The turnover of 23 commodity exchanges has surged by over 55 per cent to Rs 67.11 lakh crore till November 15 this fiscal, as against Rs 43.20 lakh crore in the year-ago period, according to the commodity markets regulator Forward Markets Commission (FMC).
Much of the business has come from futures trading in bullion, metals and energy items, the FMC said in a release.
The turnover from bullion trade increased by 84 per cent to Rs 30.14 lakh crore till the first fortnight of November 2010-11 fiscal, against Rs 16.30 lakh crore in the same period last year, according to the FMC data.
Similarly, turnover from metals trade rose by 66 per cent to Rs 16 lakh crore from Rs 9.65 lakh crore, while business from energy items like crude jumped by 28 per cent to Rs 13.20 lakh crore from Rs 10.29 lakh crore in the review period.
Turnover from agricultural commodities increased marginally by 12 per cent to Rs 7.71 lakh crore till November 15, from Rs 6.91 lakh crore in the same period last year.
During November 1-15, the turnover of five national and 18 regional exchanges rose to Rs 5,49,544 crore, against Rs 3,15,909 crore the year-ago.
Among national bourses, MCX conducted maximum business at Rs 4,54,678 crore, followed by ICEX (Rs 17,373 crore), NCDEX (Rs 7,411 crore), NMCE (Rs 4,699 crore) and new entrant ACE (Rs 1,841 crore) in the review period.
