During the week of May 30 to June 5, the leading commodity derivatives exchange MCX recorded a turnover of ₹10,65,285.75 crore in commodity futures, options, and index futures. Commodity futures saw a trading volume of ₹2,01,902.62 crore, while commodity options recorded a notional turnover of ₹8,63,361.18 crore. The Bullion Index Bulldex June futures closed at 22,597 points. The total premium turnover in commodity options was ₹18,602.44 crore.
During the week under review, precious metals, including gold and silver futures, saw trading worth ₹1,54,184.94 crore.
MCX Gold August futures opened at ₹95,799, touched an intra-day high of ₹99,214 and a low of ₹95,411, and closed at ₹97,874 per 10 grams, up ₹1,415 or 1.47% from the previous close of ₹96,459.
Gold-Guinea June futures rose by ₹1,274 or 1.65%, closing at ₹78,314 per 8 grams.
Gold-Petal June futures gained ₹148 or 1.53%, closing at ₹9,816 per gram.
Gold-Mini July futures opened at ₹95,990, hit an intra-day high of ₹98,658 and a low of ₹95,050, and closed at ₹97,415 per 10 grams, up ₹1,437 or 1.5%.
Gold-Ten June futures opened at ₹95,812, touched an intra-day high of ₹98,810 and a low of ₹95,327, and closed at ₹97,650 per 10 grams, up ₹1,521 or 1.58% from the previous close of ₹96,129.
In silver futures, Silver July futures opened at ₹97,252, hit an intra-day high of ₹1,05,484 and a low of ₹96,742, and closed at ₹1,04,443 per kilogram, up ₹6,617 or 6.76% from the previous close of ₹97,826.
Silver-Mini June futures rose by ₹6,495 or 6.65%, closing at ₹1,04,210 per kilogram, while Silver-Micro June futures gained ₹6,498 or 6.65%, closing at ₹1,04,202 per kilogram.
In the metals segment, trading worth ₹11,897.24 crore was recorded.
Copper June futures rose by ₹17.95 or 2.08%, closing at ₹880.2 per kilogram.
Zinc June futures gained ₹1.05 or 0.41%, closing at ₹255.35 per kilogram.
Aluminium June futures increased by ₹3.85 or 1.63%, closing at ₹240.3 per kilogram, while Lead June futures rose by ₹1.2 or 0.67%, closing at ₹179.4 per kilogram.
In the energy segment, traders executed deals worth ₹35,810.07 crore.
MCX Crude Oil June futures opened at ₹5,192, touched an intra-day high of ₹5,491 and a low of ₹5,132, and closed at ₹5,442 per barrel, up ₹227 or 4.35%.
Crude Oil-Mini June futures gained ₹224 or 4.29%, closing at ₹5,443 per barrel.
Natural Gas June futures opened at ₹302.6, hit an intra-day high of ₹325.2 and a low of ₹295, and closed at ₹319.7 per MMBTU, up ₹20.3 or 6.78% from the previous close of ₹299.4.
Natural Gas-Mini June futures rose by ₹20.4 or 6.82%, closing at ₹319.7 per MMBTU.
In agricultural commodities, Mentha Oil June futures opened at ₹914 and fell by ₹10.5 or 1.15%, closing at ₹902.7 per kilogram.
Cotton Candy July futures dropped by ₹310 or 0.58%, closing at ₹53,600 per candy.
In terms of trading volume on MCX:
- Gold contracts saw ₹95,633.50 crore
- Silver contracts recorded ₹58,551.44 crore
- Copper futures saw ₹7,911.32 crore
- Aluminium and Aluminium-Mini futures ₹1,113.62 crore
- Lead and Lead-Mini futures ₹301.05 crore
- Zinc and Zinc-Mini futures ₹2,571.26 crore
- Crude Oil and Crude Oil-Mini futures ₹10,369.56 crore
- Natural Gas and Natural Gas-Mini futures ₹25,440.51 crore
- Mentha Oil futures ₹8.76 crore
- Cotton Candy futures ₹1.61 crore
Open interest at the week’s end:
- Gold Futures: 15,231 lots
- Gold-Mini Futures: 27,225 lots
- Gold-Guinea Futures: 5,517 lots
- Gold-Petal Futures: 68,351 lots
- Gold-Ten Futures: 7,530 lots
- Silver Futures: 20,560 lots
- Silver-Mini Futures: 32,506 lots
- Silver-Micro Futures: 92,634 lots
- Crude Oil Futures: 6,761 lots
- Natural Gas Futures: 13,981 lots
In index futures, Bulldex June futures opened at 21,870 points, touched an intra-day high of 22,891 and a low of 21,781, and closed at 22,597 points, up 638 points.
