Multi Commodity Exchange

Commodity exchange located in Mumbai, India

Multi Commodity Exchange of India Ltd
Company typePublic
Traded as
BSE: 534091
NSE: MCX
ISININE745G01035
IndustryCommodity Exchange
FoundedNovember 10, 2003; 20 years ago (2003-11-10) (commenced operation)
HeadquartersMumbai, Maharashtra, India
Key people
P S Reddy
(MD & CEO)
ProductsCommodity derivatives
Websitewww.mcxindia.com

Multi Commodity Exchange of India Ltd (MCX) is a commodity exchange based in India. It was established in 2003 by the Government of India and is currently based in Mumbai. It is India's largest commodity derivatives exchange. The average daily turnover of commodity futures contracts increased by 26% to ₹32,424 crore during FY2019-20, as against ₹25,648 crore in FY2018-19. The total turnover of commodity futures traded on the Exchange stood at ₹83.98 lakh crore in FY2019-20. MCX offers options trading in gold and futures trading in non-ferrous metals, bullion, energy, and a number of agricultural commodities (mentha oil, cardamom, crude palm oil, cotton, and others).

MCX was among the top global commodity exchanges in terms of the number of futures contracts trade, the latest yearly data from Futures Industry Association (FIA) showed. MCX launched the MCX India Commodity Indices (MCX iCOMDEX) series on December 20, 2019, which conform to the global best practices set by the International Organisation of Securities Commissions (IOSCO). iCOMDEX series consists of iCOMDEX Composite, iCOMDEX Base Metals, iCOMDEX Bullion, iCOMDEX Gold, iCOMDEX Copper and iCOMDEX Crude Oil. Subsequently, MCX received regulatory approval for launch of futures contracts on MCX iCOMDEX Bullion and Base Metal indices. The exchange also set up a web-based application "ComRIS" (Commodity Receipts Information System) in order to maintain an electronic record of commodities deposited at the Exchange accredited warehouses and ensure flow of real time information from the warehouses.

SEBI issued operational guidelines for participation of Mutual Funds and Portfolio Managers in commodity derivatives in May 2019 and subsequently, approved few custodial service providers as custodians in the commodity space.

In February 2012, MCX had come out with a public issue of 6,427,378 Equity Shares of Rs. 10 face value in the price band of Rs. 860 to Rs. 1032 per equity share to raise around $134 million.[clarify] It was the first-ever IPO by an Indian exchange and made MCX India's only publicly listed exchange.

From 28 September 2015, MCX is being regulated by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI). Earlier MCX was regulated by the Forward Markets Commission (FMC), which got merged with the SEBI on 28 September 2015.

Mr Padala Subbi Reddy (Mr P S Reddy) was appointed as MD & CEO of the company for a period of five w.e.f. May 10, 2019. Prior to this Mr Reddy worked as managing director and CEO of Central Depository Services (CDSL).[1]

Commodities traded include -

  • Metal - Aluminium, Copper, Lead, Nickel, Zinc
  • Bullion - Gold, Gold Mini, Gold Guinea, Gold Petal, Gold Petal ( New Delhi), Gold Global, Silver, Silver Mini, Silver Micro, Silver 1000.
  • Agro Commodities - Cardamom, Cotton, Crude Palm Oil, Kapas, Mentha Oil, Castor seed, RBD Palmolien, Black Pepper.
  • Energy - Crude Oil, Natural Gas.

The efforts that started in the fourth quarter of FY 2018–19 to migrate to 'Compulsory Delivery-based' contracts in all base metals were successfully completed in FY 2019–20. The launch of indigenously benchmarked deliverable futures contracts of Copper, Aluminium, Zinc, Lead and Nickel on MCX, has paved the way for the Indian market prices for metals to be discovered on an exchange platform in a transparent manner. This fulfills an important step towards development of domestic benchmarks which reflect domestic market fundamentals, while the delivery standards are in tune with international standards.

Paving the way for introduction of Options with 'commodities' as underlying, the Government of India issued a notification on October 18, 2019, which widens the scope of commodity derivatives traded in recognised exchanges. Following this, SEBI permitted stock exchanges to launch 'Option in goods' in their commodity derivatives segment, in addition to existing 'options on commodity futures'. MCX has launched Gold Mini Options with Gold Mini (100 grams) bar as the underlying, and plans to launch Silver Mini 5 kg 'option in goods' contract soon.

In April 2022, the MCX collaborated with the Chittagong Stock Exchange, (CSE), to establish Bangladesh's first commodity exchange.[2][3]

MCX also provides live feeds for all traded commodities and these are published on various websites like MoneyControl,[4] GoldSilverReports[5] and Economic Times.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ "P S Reddy takes charge as MD, CEO of MCX". Economictimes. 10 May 2019. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  2. ^ Business Standard https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-cm/mcx-to-collaborate-with-chittagong-stock-exchange-for-establishing-derivatives-platform-122041100581_1.html
  3. ^ "CSE to ink deal with India's MCX to establish maiden commodity exchange". The Business Standard. 11 April 2022. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  4. ^ Money Control https://www.moneycontrol.com
  5. ^ Gold Silver Reports https://www.goldsilverreports.com
  6. ^ Economic Times https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/

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