MCX begins normal trade after over four-hour delay due to technical glitch; all you need to know

In a recent message on its website, the exchange said that a special trading session will take place from 01:20 PM to 01:24 PM, and normal trading will begin at 01:25 PM.

After a more than four-hour delay, trading has resumed on the MCX.

Initially, trading was delayed from its normal opening time of 9 AM to 9:30 AM, which was then postponed to 10 AM, and subsequently revised to 10:30 AM. However, the exchange further delayed the opening.

Furthermore, commodity trading is set to begin from its disaster recovery (DR) site.

"Update as on 12:35 PM - The commencement of trading is delayed due to a technical issue. Trading will start from DR site. The time of commencement of trading will be informed to market participants. Inconvenience is regretted," the country’s largest commodity exchange had said in a message on its website.

This is the exchange’s second outage in four months.

On July 23, it had postponed its market opening by more than an hour to 10:15 AM, with the exchange attributing the delay to “clearing technical processes and file sharing.”

In February 2024, the MCX experienced a four-hour delay in starting its operations, which it said was caused by slow back-end file processing and generation for its members.

MCX trade timings

The MCX is open from Monday to Friday between 9 AM and 11:30 PM. However, the trade session extends up to 11:55 PM typically between November and March of the following year, due to daylight savings.

While agri-commodities are available for futures trading up to 5 PM, other commodities, including bullions, metals, and energy products, are available up to 11:30/11:55 PM.

Furthermore, internationally referenceable agri-commodities are available up to 09:00 PM.

MCX gold and silver futures

On October 27, gold futures for December delivery closed in the green at ₹1,21,043 per 10 grams, up 0.07% on the MCX, rebounding from its intra-day low of ₹1,20,092 per 10 grams.

Similarly, the yellow metal contracts for the February 2026 expiry ended higher at ₹1,22,304 per 10 grams. It had fallen to the day’s low of ₹1,21,450 per 10 grams.

Silver futures for December delivery also closed higher, ending at ₹1,43,460 per kilogram during Monday’s evening session.

White metal contracts for the March 2026 expiry ended in the green at ₹1,45,185 per kg, on the MCX.

About MCX

The MCX, opened in November 2003, is India’s first listed, national-level, electronic exchange, and the country’s leading commodity derivatives exchange. The exchange operates under SEBI.