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- Multi Commodity Exchange of India Limited (MCX) operates as India's largest commodity derivatives exchange, providing a nationwide, electronic, online platform for trading futures and options contracts in commodities. The exchange offers futures and options trading in bullion including gold and silver variants such as Gold Mini, Gold Ten, and Silver Mini; base metals like copper and aluminium; energy products comprising crude oil, natural gas, and electricity futures (monthly base load); agricultural commodities such as cotton, mentha oil, cardamom, palm oil, and others; and index-based products including the MCX iCOMDEX series (Composite, Bullion, Base Metals, Gold, Copper, Crude Oil) with options on BULLDEX (gold and silver composite); alongside clearing and settlement services, data feed subscriptions, membership services, and the ComRIS system for warehouse commodity records.
MCX commands dominant market share with approximately 98% in commodity futures trading value in FY2025, including 100% in precious metals, over 99% in energy and base metals, positioning it as the world's largest commodity options exchange by FIA rankings; it primarily serves retail investors, hedgers, arbitrageurs, and institutional participants across India through over 2,000 registered members and 346,000 trading terminals.
Founded in 2003 and headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra, the exchange maintains pan-India operations with strategic alliances including CME Group, London Metal Exchange, Dalian Commodity Exchange, and domestic partners like Mahindra Agri Solutions and India Post for market outreach.
Recent developments include the launch of Cardamom Futures contracts in July 2025 to enhance price discovery in spices; Electricity Futures (monthly base load) contracts commencing July 10, 2025; monthly Options on MCX iCOMDEX Bullion Index (BULLDEX) from October 27, 2025, marking India's first commodity index option for diversified precious metals exposure; Gold Ten (10g) Futures in April 2025; and a 1:5 stock split approved in August 2025, subdividing shares from face value of Rs 10 to Rs 2, alongside robust Q2 FY26 revenue growth of 31% to Rs 374 crore.