Spot Market

Summary of Spot Market

A market for commodities or currency in which the sale results in an immediate or nearly immediate exchange of the goods or instruments for cash, as compared with a futures market, which trades in contracts for the future delivery of the product.

(Main Author: William J. Miller)

Spot Market in International Trade

Meaning of Spot Market, according to the Dictionary of International Trade (Global Negotiator): The market (or exchange) for a commodity or foreign exchange available for immediate delivery (usually one or two days after the transaction date).

Hierarchical Display of Spot market

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Spot market

Concept of Spot market

See the dictionary definition of Spot market.

Characteristics of Spot market

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Resources

Translation of Spot market

• Spanish: Mercado al contado
• French: Marché au comptant
• German: Kassamarkt
• Italian: Mercato a pronti
• Portuguese: Mercado a pronto pagamento
• Polish: Rynek kasowy

Thesaurus of Spot market

Finance > Free movement of capital > Financial market > Spot market
Finance > Monetary economics > Exchange policy > Foreign exchange market > Spot market

See also

• Foreign exchange market
• Foreign currency
• Open market
• Official market

• Cash market