Jakarta Futures Exchange

Universal Commodity Exchange (UCX) is an Indian commodity exchange offering futures and derivatives contracts in agricultural commodities, energy products, and precious metals. UCX operates as one of India's smaller national commodity exchanges, providing an additional venue for commodity price discovery and hedging alongside the larger MCX and NCDEX exchanges. The exchange is regulated by SEBI (Securities and Exchange Board of India).

Derivative and Commodity Exchange Nepal Ltd. (DCX) is a commodity exchange based in Kathmandu, Nepal, offering derivatives contracts for agricultural commodities, bullion (gold, silver), base metals, and energy products. DCX serves Nepal's commodity market participants including traders, producers, and investors seeking hedging instruments. Nepal's commodity exchanges operate in a relatively nascent market environment, with regulatory oversight by the Department of Commerce, Supplies and Consumer Protection.

The Chamber of Commerce, Hapur (COC) is one of India's oldest grain and agricultural commodity trading institutions, based in Hapur, Uttar Pradesh — historically a major grain trading hub in North India. Hapur has been a traditional market centre for wheat, guar, and other agricultural produce for over a century. The Chamber of Commerce provides an organised trading infrastructure for local commodity markets, connecting farmers, traders, and processors in the broader Uttar Pradesh agricultural economy.

Multi Commodity Exchange of India (MCX), founded in 2003 and headquartered in Mumbai, is India's largest commodity derivatives exchange and the world's 6th largest commodity futures exchange by contracts traded (FIA, 2024). MCX offers futures and options in precious metals (gold, silver), base metals (copper, aluminium, zinc, lead, nickel), and energy (crude oil, natural gas), providing essential price-discovery and hedging tools to India's producers, traders, and institutional participants. As of 2025, MCX counts 568 registered members with pan-India market access. Key 2025 milestones include the launch of India's first Electricity Futures Contract (July 2025), Nickel Futures (August 2025), and Options on the MCX BULLDEX® Metals Index (October 2025). Regulated by SEBI since 2015 following the merger of the Forward Markets Commission into SEBI, MCX operates under a robust regulatory framework ensuring market integrity and investor protection.