New York Mercantile Exchange New York Mercantile Exchange(NYMEX) A futures exchange in New York dealing chiefly in oil products and metals. In 1994 it acquired the Commodity Exchange Inc. of New York (COMEX), becoming the world’s largest market in commodity futures. NYMEX became a publicly traded company in 2006 and a designated contracts market of the Chicago-based CME group in 2008. http://www.cmegroup.com/company/nymex.html • Information from the CME Group website |