Universal Commodity Exchange
India
Abbreviation
UCX
Location
India
Region
Asia
Product Types
Agricultural, Energy, Precious Metals
About Universal Commodity 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).
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