The turnover of commodity exchanges grew to Rs 67 lakh crore in 2015-16 which is being seen as one of the best years for the segment in recent times. Commodity futures turnover on the two major bourses -- NCDEX and MCX -- stood at nearly Rs 60.9 lakh crore in 2014-15. In volume terms, the number of such contracts traded rose 56.5% to 27.5 crore in 2015-16, from about 17.6 crore in the year-ago period.
Individually, MCX saw a trading value of Rs 56.3 lakh crore in 2015-16 as against Rs 51.8 lakh crore in 2014-15. There was trading in 23.4 crore contracts for the period under review, up nearly 58%.
NCDEX reported a 13% jump in turnover at Rs 10.2 lakh crore while volumes rose 50% to 4.1 crore during the last fiscal.