MCX Reports 73% Year-on-Year Growth in Q2 FY24-25 Revenue, Totals Rs. 285.58 Crores

Mumbai, October 19, 2024: Multi Commodity Exchange of India Ltd (MCX), India’s largest Exchange in the Commodity Derivatives Market segment, announced its unaudited financial results for the 2nd Quarter and half-year ended September 30, 2024. The key highlights are as under:

Q2, FY23-24 Operational and Financial Highlights:

Financial Highlights:

  • For the quarter ended September 30, 2024, MCX’s total income increased by 23% to Rs. 310.82 crore from Rs. 253.19 crore over the sequential quarter ended June 30, 2024. The operating income increased by 22% to Rs. 285.58 crore from Rs. 234.37 crore in sequential quarter, Q1 FY24-25.
  • EBITDA for the quarter ended September 30, 2024, increased by 35% to Rs. 204.68 crore from Rs. 151.38 crore over the sequential quarter ended June 30, 2024.
  • Net Profit for the quarter ended September 30, 2024, increased by 39% to Rs. 153.62 crore from Rs. 110.92 crore over the sequential quarter ended June 30, 2024.

Operational

  • The average daily turnover of futures increased by 3.7% to Rs. 26,941 crore during Q2 FY24-25 from Rs. 25,985 crore in the previous quarter, Q1 FY24-25.
  • Options, on the other hand, made significant growth as its ADT increased to Rs. 1,93,309 crore as against Rs. 1,46,771 crore in Q1 FY24-25. The average premium turnover also increased to Rs. 3,264 crore from Rs. 2,371 crore in Q1 FY24-25.
  • During the quarter, the number of total traded clients stood at 6.80 lakh, witnessing a significant growth rate of 19.91% over the previous quarter.
  • A total of 22,342 MT of base metals were delivered through Exchange mechanism during the 2nd quarter of FY24-25. In Bullion 3.35 and 204.08 MT, respectively, of Gold (all variants) and Silver (all variants) were delivered during the same quarter. 

Quarter ended September 30, 2024 viz-a-viz September 2023 Financial Highlights

  • For the quarter revenue from operations increased by 73% to 285.58 crore compared to the corresponding three-month period ended September last year.
  • For the quarter ended September 30, 2024, the total income of MCX stood at Rs. 310.82 crore vis-à-vis Rs. 184.02 crore during the corresponding period in the previous year.
  • EBITDA for the quarter ended September 30, 2024, stood at Rs. 204.68 crore, as against Rs. (9.79) crore in the corresponding period of FY23-24.
  • Net Profit for the quarter ended September 30, 2024, stood at Rs. 153.62 crore, as against a loss of Rs. 19.07 crore in the corresponding period of FY23-24.

Half-year ended September 30, 2024 Financial Highlights 

  • For the half-year revenue from operations increased by 67% to Rs. 519.95 crore compared to the corresponding sixth-month period ended September last year.
  • For the half-year ended September 30, 2024, the total income of MCX stood at Rs. 564.01 crore vis-à-vis Rs. 350.23 crore during the corresponding period in the previous year.
  • EBITDA for the half-year ended September 30, 2024, stood at Rs. 356.06 crore, as against Rs. 21.34 crore in the corresponding period of FY23-24.
  • Net Profit for the half-year ended September 30, 2024, stood at Rs. 264.54 crore, as against Rs. 0.59 crore in the corresponding period of FY23-24.

Half-year ended September 30, 2024 Operational Highlights

  • During H1 FY24-25, the average daily turnover of futures and options increased by 109.07% reaching Rs. 1,96,503 crores, compared to the turnover in the same period the previous year.
  • The total traded clients in futures and options on the exchange saw a growth of 51.9%, reaching around 8.87 lakh during H1 FY24-25 over the corresponding period last year.
  • The average daily turnover of commodity futures increased by 32% during H1 FY24-25, to Rs. 26,463 crores from its value of Rs 20,088 crores in the corresponding period of FY23-24.
  • There was a significant increase in the notional ADT of options during the first half of FY24-25, increasing by 130% to Rs. 1,70,040 crores from its previous value of Rs. 73,901 crores in H1 FY23-24.
  • During H1 FY24-25, 4.15 and 372 MT of Gold (all variants) and Silver (all variants) respectively were delivered through the Exchange mechanism. In base metals, a total of 35,566 MT of base metals were delivered. 

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