Products Traded in MCX

MCX offers futures trading in bullion, ferrous and non-ferrous metals,

energy, and a number of agricultural commodities (mentha oil,
cardamom, potatoes, palm oil and others)

Futures
A futures contract is a standardised contract between two parties to
buy or sell a specified asset of standardized quantity and quality for a
price agreed upon today (the futures price or strike price) with delivery
and payment occurring at a specified future date, the delivery date.
The contracts are negotiated at a futures exchange, which acts as an
intermediary between the two parties

Bullion
Bullion refers to precious metals in bulk form which are
regularly traded on commodity markets
The value of bullion is typically determined by the value
of its precious metals content, which is defined by its
purity and mass
The specifications of bullion are often regulated by market
bodies or legislation
Gold, Gold HNI, Gold M, i-gold, Silver, Silver HNI,
Silver M,, Silver Micro

Ferrous and Non-Ferrous metals

Aluminium, Copper, Lead, Nickel, Steel Long (Bhavnagar), Steel
Long (Govindgarh), Steel Flat, Tin, Zinc

Energy & Petrochemicals

ENERGY
Brent Crude Oil, Crude Oil, Furnace Oil, Natural Gas, M. E. Sour Crude Oil,
ATF, Electricity(Now delisted), Carbon Credit

PETROCHEMICALS
HDPE, Polypropylene(PP), PVC

Agricultural Commodities
FIBER
Cotton L Staple, Cotton M Staple, Cotton S Staple, Cotton Yarn, Kapas, Jute

SPICES
Cardamom, Jeera, Pepper, Red Chilli, Turmeric, Cumin Seed, Coriander

PULSES
Chana, Masur, Yellow Peas, Tur, Urad

PLANTATIONS
Arecanut, Cashew Kernel, Coffee (Robusta), Rubber

OIL & OIL SEEDS

Castor Oil, Castor Seeds, Coconut Cake, Coconut Oil etc

CEREALS
Maize, Barley, Rice, Sharbati Rice, Basmati Rice, Wheat

OTHERS
Guargum, Guar Seed, Gurchaku, Mentha Oil, Potato (Agra), Potato (Tarkeshwar)

Products Traded in MCX SX

Equities
Derivatives
Equity derivatives
Interest rate derivatives
Initial public offering
Debt
Currency rate derivatives
The Exchange received permissions to deal in Interest Rate Derivatives, Equity, Futures
& Options on Equity and Wholesale Debt Segment, vide SEBIs letter dated July 10,
2012

Cash Settled Interest Rate Futures (IRF) on 10-Year

Government of India (GOI) Security
Descriptio
n
Symbol

Security Description
840GS2024

883GS2023

Underlyin
8.83% Central Government Security having maturity on November
8.40% Central Government Security having maturity on July 28, 2024
g
25, 2023
Instrumen
FUTIRF
t Type
Unit of
trading

Each futures contract shall represent 2000 underlying bonds of total face value of INR 2,00,000/-.

Quotation
/Price
One Bond of face value100
Quote
Tick size

0.25 paise or INR 0.0025

Trading
hours

Monday to Friday
9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Contract
trading
cycle

Maximum of Three serial monthly contracts of maturity of one-month, two-months and three-months shall be available simultaneously

Last
trading
day

The expiry / last trading day for the contract shall be the last Thursday of the expiry month. If any expiry day is a trading holiday/ shut
period, then the expiry/ last trading day shall be the previous trading day.

Equity Trading in MCX SX

Mock Trading in equity conducted on 19th Nov 2012
commence operations in equity trading as soon as it reaches the
critical mass of registering 350 members
The Exchange had received a record number of over 700 applications
for new membership during its inaugural membership drive that
commenced on September 5, 2012.

 The latest move by MCX-SX is bound to increase the competition in

the currency options segment, which is currently dominated by the
National Stock Exchange (NSE).
In July 12, NSE registered a total turnover of R1.32 lakh crore in
currency options.
The United Stock Exchange (USE) also offers trading in currency
options but the volume is negligible.