiv reference and pricing data. Data is delivered by Refinitiv DataScope Select across the following platforms: HTTP/HTTPS, SFTP and API.
- Data Formats:
- CSV
- XML
- Zip Archive
- GZIP
- Delimited
- Delivery Mechanisms:
- FTP
- API
- SFTP
- Service Frequencies:
- Real time
- Real time delayed
- Daily
Refinitiv DataScope Plus
Refinitiv DataScope Plus delivers bulk end of day pricing and intraday reference and entity data that updates automatically every 15 minutes based to ensure clients’ security masters are current and accurate.
- Data Formats:
- XML
- Zip Archive
- GZIP
- Delimited
- Delivery Mechanisms:
- FTP
- SFTP
- Service Frequencies:
- Daily
Refinitiv Tick History
Tick History provides superior coverage of complete, timely, and global nanosecond tick data. This enables you to download the data you need when you need it, via a single interface.
Coverage goes back as far as 1996 with a standardized naming convention based on RIC symbology that helps lower your data management cost.
Captured from real-time data feeds, Tick History offers global tick data since 1996 across all asset classes, covering both OTC and exchange-traded instruments from 500+ exchanges and third-party contributor data, the majority available two hours after markets close.
- Data Formats:
- CSV
- JSON
- GZIP
- Delivery Mechanisms:
- Website
- API
- Cloud
- Service Frequencies:
- Intraday
Refinitiv Real-Time - Direct
Refinitiv Real-Time Direct is a low latency feed handler that delivers data on an Exchange-by-Exchange basis. Refinitiv offers a low latency solution without the problems associated with managing feeds and software by combining the fastest speed in the market with a remote management capability.
- Data Formats:
- String Format
- Delivery Mechanisms:
- API
- Service Frequencies:
- Real time delayed
- Daily
Refinitiv Real-Time - Ultra Direct
Proven technology for market participants requiring ultra low-latency market data of the highest quality. Power your applications with our market data feed handler, which offers robust performance and comprehensive features.
- Data Formats:
- PCAP
- Delivery Mechanisms:
- API
- Service Frequencies:
- Real time delayed
- Daily
Refinitiv Tick History - PCAP
Refinitiv Tick History - PCAP is a cloud-based, 20+ petabyte repository of ultra-high quality global market data, captured directly in the exchange data centres. It enables you to access complete sets of lossless, top-of-book and full-depth data (Levels 1, 2 and 3) in your choice of format. You can save bandwidth and compute costs by bringing your query to our cloud, seamlessly pulling down only the data or pre-configured analytics you need.
- Data Formats:
- CSV
- PCAP
- Parquet
- Delivery Mechanisms:
- API
- SFTP
- Cloud
- Service Frequencies:
- Real time delayed, Daily
Refinitiv Tick History Workbench
We developed Refinitiv Tick History Workbench with the analyst in mind leveraging standard tools and pre-built examples. Move away from data management and focus on analysing market microstructure, trading strategies or execution quality. Refinitiv Tick History Workbench includes SQL access to RTH-PCAP with 20+ petabytes of data including Level 1, Level 2, and Level 3 data feeds. Your business will be powered by the highest quality top-of-book and depth-of-book data.
- Data Formats:
- CSV
- SQL
- Python
- Delivery Mechanisms:
- Website
- API
- SQL
- Service Frequencies:
- Real time delayed, Daily
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