{
  "data_version": "seed-0.7 · marketcap-1 · 2026-08-30",
  "source": "https://finance.foundation",
  "license": {
    "finance_foundation_data": "CC BY 4.0 — attribution: Finance Foundation (https://finance.foundation)",
    "upstream_values": "Fields sourced from a provider carry their own source field and remain under that provider's terms — see https://finance.foundation/api/v1/sources"
  },
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  "data": {
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    "mic": "XLME",
    "name": "London Metal Exchange",
    "country": "united-kingdom",
    "type": "Commodity exchange",
    "currency": "USD",
    "timezone": "Europe/London",
    "operator": "London Metal Exchange",
    "note": "The global reference venue for industrial metals, and the only major exchange still running open-outcry ring trading alongside its electronic book.",
    "segment_mics": [],
    "benchmarks": [],
    "operator_lei": "213800NB8G5VRT1DXC91",
    "operator_lei_source": "From GLEIF directly, not from the ISO 10383 registry. The registry leaves the LEI column empty for XLME, so unlike every other venue here this binding is ours rather than the registration authority's: it is the GLEIF record for THE LONDON METAL EXCHANGE, the entity the exchange's own rulebook names as the operator of the market.",
    "website": "https://www.lme.com",
    "city": "London",
    "session": null
  },
  "field_provenance": {
    "mic": "ISO 10383 registry (SWIFT, open) — operating MIC.",
    "segment_mics": "ISO 10383 registry (SWIFT, open) — segment MICs, verified against the registry file.",
    "operator_lei": "GLEIF (CC0).",
    "benchmarks": "The venue's own published benchmark indices."
  },
  "links": {
    "html": "https://finance.foundation/markets/lme",
    "graph": "https://finance.foundation/api/v1/graph/markets/lme",
    "sources": "https://finance.foundation/api/v1/sources"
  }
}