The turnover of 23 commodity exchanges rose by 57 per cent to Rs 11,83,726 crore till May 15 of the 2010-11 fiscal as against Rs 7,52,518 crore in the same period last year, commodity markets regulator Forward Markets Commission has said.
Futures trading in metals, bullion, energy and agriculture items accounted for the maximum business between April 1 and May 15, FMC said in a statement.
The turnover from metals, like copper and nickel, rose to Rs 3,39,431 crore till May 15 of FY'11 from Rs 1,37,961 crore in the corresponding period last year, the FMC data showed.
The business from bullion increased by 54 per cent to Rs 5,00,280 crore from Rs 3,24,741 crore, turnover from energy went up by 24 per cent to Rs 2,08,256 crore from Rs 1,66,982 crore, while agriculture items contributed Rs 1,35,755 crore in the review period, it said.
Among four national exchanges, MCX made an highest business of Rs 9,67,971 crore followed by NCDEX at Rs 1,08,171 crore, ICEX at 69,077 crore and NMCE at Rs 34,161 crore between April 1 and May 15, it noted.
Meanwhile, Indore-based National Board of Trade (NBOT) made a maximum turnover of Rs 2,642 crore during the review period.
There are four national and 19 regional exchanges in the country.