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Financial Technologies’ Spot Exchange offers retail gold contract

13 May 2010

India’s National Spot Exchange has launched what it called the first mini gold contract aimed at the retail market. Investors can trade gold in one gramme denominations.

Read more: India NSE gold retail gold

The dematerialised contracts recorded a unit volume of 43,438 on their first day of trading in mid-March.

“For the first time in the history of Indian commodity market, a dematerialised product is being made available for retail investors,” the bourse said. “Hitherto the exposure of commodities market participants in India has been limited to commodity futures contracts, physical commodities and ETF gold. Trade and investment in commodities in the demat form is a dream come true for retail investors and portfolio managers.”

The electronic exchange is promoted jointly by Financial Technologies and India’s National Agricultural Co-operative Marketing Federation. It offers 23 commodities from 49 delivery centres across 11 states.


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