India's first bullion index MCX launches | Bulldex or MCX iCOMDEX Bullion

 

Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX) on Monday launched Bulldex or MCX iCOMDEX , India's first bullion index. It provides a complete basket of gold and silver derivatives products to index traders and investors. MCX said in a statement that Bulldex or MCX iCOMDEX  will have a weightage of 70% of gold and 30% of silver. That is, the buyer of this index deal will get 70 per cent exposure in gold and 30 per cent in silver from the same product. This has made retail traders and investors in the MSME segment the most suitable product for hedging price risk. The index will track the real-time performance of the 1 kg gold and 30 kg silver commodities futures contracts.

 

Bulldex or MCX iCOMDEX  is a cash-settled product unlike pre-existing products. This product is expected to attract a lot of investment from institutional investors such as mutual funds, portfolio managers, gems and jewellery companies. MCX chairman Saurabh Chandra said that with the launch of Bulldex or MCX iCOMDEX, small investors will no longer need to analyze the gold and silver market separately. They will be able to invest in the entire bullion sector simultaneously. Its contract will settle in the cache, so it is quite convenient.

 

Till now this MCX already had 1 gram gold petal, 8 gram gold guinea, 100 gram goldmini and one kilogram gold contracts. Similarly, 1 kg silver micro, 5 kg silver mini and silver 30 kg contracts were also being traded on a large scale. Bullion index Bulldex or MCX iCOMDEX futures contracts ending in the months of September, October and November is now available for trading. The contract has a lot size equal to 50 times the underlying Bulldex or MCX iCOMDEX bullion index.