Universal Commodity Exchange

The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), founded in 1875 as the Native Share & Stock Brokers Association, is Asia's oldest stock exchange and one of the world's largest by number of listed companies. While primarily an equity and debt exchange, BSE offers commodity derivatives including base metals, agricultural products, energy, and precious metals via BSE's commodity segment. BSE is headquartered in Mumbai's financial district and is regulated by SEBI. It lists over 5,500 companies and provides critical infrastructure for India's capital markets.

The Manila Commodity Exchange (MCX) is a commodity and derivatives exchange based in Manila, Philippines, offering contracts across base metals, agricultural commodities, energy, and currencies. The Philippines is an emerging market for commodity derivatives with the exchange targeting regional Southeast Asian participants. MCX operates within the Philippine regulatory framework overseen by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC Philippines).

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.

Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Berhad (formerly MDEX — Malaysia Derivatives Exchange) is Malaysia's principal derivatives exchange and the world's leading venue for Crude Palm Oil (CPO) futures and options. Originally established in 1980 as the Kuala Lumpur Commodity Exchange (KLCE), it became MDEX in 2001 and was rebranded as Bursa Malaysia Derivatives in 2004. CPO futures are a critical global benchmark for the edible oil and biodiesel industries. Other products include Crude Palm Kernel Oil (CPKO), rubber, FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI Index futures, and government bond futures.