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NCDEX launches Sugar S futures contract for better efficiency in hedging

19 Mar 2015 Evaluate

National Commodity & Derivatives Exchange (NCDEX) has launched small grain size Sugar futures contract (SUGAR S) which will provide an additional risk management tool for the Indian sugar industry. Trading in Sugar S began today with six contracts being offered; starting from contracts expiring in April 2015 to September 2015. Kolhapur is the main delivery center with Belgaum, Solapur, Sangli, Pune, Kolkata and Delhi being the additional delivery centers.

NCDEX already offers Sugar M futures contracts on its platform. With the addition of this new Sugar S contract, a large portion of sugar being produced and traded in India will be represented on the exchange platform.

The additional delivery centres of Delhi and Kolkata have been included to provide an opportunity to the sugar value chain participants in these locations to hedge their physical commitments and to deliver on Exchange platform as well.