Precious Metals
MCX arm withdraws additional margins on gold, silver futures from Thursday
This story was originally published at 20:54 IST on 18 February 2026
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NEW DELHI – Multi Commodity Exchange Clearing Corp. Ltd. has withdrawn the additional margins imposed on gold and silver futures contracts, effective Thursday, the domestic bourse said Wednesday. In early February, the MCX arm had imposed an additional margin of 3% on gold futures and 7% on silver futures.
The exchange levies additional margin periodically as a risk-management measure to contain volatility and mitigate systemic risks in derivatives trading. End
Reported by Afra Abubacker
Edited by Akul Nishant Akhoury
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