According to sources, BSE is seeking an offering that would value it at about Rs 4,000-5,000 crore (Rs 40-50 billion).
The exchange also asked traders to square off their trading positions in three contracts -- gold February 2015, kapas March 2015 and kapas April 2015.
Shares of Multi Commodity Exchange of India (have tanked over 11% to Rs 428 on back of heavy volumes on the bourses.
The board of directors at its meeting held on October 22, approved the said appointments, the exchange said in a regulatory filing on Wednesday.
Bids for the issue, which opens on January 23 and closes on January 25, can be made for a minimum of 18 shares and in multiples of 18 thereafter.
The shares - close to 30% of the total holding - are expected to list on rival National Stock Exchange on or around February 3.
MCX said it has no exposure to crisis-hit NSEL, which has to settle dues worth Rs 5,600 crore to investors after it suspended trading.
No reason was cited for rescheduling of the meeting.
A combination of fewer listings and falling 'average daily traded value' contributed to the drag in Q3.
The Finance Ministry further said decision on seven FDI proposals has been deferred.
The government has cleared 19 foreign investment proposals, including that of Walt Disney Company and Reckitt Benckiser (India), entailing total investment of Rs 2,326.72 crore (Rs 23.26 billion).
Making a weak opening, shares of FTIL further tanked 45 per cent to Rs 105.5 -- its fresh 52-week low on the BSE.
This measure will ensure that the price of a scrip cannot move upward or downward beyond a limit set for the day.
The BSE Midcap and the S&P BSE Smallcap indices outperformed to gain 0.6% and 1.1%, respectively
Financials emerged as the top gainers while auto shares rallied on robust September sales
S&P upgraded India's credit outlook to 'stable' from 'negative' earlier.
Big bull's holdings cross Rs 7,200 crore (Rs 72 billion).
Benchmark indices finished higher on hopes of economic reforms
Stay orders keep law out of citizen access even years after CIC rulings on opening market institutions to scrutiny
Markets surged in late trades to snap five-day losing streak led by bank shares.
Bourses ask for okay in the 'permitted to trade' category; brokers and legal experts speak in favour.
Stellar rally in ITC shares along with strength in the Asian equities capped the downside.
India plans to launch trading of government bond futures within the next two months as part of efforts to deepen its financial markets, according to several sources involved in the discussions with the central bank.
Commodity futures market's dream run came to a halt in 2013 as a Rs 5,600 crore scam in Jignesh Shah-led spot exchange NSEL and imposition of transaction tax on non-farm items hampered the growth of business, with turnover estimated to dip by 30 per cent to Rs 125 lakh crore.
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