MCX Weekly Market Report - Mentha Oil December 07 Contract Adds 4.18% At Rs 453.70 Per Kg And Soyabean December 07 Contract 6.49 % At Rs1887 Per 100kgs

Total turnover (single- sided) of all MCX contracts for the week December 07-13/07 (Friday-Thursday) was Rs61,680.99 crore.

MCX COMDEX at 2310.94 points improved by 0.59% on the previous close. MCX Agri- Index rosel by 1.02% at 1629.94 points, MCX Energy Index at 2689.34 points added2.80% and MCX Metal Index at 2504.13 points shrank by 1.81%..

In the bullion segment, MCX gold contracts registered a turnover of Rs 20367.94 crore. Open interest of all gold contracts was 11,020 kgs and total volume 197,836 kgs. The February gold contract was down 0.83% at Rs 10,216 per 10 gms on the previous week’s close.

Silver contracts clocked a turnover of Rs 10,576.79 crore. Open interest for all silver contracts was 426,060 kgs and total volume 5,496,550 kgs. Silver for March delivery receded by 2.57% at Rs 18,806 per kg.

In the metal segment, MCX copper contracts across the board registered a turnover of Rs 7156.57 crore. Open interest was 18,999 tonnes and total volume 267,466 tonnes. Copper for February delivery fell by 3 % at Rs 259.90 per kg.

MCX Zinc contracts recorded a turnover of Rs 2891.78 crore. Open interest was 42,900 tonnes and total volume 303,170 tonnes. The December contract lost.1.67% at Rs 94.10 per kg.

Nickel contracts turnover was Rs 861.55 crore, open interest 1,431 tonnes and volume 8275 tonnes. The December contract lost by 1.93% % at Rs 1,015 per kg.

Lead contracts clocked a turnover of Rs 2,855.07 crore, OI of 11,455 tonnes and volume of 283,005 tonnes. Lead for December delivery fell by 7.63 % at Rs 98.05 per kg.

In the Energy segment, all MCX crude oil contracts registered a turnover of Rs 15,372.70 crore. Open interest was 1,315,400 barrels and total volume 43,220,000 barrels. The December contract closed up by 3.77 % at Rs 3630 per barrel.

Natural gas contracts recorded a turnover of Rs240.22 crore, open interest of 767,500 mmbtu and total volume of 8,397,000 mmbtu. The December contract fell by 1.74% at Rs 288.30 per mmBTU. Some of the other major agro-commodities traded on MCX registered the following turnover:

• All Mentha Oil contracts registered a turnover of Rs 82.51 crore, open interest of 1,247 tonnes and total volume of 1,835 tonnes. Mentha oil for December delivery advanced by 4.18% at Rs 453.70 per kg.
• All MCX Refined Soya Oil contracts clocked a turnover of Rs727.06 crore, with open interest of 49,970 tonnes and total volume of 136,450 tonnes. The December contract was up by 0.10% at Rs 525.05 per 10 kg.
• MCX Potato (Agra) contracts registered a turnover of Rs.7.71 crore, open interest of 16,950 tonnes and total volume of 14,640 tonnes. The March 08 contract gained by 4.58% at Rs 533.80 per quintal (100 kg).
• The Potato (Tarkeshwar) contract recorded turnover of Rs1.81 crore, OI of 9,840 tonnes and volume of 4,050 tonnes. The March ‘08 delivery contract closed up by 2.43% at Rs 450.90 per quintal.
• Cardamom contracts registered a turnover of Rs63.01 crore, OI of 318 tonnes and volume of 1,075 tonnes. The December contract was down by 1.30% at Rs570 per kg.
• MCX Chana contracts recorded a turnover of Rs 224.75 crore, OI of 3,550 tonnes and volume of 102,570 tonnes. The December contract lost 2.79% at Rs 2,163 per quintal.
• MCX Kapaskhali contracts clocked a turnover of Rs 10.34 crore, OI of 11,260 tonnes and volume of 15,045 tonnes. The December contract was up by 1.34 % at Rs 333 per 50 kg.
• MCX Guarseed contracts recorded turnover of Rs 1.75 crore, OI of 270 tonnes and volume of 990 tonnes. The December contract fell by 4.49% at Rs 1,575 per quintal.