Commodity exchanges turnover rises by 4.66% in April-May period

13 Jun 2013 Evaluate

Commodity exchanges turnover stood at Rs 28,16,133 crore in April-May period of this fiscal, a rise of 4.66% compared to the turnover seen at Rs 26,90,834 crore in the same period last year. The rise was on account of sharp increase in trading volumes in energy items like crude oil, according to report compiled by the Forward Markets Commission (FMC). The futures trading in energy commodities like crude oil besides gold and silver contributed maximum business while, the trading volumes remained lower in base metals as well as in agricultural items.

The turnover from energy items like crude rose by 40.27% to Rs 6,83,963 crore in April-May period of 2013-14 fiscal, against Rs 4,87,617 crore in the year-ago period. Similarly, the business from gold and silver commodities increased marginally by 4.23% to Rs 13,52,512  crore in the review period from Rs 12,97,572 crore in the year-ago period.

On the other hand, the turnover of agricultural items fell by 26.46% to Rs 2,53,738 crore in April-May of FY14 from Rs 3,45,032 crore in the same month last fiscal while the business from metals like copper fell marginally by 6.19% to Rs 5,25,918 crore in April-May FY14 from Rs 5,60,612 crore in the corresponding period previous fiscal.

India has got 22 commodity bourses out of which six of them operate at national level. The combined turnover of these bourses stood at Rs 1,70,46,840 crore in the 2012-13 fiscal, down by 6% from the previous fiscal.

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