Turnover of commodity derivatives up 32% on month in April, says SEBI
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MUMBAI – Turnover of commodity derivatives across Indian exchanges rose over 32% on month to INR 69.5 trillion in April, the Securities and Exchange Board of India said in its monthly bulletin. The turnover last month declined on one exchange and rose in two, the report said.
The turnover of derivatives trading on the Multi Commodity Exchange of India rose nearly 35% on month to INR 67.8 trillion, and that on the BSE was nil in April. The turnover in futures contracts on MCX in April was INR 9.13 trillion. The turnover on options during the same period was INR 58.6 trillion.
The share of futures and options contracts in the overall turnover was 13% and 87%, respectively. The overall turnover of futures rose 52% on month to INR 9.2 trillion in April and that of options rose nearly 30% on month to INR 60.2 trillion, due to high trading of bullion options and futures on MCX, according to the report. Bullion futures trading on MCX rose to INR 7 trillion in April from INR 3.8 trillion in March.
The turnover on commodity derivatives on the National Commodity and Derivatives Exchange rose nearly 13% to INR 129.4 billion in April. The turnover in futures contracts on NCDEX for the month was INR 114.6 billion. The turnover on options during the same period was INR 14.8 billion.
The turnover on the National Stock Exchange was nearly 28% down from the previous month at INR 1.58 trillion in April. The MCX accounted for 97.5% of the turnover in April, followed by the NSE at 2.3%, and the NCDEX at 0.2%.
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 rose nearly 13% on month to INR 130.10 billion in April, and that of the non-agri segment was up over 32% on month at INR 69.33 trillion. End
Reported by J. Navya Sruthi
Edited by Deepshikha Bhardwaj
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