Anamika Pareek answers five most frequently asked questions about investing in silver ETFs
The move comes nearly a month after it acquired five per cent in the National Stock Exchange.
If implemented, it will be the first commodity exchange to offer such a facility.
The FMC had warned MCX that it would not renew contracts, allow new contracts and eventually take away the licence to run the bourse if the commodity exchange does not comply with regulatory norms.
Capital markets are becoming more prominent in India's growth story, with an expanding share in capital formation and investment landscape on the back of technology, innovation and digitisation, according to the Economic Survey 2023-24 tabled in Parliament on Monday. Further, Indian markets are resilient to global geo-political and economic shocks, it added. "Despite heightened geo-political risks, rising interest rates and volatile commodity prices, Indian capital markets have been one of the best performing among emerging markets in FY24," the Economic Survey said.
The Bombay Stock Exchange and Foreign Exchange market will remain closed today due to a terrorist attack in Mumbai.
The buyer received poor investor response to the pricing of the share sale.
Some state-run banks made 10,000-13,000 per cent gains on their holdings in the Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX) after the latter commodity bourse made an impressive listing on Friday.
Gold is the first product for options trading that markets regulator Sebi has allowed after 14 years of commodity exchanges in the country.
Besides introducing a penalty for illegal trading, the Forward Markets Commission has announced a uniform penalty structure for all the commodity exchanges, while raising the penalty amount for various other offences.
The highlights of RBI's bi-monthly monetary policy announced by Governor Shaktikanta Das:
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.
Dwaipayan Bose examines the seven important factors that investors about exchange traded funds must know before they start investing/trading in them.
The Centre is planning to establish a Taxation Information Exchange System to track inter-state trade of all commodities after the phase-out of Central Sales Tax.
Asia's oldest bourse, Bombay Stock Exchange on Wednesday launched currency derivatives segment (BSE-CDX) that would enable participants to hedge their currency risks through trading in the US dollar-rupee future platform.
In an effort to boost commodity trading in the country, the much-awaited amendments to the Forward Contract and Regulations Act of 1952 will happen during the Budget session of the Parliament.
The FMC on Thursday barred the National Spot Exchange and group firms from auctions of commodities held by the bourse after a complaint that firms related to the former managing director took part in the bidding process.
Petrol and diesel are among the 90-plus commodities that have been approved by the government for derivatives trading
A yellow glow is likely to stand out amid grey geopolitical clouds in 2023, with gold price projected to touch Rs 60,000 per 10 grams in the Indian market as more investors veer towards safe-haven assets. In a year where volatility was more a norm than an exception, gold prices in the international market oscillated from a peak of $2,070 per ounce in March to a low of $1,616 per ounce in November and is steadily recovering since then, according to market experts. At the beginning of 2022, gold prices were around $1,800 an ounce.
The Forward Markets Commission will convene a meeting of 21 regional exchanges in the country to prepare a plan of action for their revitalisation, commission's chairman B C Khatua said.
New FMC directives for MDs & CEOs; regulator also wants half the directors on commodity exchange boards to be independent.
Regulator has asked National Multi-Commodity Exchange to file criminal case against Kailash Gupta.
The regulator's comments has come at a time when national level exchanges NCDEX and NMCE are mulling to cut transaction fees, after leading bourse MCX decided to slash the charges from November 2.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) warned on Tuesday that India's general government debt (comprising both central and state government debt) could exceed 100 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP) in the medium term. It also cautioned that long-term debt sustainability risks are high due to the significant investment required to meet India's climate change mitigation targets. The Indian government, however, disagreed, arguing that risks from sovereign debt are extremely limited as it is predominantly denominated in domestic currency.
SMX is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Financial Technologies, which is a leading player in creating and operating exchange platforms.
Upset over fall in its turnover, commodity exchange NCDEX said statements by some of the key policymakers have affected trading sentiments in futures markets.
MCX has received permission to set up a power exchange, which is expected to become functional in the first half of next year, and for the first time power will be traded like a share or a commodity on an exchange in the country.Price signals from the exchange will encourage producers to sell surplus power or produce it specifically for selling it on the exchange. Besides, the power exchange will make investors and financial institutions comfortable in funding new projects.
After a gap of more than 13 years, the National Commodity and Derivatives Exchange (NCDEX) is all set to launch a futures contract in groundnut (in shell) to fill a void in oilseeds complex futures because of a ban in several high-volume commodities.
The Central government's decision to ban futures trading in several commodities has not deterred the firms from going in for a big awareness drive in Punjab, India's wheat bowl.
India's largest commodity bourse--the Multi Commodity Exchange of India --may soon unveil futures contract in gold coins in an attempt to tap the small retail investors across India.
If anyone asks who should be named the pioneer of online Futures trading exchanges in commodities, the first name that would prop up will be that of Kailash Gupta.
The exchange also plans to start Futures trading in electricity, carbon credit, coal, freight index, weather index, real estate index and rain index after the amendment to the Futures Contracts Regulation Act is passed by the Parliament.
An interview with Jignesh Shah.
Oil-to-telecom conglomerate Reliance Industries Ltd head Mukesh Ambani continues to be the richest Indian and has now broken into the world's top 10 wealthiest persons in the latest Forbes 2024 Billionaire List. Ambani, 66, is ranked 9th on the list with a wealth of $116 billion, up from $83.4 billion in the 2023 ranking, according to Forbes. Gautam Adani is the second richest Indian and is ranked at No.17 on the global list.
'We crossed Rs 1.7 trillion in three months this financial year.'
The 5 per cent equity investment is the maximum equity interest permitted to foreign investors in derivative exchanges
Adani group saw a 55 per cent profit surge in the fiscal year ended March 2024 as the apples-to-airport conglomerate is back on an expansion spree and eyeing a $90 billion capex over the next decade. Emerging from a damning report of a US short seller, which hit market value of its listed companies, Adani group in 2023-24 (April 2023 to March 2024) fiscal focused on containing debt, reducing founder share pledge and consolidating business in core competencies.
India's apex Forward Markets Commission says physical delivery is essential for the transparent functioning of the commodity exchanges.
The order says he was the 'highest beneficiary' of NSEL fraud and has proven unfit to handle affairs of any exchange.
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