India, Aug. 20 -- Tokyo Commodity Exchange (TOCOM), established in 1984 and headquartered in Chuo-ku, Tokyo, is Japan's largest commodity futures exchange. It has grown to be one of the world's biggest commodities markets of late, fuelled mainly by yield-hungry retail investors in Japan.
It operates electronic markets for precious metals, oil, rubber and soft commodities. TOCOM offers futures and options contracts for precious metals (gold, silver, platinum and palladium), energy (crude oil, gasoline, kerosene and gas oil), natural rubber and agricultural products (soybeans, corn and azuki).
In March 2019, Japan Exchange Group (JPX), owner of the Tokyo and Osaka stock exchanges said that it will take over Tokyo Commodity Exchange to creat...