Multi Commodity Exchange

Multi Commodity Exchange of India Ltd
Public
Traded as BSE: 534091
Industry Commodity Exchange
Founded 10 Nov. 2003
Headquarters Mumbai, India
Key people
  • Saurabh Chandra (Chairman)
  • Mrugank Paranjape (Managing Director and CEO)
  • P. K. Singhal (President and Whole Time Director)
Products Commodity futures
Website www.mcxindia.com

Multi Commodity Exchange of India Ltd (MCX) (BSE: 534091) is an independent commodity exchange based in India. It was established in 2003 and is based in Mumbai. It is India's largest commodity futures exchange where the clearance and settlements of the exchange happens and the turnover of the exchange for quarter ended June 2017 was 12.01 trillion rupees. MCX offers futures trading in bullion, non-ferrous metals, energy, and a number of agricultural commodities (mentha oil, cardamom, crude palm oil, cotton and others).

In 2016, MCX was seventh among the global commodity bourses in terms of the number of futures contracts traded, the latest yearly data from Futures Industry Association (FIA) showed.

In February 2012, MCX had come out with a public issue of 6,427,378 Equity Shares of Rs. 10 face value in price band of Rs. 860 to Rs. 1032 per equity share to raise around $134 million. It was the first ever IPO by an Indian exchange and made MCX India’s only publicly listed exchange.

From September 28, 2015, MCX is being regulated by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI). Earlier MCX was regulated by the Forward Markets Commission (FMC), which got merged with the SEBI on September 28, 2015.

Multi-Commodity Exchange appointed of Mrugank Paranjape as MD & CEO of the exchange on February 29, 2016 for a period of three years. Mrugank Paranjape has earlier working with Deutsche Bank for last 14 years. Last he was heading DB Center of the bank.[1]

METAL
Aluminium, Aluminium Mini, Copper, Copper Mini, Lead, Lead Mini, Nickel, Nickel Mini, Zinc, Zinc Mini
BULLION
Gold, Gold Mini, Gold Guinea, Gold Petal, Gold Petal ( New Delhi), Gold Global, Silver, Silver Mini, Silver Micro, Silver 1000
AGRO COMMODITIES
Cardamom, Cotton, Crude Palm Oil, Kapas, Mentha Oil, Castorseed, RBD Palm oil
ENERGY
Brent Crude Oil, Crude Oil, Crude Oil Mini, Natural Gas

Quotes

Multi Commodity Exchange of India provides live feeds for all traded commodities and these are published on various websites like MoneyControl.com,[2] Economictimes.Indiatimes.com,[3] McxIndia.info[4]

Key shareholders

Kotak Mahindra Bank; Axis Mutual Fund; Jhunjhunwala Rakesh Radheshyam; IDFC Premier Equity Fund; Reliance Mutual Fund; Baron Emerging Markets Fund; J P Morgan Indian Investment Company (Mauritius) Ltd.; UTI Mutual Fund; Abu Dhabi Investment Authority - Jhelum ; Goldman Sachs India Fund Limited; HDFC Bank Ltd. (as on June 30, 2017)

References

  1. ↑ http://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/mcx-appoints-mrugank-paranjape-as-md-116022901066_1.html
  2. ↑ Money Control http://www.moneycontrol.com
  3. ↑ Economic Times http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/
  4. ↑ Mcx India http://mcxindia.info
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