The higher margins imposed on pepper in the wake of volatiluity in the commodity's prices by the Forward Markets Commission is likely to reduced soon.
Anticipating a major shortage of professionals in Futures trading in the coming years, the Multi Commodity Exchange has decided to train 10,000 personnel in the sector this financial year.
India's leading commodity bourse - the Multi Commodity Exchange - has tied up with the US-based Institute of Financial Management to conduct training programmes on futures and options across the country.
The Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange, set up by Dubai and two partners from India and the first electronic multi-commodity derivatives exchange in the Middle East, will commence trading in November this year in precious metals contracts.
The Multi Commodity Exchange of India has decided to start a one-year full-time certificate course on commodities in March this year in Mumbai.
Investors and traders in India have been making money on silver futures in the last two months.
Multi Commodity Exchange of India Ltd has emerged the second largest Natural Gas Exchange globally, next to New York Mercentile Exchange.
Silver gained 0.20 per cent to Rs 50,276 per kg in special Muhurat trading on the Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX) today as participants built new positions to mark the start of Samvat year 2070.
The National Multi-Commodity Exchange NMCE on Tuesday launched a new series in Soya oil, Guar seed and Chana desi for futures contracts.
India's leading commodity bourse - the Multi-Commodity Exchange Commodity of India - has led the commodity futures boom in India in the last year with a market share of 72.4 per cent.
Online futures trading in coffee was launched in Bangalore on Tuesday by the National Multi-Commodity Exchange of India.
The online gold futures trade on the National Multi Commodity Exchange of India will be launched by Union Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Sharad Yadav in New Delhi on Friday.
Gold had hit an all-time high of Rs 11,492 on the Multi Commodity Exchange, the largest commodity bourse. The gold contract has gone up more than 7 per cent so far in 2008. Traders said the demand for gold is dull, as many people are expecting that the prices will come down.
In a first for India, bullion derivatives contracts will be settled on a blockchain platform. This will help in global acceptance of gold refined by Indian bullion refineries, giving a fillip to the local industry, exports, as well as investments. From November 1, the National Stock Exchange (NSE) will accept gold delivery only on the blockchain platform.
The Multi Commodity Exchange on Wednesday launched India's first ever crude oil futures contract.
Pepper futures set a new record of Rs 457.09 crore (Rs 4.57 billion) during intra-day trading at the National Multi-Commodity Exchange last week.
The objective is to ensure the exchange's preparedness in the event of a natural calamity, so that any disruptions should not affect market integrity and investor confidence.
The Multi Commodity Exchange of India Ltd has finalised the futures contract details of six commodities - gold, silver, castor seed, cotton, rubber and pepper. All the contracts will be physical delivery based.
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Kotak Mahindra Bank has decided to buy a 15 per cent stake in Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX) for Rs 459 crore from Financial Technologies India (FTIL).
Foreign share holding limit in Maruti Suzuki India has reached trigger limit and any further investment by FIIs will be allowed only after RBI's approval.
The duo bought additional shares in pharmaceutical companies Lupin and Jubilant Life Sciences, along with Agro Tech Foods and NCC during Q2FY21
The RBI banned imports on a consignment basis, making it difficult for jewellers to source raw material.
Since the Union Budget, gold has become costlier by 8-9 per cent because of a 2.5 per cent increase in import duty to 12.5 per cent and about a 5 per cent depreciation in the rupee.
The exchange has written to MCX for greater details on the special audit. BSE has sought the names of related parties, which have been withheld by MCX.
FMC approves commodity bourse's contract-launch calendar for two years.
The exchange has always seen huge volumes in gold trading. But due to a fall in prices, volumes took a hit.
The sessions court on Thursday extended the police custody of the Financial Technologies and Multi Commodities Exchange (MCX) promoter Jignesh Shah and former managing director and chief executive of the commodity exchange Shreekant Javalgekar till May 19.
According to sources, BSE is seeking an offering that would value it at about Rs 4,000-5,000 crore (Rs 40-50 billion).
India has imposed several restrictions on imports of gold, the biggest non-essential import item, to curb a record trade deficit.
Karvy group's commodity broking arm, too, is facing a liquidity crisis because of some issues related to NCDEX, said people in the know.
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