Commodity exchanges turnover stood at Rs 41.45 lakh crore in April-June quarter

17 Jul 2013 Evaluate

The turnover of commodity exchanges fell marginally to Rs 41.45 lakh crore in the April-June quarter this fiscal compared to business of Rs 41.71 lakh crore made in the same period last year. This marginal fall was due to drop in trading volumes of bullion and farm items, according to Forward Markets Commission (FMC). The trading volumes in farm items, gold, silver and industrial metals except for energy futures remained lower in the April-June quarter. Due to lack of volatility in the commodities futures market there has been fall in trading volumes in the first quarter of this fiscal. The commodities have also been trading weak across the world.

The turnover from energy items like crude oil increased by 32% and stood at Rs 10,45,990 crore during the April-June period, as against Rs 7,96,112 crore in the same period last year. On the other hand, the business from agricultural commodities declined by 27% and stood at Rs 3,67,711 crore from Rs 5,01,866 crore, while the turnover from bullion fell by 6% to Rs 19,38,548 crore from Rs 20,57,394 crore in the review period. Similarly, the turnover from metals like copper fell by 3% to Rs 7,93,213 crore during April-June of 2013-14 fiscal from Rs 8,16,428 crore in the year-ago period.

India has currently got 22 commodity bourses of which six operate at national level. The total turnover of these bourses had dipped to Rs 170.46 lakh crore in the 2012-13 fiscal from Rs 181.26 lakh crore in the previous year.

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