Multi Commodity Exchange Of India Weekly Market Report – July 7, 2006 To July 13, 2006 - MCX COMDEX Closes At 2353.04 Up 41.33 Points

The MCX COMDEX closed at 2353.04 up 41.33 points (1.76%) during the course of the week; while MCX has recorded a total weekly turnover of Rs.42,556.66 crore for the period July 7, 2006 to July 13, 2006. The MCX Agri Index closed at 1589.70 up 26.54 points (1.67%); MCX Energy Index closed at 2941.11 up 80.07 points (2.72) and MCX Metal Index closed at 2528.25 up 17.39 points (0.69%).

All contracts of MCX Gold registered a turnover of Rs.22,669.69 crore, while all contracts of MCX Silver have recorded a turnover of Rs.10,396.05 crore. The outstanding open interest for all contracts of MCX Gold was 8,303 kgs and the total volume recorded was 2,36,044 kgs. The outstanding position for all MCX Silver contracts for the week was 1,72,250 kgs and the total volume recorded was 58,64,440 kgs.

In the metal segment all MCX Copper contracts registered a turnover of Rs.4,675.24 crore with open interest of 6,005 tons and recorded total volume of 1,27,049 tons; while all MCX Zinc contracts recorded a turnover of Rs.899.39 crore, with open interest of 3,515 tons and recorded 55,500 tons as total volume..

Some of the other major commodities traded on MCX registered the following turnover -

• All MCX Mentha Oil contracts registered a turnover of Rs.1,277.50 crore, with open interest of 25,49,520 kgs, and total volume recorded was 2,24,08,920 kgs
• All MCX Refined Soy Oil contracts with open interest of 32,460 tons registered a turnover of Rs.489.34 crore and total volume recorded was 1,17,700 tons
• All MCX Potato contracts registered a turnover of Rs.167.34 crore, with open interest of 5,30,500 tons and total volume recorded was 60,21,500 tons

MCX – COMDEX
Open: 2308.01	High: 2355.78	Low: 2254.82	Close: 2353.04
Previous close: 2311.71
The Index was up 41.33  points (1.76%)