The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) on December 18, 2024, issued directions to stock exchanges in the Commodities Derivative Segment.
SEBI had directed Stock Exchanges having Commodity Derivatives Segment to suspend trading in derivative contracts in the commodities mentioned below, till December 20, 2022:
• Paddy (non-basmati)
• Wheat
• Chana
• Mustard seeds and its derivatives (its complex)
• Soya bean and its derivatives (its complex)
• Crude Palm Oil
• Moong
Thereafter, the suspension in trading in the above contracts was extended twice for one more year till December 20, 2023, and December 20, 2024 respectively. In continuation of the said directions, the suspension of trading in the above contracts has been extended till January 31, 2025.
[Press Release No. 37/2024]