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Informist, Monday, Mar. 3, 2025

 

MUMBAI – Turnover of commodity derivatives across Indian exchanges rose 13.1% from a month ago to INR 58.55 trillion in January, the Securities and Exchange Board of India said in its monthly bulletin. The turnover in January increased on three exchanges, the report showed. 

 

The turnover of derivatives trading on the Multi Commodity Exchange of India rose nearly 13% on month to INR 57.17 trillion and that on the BSE was nil in January. The turnover in futures contracts on MCX during Apr-Jan of 2024-25 (Apr-Mar) was up 16.7% on year at INR 58.22 trillion. The turnover on options during the same period was up 77.7% on year at INR 402.8 trillion. Options turnover is based on notional value, the report said.

 

The turnover on commodity derivatives on the National Commodity and Derivatives Exchange rose 19.4% to INR 134.45 billion in January. The turnover on futures contracts on NCDEX during Apr-Jan fell 42.3% on year to INR 1.19 trillion. The turnover on options during the same period was INR 88 billion.

 

The turnover on the National Stock Exchange was up 21% from the previous month at INR 1.25 trillion in January. The MCX accounted for 97.6% of the turnover in January, followed by the NSE at 2.1%, and the NCDEX at 0.2%.

 

The share of farm commodities in the overall turnover was nearly 0.2% and that of non-agricultural commodities was 99.8%, the regulator said. The overall turnover of the agri segment increased 10.4% on month to INR 109.5 billion in January and that of the non-agri segment was up 14% on month at INR 58.44 trillion. 

 

The share of futures and options contracts in the overall turnover was 10% and 90%, respectively. The overall turnover of futures rose 9% on month to INR 6 trillion in January, while that of options rose 14.6% on month to INR 52.5 trillion.

 

At 1145 IST, shares of MCX traded 4.6% lower at INR 4,762.3 and those of BSE trading 5% lower at INR 4,400.0 on the National Stock Exchange.  End

 

IST, or Indian Standard Time, is five-and-a-half hours ahead of GMT

 

Reported by Ashutosh Pati

Edited by Akul Nishant Akhoury

 

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