- The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) has become India’s first stock exchange to enter into commodity derivatives segment by offering futures trading in gold and silver contracts.
- With this, BSE has become India’s first universal stock exchange with all assets classes including equity, mutual funds, currency and commodity in its portfolio.
- The National Stock Exchange (NSE) will conduct six mock trading sessions in commodity derivatives segment commencing from October 3 to October 10 and will launch its commodity derivatives segment from October 12
- Both BSE and NSE had received the securities market regulator SEBI’s approval to offer platforms for commodity derivatives trade from October 1, 2018.
