Kathmandu, Nepal
Abbreviation
NDEX
Location
Kathmandu, Nepal
Region
Asia
Product Types
Agricultural, Precious Metals, Base Metals, Energy
Nepal Derivative Exchange Limited (NDEX) is a commodity derivatives exchange based in Kathmandu, Nepal, offering futures contracts for agricultural commodities, precious metals (gold, silver), base metals, and energy products. NDEX is one of several licensed commodity exchanges in Nepal, providing domestic price-discovery tools for Nepalese traders and producers. The exchange operates under the regulatory oversight of Nepal's Department of Commerce.
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.
Bhatinda Om & Oil Exchange Ltd. (BOOE) is a regional commodity exchange based in Bathinda, Punjab, India, focused on agricultural commodities and oilseeds. Bathinda is a major agricultural trading centre in Punjab, particularly for wheat, cotton, and oilseeds. BOOE provides a local commodity market infrastructure for farmers and traders in the Punjab region, operating within Indian commodity market regulations.
The Indonesia Commodity and Derivatives Exchange (ICDX), established in 2009, is one of Indonesia's two licensed commodity futures exchanges alongside JFX. Regulated by BAPPEBTI, ICDX offers commodity derivatives including crude palm oil (CPO), rubber, tin ingot, gold, silver, coffee, and livestock. ICDX is notably one of the few exchanges globally offering physical delivery of tin ingots, making it a benchmark for international tin trading. The exchange leverages Indonesia's position as the world's largest tin and palm oil producer.
The Shanghai International Energy Exchange (INE), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Shanghai Futures Exchange (SHFE), was established in 2013 and launched its first product — the Yuan-denominated crude oil futures contract — in March 2018. The crude oil contract was China's first commodity futures contract opened to direct foreign investment, marking a historic step in China's internationalisation of commodity markets. INE also lists bonded copper and natural rubber RSS3 contracts, with further international commodity products in development.