Ahmedabad, India
Abbreviation
ACE
Location
Ahmedabad, India
Region
Asia
Product Types
Agricultural
Ace Derivatives & Commodity Exchange Ltd. (ACE) was a regional agricultural commodity futures exchange based in Ahmedabad, India, approved by SEBI. ACE was one of several smaller Indian commodity exchanges that offered futures contracts primarily for agri-commodities such as castor seed, guar, soybean, and mustard. Smaller regional commodity exchanges like ACE faced market consolidation pressure as MCX, NCDEX, and ICEX captured the majority of national trading volumes.
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