Multi Commodity Exchange of India Ltd.

Incorporated in 2003, Multi Commodity Exchange of India Ltd (MCX) is India based electronic commodity futures exchange. MCX provides online trading facility along with clearing and settlement operations for commodity futures across India.There are five officially recognized electronic multi-commodity national exchanges in India including MCX, NCDEX, NMCE, ICEX and ACE. These five national multi-commodity exchanges accounted for 99.5% of the turnover of commodity futures contracts traded in India. MCX is the largest among these and have above 80% of the market share of the Indian commodity futures exchange industry.MCX allows trading in more than 50 commodities across sectors like bullion, metals, energy, weather, and agricultural products. 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, with respect to the number of futures contracts traded.As of December 31, 2010, MCX has more than 2,107 registered members operating through over 180,000 trader work stations in over 1,139 cities across India. MCX emerged as the 5th largest exchange in the world.Exchange wise market share of financial year 2010:Multi Commodity Exchange of India Limited (MCX) - 82.3%National Commodity and Derivatives Exchange Limited (NCDEX) - 11.8%National Multi Commodity Exchange of India Limited (NMCE) - 2.9%Indian Commodity Exchange Limited (ICEX) - 1.8%ACE Derivatives & Commodity Exchange Limited (ACE) - 0.1%Others - 1.1