单选题 An analyst does research about difference between forward market and future market. Compared with contracts in the forward market, contracts in the futures market are least likely to be appropriately described as transactions that are:
A. public.
B. customized according to the counterparts' requests.
C. based on an agreement to buy or sell an underlying asset at a future date at a price agreed on today.

【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 期货市场是公开交易标准化的远期合约的,它与远期市场一样,都是约定在未来的某个时点按约定的价格买卖一项资产,但是期货市场是不能像远期市场那样,根据交易对手的要求来进行定制化。