Commodity bourses turnover drops by 42% during July 1-15

05 Aug 2013 Evaluate

During the first fortnight of July, the turnover of 22 commodity bourses fell by 42% and stood at Rs 4,07,670 crore. This decline was mainly due to sharp fall in business at MCX following the imposition of commodity transaction tax (CTT) on the futures trading of non-farm items and some processed food. The turnover of these commodity bourses stood at Rs 7, 08,342 crore during the June 16-30 period, the immediate fortnight before the introduction of CTT.

As per the data compiled by regulator FMC, the turnover at Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX) which has more than 80% market share in the commodity futures market, fell by 44.34% to Rs 3,59,690 crore in the first fortnight of July this year, as against Rs 6,46,329 crore in the previous fortnight. Besides MCX, the turnover at the Universal Commodity Exchange (UCX) fell by 76% to Rs 1,297 crore in the first fortnight of July, as against Rs 5,333 crore in the previous fortnight.

Further, the business at Indian Commodity Exchange (ICEX) declined by 73% and stood at Rs 1,977 crore from Rs 7,330 crore, while the turnover at ACE Derivatives and Commodity Exchange dipped by little over 48% to Rs 1,498 crore from Rs 2902 crore in the review period. However, the turnover at NCDEX -- the country’s second biggest commodity bourse -- did not see a massive decline. The business at this exchange declined marginally by 1.5% to Rs 36,691 crore in the first fortnight of July, as against Rs 37,257 crore in the previous fortnight.

CTT of 0.01% has been made effective from July 1 on the futures trading of non-agri commodities and processed foods. The government has exempted 23 agricultural commodities from the new tax.

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