Hindustan Power Exchange (HPX) on Thursday announced that its has crossed the milestone of five Billion Units (BU) of power traded within 11 months of its launch. HPX was able to cross this landmark amid a rapid increase in trading volume across contingency and long duration contracts (LDC) segments, a HPX statement said. The strong growth in members/client base and trading volumes demonstrate the trust and support the platform has been able to garner from power sector participants, it stated. HPX is a new-age power exchange promoted by PTC India, BSE and ICICI Bank and has a diverse shareholder base represented by state power utilities, central generators, independent power producers, market makers in trading, and power sector consultants. HPX raced to five BUs within a span of 173 days with a daily average volume of around 18 MU, post-crossing the historic landmark of 1 BU, which happened within a time frame of 171 days. A large part of this volume is attributed to the LDCs whic
Hindustan Power Exchange (HPX) on Monday said that it has crossed the trade milestone of 2.5 billion units within eight months of its launch. "HPX, promoted by PTC India, BSE and ICICI Bank, has successfully crossed the milestone of 2.5 Billion Units of power traded within 8 months of its launch," an HPX statement said. HPX was able to cross this landmark with a rapid increase in trade volume across contingency, weekly, monthly, and Long Duration Contracts (LDC) segments, it explained. The exchange recently concluded monthly long-duration contracts of 453.7 MU (million units) which will be delivered in the months of March and April 2023 and is a part of the above volume. HPX raced to 2.5 BU within a short span of 67 days with a daily average volume of 18 MU, post crossing the historic landmark of 1 BU, which happened within six months of its launch, it stated. This is the fastest increase in volume for the initial few months of the existence of any of the power exchanges operating
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