| December
3, 2009 |
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MCX
is the 6th largest commodity futures exchange globally
in terms of the number of contracts traded on the
exchange for the period January to June 2009. (Source:
FIA and Exchange websites) |
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| November
30, 2009 |
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MCX launches Exchange of Futures for Physicals (EFP) transactions for the first time in India |
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| November
27, 2009 |
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MCX
recorded its Highest Daily Turnover since inception
of Rs. 51,626.51 crores |
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| October
14, 2009 |
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PWC
and MCX releases India's first Yearbook on Indian
Commodity Ecosystem |
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| September
4, 2009 |
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MCX
being awarded “Best Commodity Exchange for the year
2009” |
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| May
12, 2009 |
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Launch
of futures trading in Almond for the first time
in the World |
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| March
20, 2009 |
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Record
all time high turnover of Rs. 32k crs (USD 6.39
bn) |
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| March
12, 2009 |
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MCX
becomes the fourth largest derivatives exchange
in Asia. |
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| January
9, 2009 |
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Launch
of futures trading in electricity for the first
time in India. |
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| October
7, 2008 |
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Launch
of Currency futures trading on MCX Stock Exchange
(MCX-SX). |
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| September
20, 2008 |
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MCX
recognized as "India's First Green Exchange" by
Priyadarshini Academy. |
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| August
26, 2008 |
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SEBI
nod to launch exchange for currency futures. |
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| August
18, 2008 |
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Establishment
of separate company MCX Stock Exchange. |
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| August
7, 2008 |
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Become
first Indian commodity exchange to bag IOSCO membership. |
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| July
18, 2008 |
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Launch
of the Gujarati and Hindi version of website mcxindia.com. |
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| June
9, 2008 |
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Launch
of Asia's maiden futures in CER (Certified Emission
Reduction) |
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| January
21, 2008 |
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MCX
1st derivatives exchange in Asia to launch Carbon
Credits contract. |
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| September
20, 2007 |
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Financial
Technologies (India) Ltd, MCX and PTC India Ltd.
(PTC) to launch Indian Energy Exchange Ltd (IEX)
as India`s first power exchange. |
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| May
23, 2007 |
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MCX becomes the world's
first and only multi-commodity exchange to get the
ISO 27001:2005 certification, the global benchmark
for information security management systems. |
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| November
27, 2006 |
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Set up Certificate
Course in Commodities Futures Market in association
with the National Institute of Agricultural Marketing. |
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| October
17, 2006 |
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Becomes the first
Indian commodity exchange to become member of the
Futures Industry Association (FIA), to facilitate
knowledge sharing with global counterparts; MCX
signs a joint venture agreement with the Institute
for Financial Markets, an FIA affiliate, to develop
training courses in commodity futures for investors,
traders, and others. |
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| July
10, 2006 |
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Becomes the first
exchange to launch rupee-denominated natural gas
futures linked to global benchmarks in India |
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| June
10, 2006 |
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MCX teams up with
the Department of Posts, Government of India, to
launch Gramin Suvidha Kendra (GSK) in Jalgaon, Maharashtra,
for information dissemination and query redressal
on agricultural issues to farmers using the Indian
postal network. |
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| December
6, 2005 |
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MCX, BSNL and MTN
jointly launch Real-time commodity futures and spot
prices on SMS scheme. |
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| December
1, 2005 |
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Sets up MCX Chair
for research in commodities at University of Mumbai |
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| November
22, 2005 |
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Live Dubai Gold and
Commodities Exchange (DGCX). |
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| October
17, 2005 |
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Launch of first-of-its-kind
Diploma in Commodities Market course in country
along with Welingkar Institute of Management. |
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| June
14, 2005 |
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MCX, MSAMB and NSEL
kickstart the Next Green Revolution by electronically
linking Indian APMC Markets by setting up the first
Commodity Suchana Kendra, a knowledge centre on
commodities disseminating spot and futures market
prices and information on fundamentals, at APMC
market, Navi Mumbai. |
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| June
7, 2005 |
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Launch of MCX COMDEX,
India's first composite commodity futures index. |
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| February
10, 2005 |
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Set up of National
Spot Exchange (NSEL) along with FTIL and NAFED. |
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| November
10, 2003 |
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Start of operations |
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| September
26, 2003 |
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MCX gains permanent
demutualtion recognition from the Government of
India to facilitate online trading, clearing and
settlement operations for commodity futures markets
across the country. |
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