What are LME Metals?
The London Metal Exchange and the London Bullion market are the world's primary metal markets. Throughout each business day brokers from the LME meet in "rings" on the floor of the LME to trade, in open outcry, the main industrially used base metals: Copper, Primary Aluminum, Aluminum Alloy, Lead, Nickel, Tin and Zinc.
These ring dealing periods account for a significant proportion of the day's business but a substantial volume is also traded inter office in both futures and options around the world 24-hours a day. The daily value of contracts traded is in the region of $10 billion Our brokerage partners allows instant access to current prices on the London Metal Exchange, trading via a platform on the Internet or by telephone. There is also up-to-the-minute information on the markets from the their metals desks, including a daily reports.
Our brokerage partners are able to implement trading strategies using exchange traded LME contracts, futures and options, for a broad base of customers which include producers, funds consumers, merchants and members of the financial community. In conjunction with their OTC Derivatives teams we are also able to offer an unlimited array of tailor made derivative products.