Commodity exchanges’ turnover falls by over 62%

July 23, 2014 06:35 pm | Updated 06:35 pm IST - New Delhi

Turnover of commodity exchanges declined by over 62 per cent to Rs. 17.25 lakh crore till July 15 of the current fiscal due to poor trading volumes in almost all commodities, Forward Markets Commission (FMC) said on Wednesday.

The business at these exchanges stood at Rs. 45.53 lakh crore in the same period of last financial year, the regulator said in a statement.

Maximum fall in the turnover was seen in bullion followed by energy, metals and agricultural commodities.

According to the FMC data, the turnover from bullion fell by over 70 per cent to Rs. 6,18,569 crore during April-July 15 of the 2014-15 fiscal, from Rs. 20,95,113 crore in the year-ago period.

Similarly, the business from metals declined by 68 per cent to Rs. 3,69,946 crore from 11,65,626 crore, while the turnover from metals like copper fell by 57 per cent to Rs. 3,72,367 crore from Rs. 8,70,273 crore in the review period.

In turnover from agricultural commodities also fell by over 14 per cent to Rs. 3,64,574 crore from Rs. 4,22,890 crore in the same period.

The turnover of the commodity exchanges has been declining since the imposition of commodity transaction tax.

The investors’ confidence has also come down in the futures trading after the Rs. 5,600 crore payment crisis at the National Spot Exchange Ltd (NSEL), analysts said. There are five national and six regional exchanges in the country.

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