Moscow Exchange Launches Coffee Futures Trading

This is a logical expansion of the list of commodity futures, the latest of which was the cocoa bean futures for the fall of 2024. The minimum lot is 10 pounds, or a little more than 3 thousand rubles.

Moscow Exchange will launch coffee futures trading on May 20. The underlying asset is Arabica, traded on foreign markets.

Contracts will be settled in rubles. The minimum lot is 10 pounds, or at the current exchange rate just over 3 thousand rubles. From the start of trading, contracts with execution in June and August 2025 will be available.

The exchange representatives explained that coffee is one of the most actively traded commodities in the world, and its price is highly volatile. Due to crop failure in Brazil last year, Arabica prices broke a half-century record at the auction. In 2024, the variety rose in price by almost 70% on the ICE exchange, and since the beginning of this year it has gained more than 17%.

Evgeny Mironyuk, an expert on the stock market at BCS World of Investments, talks about the prospects of the new financial instrument on the Moscow Exchange:

Evgeniy Mironyuk, stock market expert at BCS World of Investments

The launch of coffee trading on the Moscow Exchange is a logical expansion of the list of commodity futures, the latest of which was cocoa bean futures , launched in the fall of 2024. The trading platform also plans to launch orange juice futures .