SEBI mulls IT capacity norms tweak for commodity F&O bourses, clearing cos
This story was originally published at 18:33 IST on 30 June 2025
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--SEBI mulls tweaks in capacity planning norms for bourses with commodity F&O
--SEBI mulls 2 times peak load of IT capacity for commodity bourses
--SEBI seeks public comments by Jul 20 on commodity bourses' draft circular
NEW DELHI – The Securities and Exchange Board of India Monday issued a draft circular on revised guidelines for the capacity planning and real-time performance-monitoring framework of stock exchanges having a commodity derivatives segment and clearing corporations involved in clearing commodity derivatives trades. The market regulator has invited public comments on the draft circular by Jul. 20.
SEBI has proposed a substantial dilution in the trading system capacity requirement for commodity derivatives exchanges to two times of the projected peak load from four times. The proposed two times of projected peak load will apply to all critical IT systems of these exchanges and not just the trading system. It will also apply to stock exchanges having a commodity derivatives segment like the National Stock Exchange of India and the BSE.
The NSE and BSE follow SEBI's current guidelines on capacity planning and real-time performance monitoring that are applicable for trading segments other than commodity derivatives. The current guidelines require them to have an installed capacity of critical IT systems of minimum 1.5 times the projected peak load. This will now increase to two times of projected peak load.
The clearing corporations of any exchange with a commodity derivatives segment will also need to comply with SEBI's proposed guidelines for critical IT capacity planning and real-time performance monitoring specified in Monday's draft circular. Currently, there are no guidelines for them on these aspects.
The proposed revisions will give relief to exchanges offering only commodity derivatives contracts, like the Multi Commodity Exchange of India and the National Commodity and Derivatives Exchange, since the critical IT capacity requirement for them will be cut in half. SEBI said in the note to the draft circular that it had analysed data submitted by commodity exchanges and the data showed their IT systems capacity to be underutilised.
Monday, shares of BSE Ltd. ended slightly lower at INR 2,770.10 on the NSE, and shares of the Multi Commodity Exchange ended 1% higher at INR 8,944.00. End
Reported by Rajesh Gajra
Edited by Rajeev Pai
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