London Metal Exchange Trading Floor

Located in london england the lme is the world center for the trading of industrial metals with more than three quarters of all non ferrous metal futures business transacted on the exchange.

London metal exchange trading floor.

Front of photograph back of photograph. The london metal exchange lme is the world centre for the trade of industrial metals. Last year 10 3 trillion worth of metals were exchanged at the lme. Every order comes with a certificate of authenticity from ims vintage photos.

Ring trading runs concurrently with the lme s other platforms lmeselect and the inter office telephone market. There are many famous floor based trading exchanges in the financial world. The most famous of which is the floor of the new york stock exchange nyse. Benchmark copper on the london metal exchange earlier fell nearly 2 to 5 164 a tonne.

Trading floor london metal exchange. And until recently the london metal. Front and back of the image. 9 4 x 12 inches.

Open outcry trading is particularly important for the lme because of its unique prompt date structure. The prices discovered on our three trading platforms are used as the global reference price and both the metal and investment communities use the lme to transfer or take on risk 24 hours a day. Copper prices have tumbled to a six year low as the latest slide in china s stock markets reinforce gloomy prospects for demand in the world s top consumer of the metal. There are up to 200 tradable dates per lme metal and open outcry is the most efficient way of trading multiple dates.

The london metal exchange is the world centre for industrial metals trading.