MCX is India's largest commodity exchange, headquartered in Mumbai. It has over 80% market share and offers futures trading in over 40 commodities. MCX was the first Indian exchange to offer futures in commodities like steel, crude oil, and almonds. It has over 2,000 members and 300,000 terminals across 1,500 cities. MCX's initial public offering was oversubscribed 54 times, attracting bids of Rs. 35,000 crore, making it one of India's most oversubscribed offerings.

2. About MCX:
Headquartered in Mumbai
Having started operations in November 2003, today, MCX holds a market share of
over 80%* (87.3% during the nine months ended December 31, 2011 and 82.4% in
FY2011) of the Indian commodity futures market
Has more than 2,153 registered members operating through over 2,96,896 including
computer-to-computer link (CTCL) trading terminals spread over 1,572 cities and towns
across India
The Exchange was the fifth largest commodity exchange, among all the commodity
exchanges considered in the Futures Industry Association survey, in terms of the
number of contracts traded for the six months ended June 30, 2011
MCX offers more than 40 commodities across various segments such as bullion,
ferrous and non-ferrous metals, energy, and a number of agri-commodities on its
platform

3. The Exchange is the world's largest exchange in Silver, the second largest in Gold,
Copper and Natural Gas and the third largest in Crude Oil futures, based on the
comparison of the trading volumes of MCX with those of the leading global commodity
futures exchanges in the world, for the calendar year 2010 and the six months ended
June 30, 2011.
MCX has been certified to three ISO standards including ISO 9001:2008 Quality
Management System standard, ISO 14001:2004 Environmental Management System
standard and ISO/IEC 27001:2005 Information Security Management System standard
MCX was the first exchange in India to initiate evening sessions to synchronise with
the trading hours of global exchanges in London, New York and other major international
markets

4. It was the first exchange in India to offer futures trading in steel, crude oil, and almond
 MCX HAS introduced several other indices, including MCXAgri (agricultural
commodities index), MCXEnergy (energy commodities index) and MCXMetal (metal
commodities index)
It also has three rain indices, namely RAINDEXMUM (Mumbai), RAINDEXIDR
(Indore), and RAINDEXJAI (Jaipur) which track the progress of monsoon rains in their
respective geographic locations
In December 2009, it launched EFP transactions for the first time in India, which
enables parties with futures positions to swap their positions in the physical markets and
vice versa

5. Awards & Recognition:
Bombay Bullion Association‟s „Best Commodity Exchange of the year‟ award
Business Superbrand award for the year 2010-2011
The Indy‟s award under the category „Best in Corporate Social Responsibility
practices‟
The “Financial Inclusion Award 2011” from the SKOCH Foundation
The “Best Commodity Exchange of the Year” award from the Bombay Bullion
Association
The FICCI Socio Economic Development Foundation (SEDF) Corporate Social
Responsibility Award 2009-10
The NASSCOM Foundation Social Innovation Honours 2010
The “Sankalp Award” for Agriculture and Rural Innovation
The “Best Bullion Exchange of the Year” award from the Bombay Bullion Association
Recognized as “India‟s First Green Exchange” by Priyadarshini Academy
The “Golden Peacock Eco-innovation award 2008” by the Institute of Directors

7. The initial public offering (IPO) from the country's largest commodity exchange by
volume has been a huge success
It has been oversubscribed 54 times
The IPO attracted bids of worth about Rs 35000 crore
The shares reserved for the retail shareholders were over-subscribed nearly 24 times
MCX is probably the third most over-subscribed public offer in the Indian capital
market‟s history after Mundra Port & SEZ IPO in November 2007 (115 times) and Anil
Ambani-led Reliance group‟s R-Power IPO in January 2008 (73 times)

8. Source:
•www.mcxindia.com
•www.economictimes.indiatimes.com
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