The country’s leading commodity derivatives exchange MCX recorded a turnover of Rs.78326.31 crore in various commodity futures, options and index futures. Commodity futures saw a turnover of Rs.10458.53 crore, while commodity options recorded a notional turnover of Rs.67865.63 crore. Bullion index bulldex September futures reached the level of 17930 points. Total premium turnover in commodity options was Rs.1102.73 crore. In precious metals, gold-silver futures saw turnover of Rs.6535.22 crore. MCX gold October futures opened at Rs.72001 per 10 grams, touched a high of Rs.72225 and a low of Rs.72000, was trading at Rs.72102, up by Rs.189 against the previous close of Rs.71913.

Against this, Gold-Guinea September futures were trading at Rs.58,100 per 8 grams, up by Rs.113. While gold-petal September futures rose by Rs.22 to Rs.7068 per gram. Gold-mini October futures rose by Rs 219 per 10 grams to trade at Rs 72,040. Among silver futures, silver December futures opened at Rs 83,941 per kg, hitting a high of Rs 85,050 and a low of Rs 83,941, against the next close of Rs 83,681. .1214 rose to Rs.84895. Against this, the price of silver-mini November futures rose by Rs.1169 to Rs.84906 per kg. While silver-micro November futures rose by Rs.1172 to Rs.84912. In non-ferrous metals, transactions worth Rs.1848.65 crore were done. September copper futures settled at Rs 792.5 per kg with an improvement of Rs 7.55. While zinc September futures rose by Rs.4.35 to trade at Rs.259. Against this, aluminum September futures improved by Rs.2.75 to Rs.222.3. While lead September futures rose by Rs.1.95 to trade at Rs.182.95.