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Informist, Thursday, Sept. 25, 2025

 

MUMBAI – The turnover of commodity derivatives across Indian exchanges rose over 6% on month to INR 81.81 trillion in August, the Securities and Exchange Board of India said in its monthly bulletin. The turnover last month rose on two exchanges while it fell on one, as per the report.

 

The turnover of derivatives trading on the Multi Commodity Exchange of India in August rose 6.2% on month to INR 80.16 trillion while that on BSE was nil. The turnover of futures contracts on MCX in August was INR 6.96 trillion and that of options was INR 73.21 trillion.

 

The turnover of three indices on MCX rose while that of the fourth fell in August compared to the previous month. The turnover of MCX iCOMDEX rose 3.5%, of the bullion index was up 6.2%, and of the base metals index was up 1.5%. The turnover of the energy index was down 5.6% on month in August. MCX had the highest turnover in August and accounted for 98% of the total turnover of commodity derivatives across Indian exchanges.

 

The shares of futures and options contracts in the overall turnover was 8.6% and 91.4%, respectively. The overall turnover of futures fell nearly 12% on month to INR 7.07 trillion in August, while that of options rose over 8% on month to INR 74.73 trillion.

 

The turnover of commodity derivatives on the National Commodity and Derivatives Exchange fell over 13% on month to INR 126.23 billion in August. The turnover of futures contracts on NCDEX for the month was INR 96.16 billion and that of options was INR 30.07 billion. The turnover on the National Stock Exchange was up nearly 2% from the previous month at INR 1.52 trillion in August. The turnover of futures on NSE for the month was up nearly 91% on month at INR 19.98 billion. The turnover of options contracts was INR 1.50 trillion.

 

The share of farm commodities in the overall commodity derivatives turnover was 0.2% and that of non-agricultural commodities was 99.8%, the markets regulator said. The overall turnover of the agricultural segment fell over 12% on month to INR 128.58 billion in August while that of the non-agricultural segment rose over 6% on month to INR 81.68 trillion.  End

 

Reported by Udita S. Jaiswal

Edited by Rajeev Pai

 

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