NCDEX gives priority to commodities that are most relevant to India, and where the price discovery process takes place domestically. The products chosen are based on certain criteria such as price volatility, share in GDP, Correlation with global markets, share in external trade, warehousing facilities, traders distribution, geographical spread, varieties etc. List of commodities offered for futures trading on NCDEX are given below
Spices |
Oil and Oil Seeds |
Precious Metals |
Pepper |
Castor Seed |
Gold |
Chilli |
Sesame Seeds |
Silver |
Jeera |
Cotton Seed Oil cake |
Platinum |
Turmeric |
Soy Bean |
Metals |
Coriander |
Refined Soy Oil |
Steel |
Cereals |
Soybean meal (Local & Export) |
Copper |
Wheat |
Mustard Seed |
Zinc |
Barley |
Kachhi ghani Mustard Oil |
Aluminum |
Maize (Yellow/Red) |
Rapeseeds – Mustard Seed Oil cake |
Nickel |
Pulses |
Crude Palm Oil |
Energy |
Chana |
RBD Palmolein |
Crude Oil |
Masoor |
Groundnut in Shell |
Furnace Oil |
Yellow Peas |
Groundnut Expeller Oil |
Thermal Coal |
Others |
PlantationProducts |
Brent Crude Oil |
Guar Seeds |
Rubber |
Natural Gas |
Potato |
Coffee-Robusta Cherry AB |
Fibers |
Mentha Oil |
Cashew |
Indian 28.5 mm Cotton |
Guar Gum |
Polymers |
V-797 Kapas |
CER |
Polypropylene |
Medium Staple Cotton |
Gur |
Linear Low density Polyethylene |
Kapas |
Almond |
Polyvinyl Chloride |
Raw Jute |
The Trade timings on the NCDEX (Monday to Friday) are from 10:00 a.m.to 5:00 p.m.for agricultural products and for metal and energy products from 10:00 a.m.to 11:30 p.m.However, on Saturday’s trade in all commodities take place from 10:00 a.m.to 2:00 p.m.