The Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX) remains non-operational even after the announced 9:30 am restart time, leaving traders frustrated — especially as today marks the crucial monthly expiry session for commodity contracts.
Earlier this morning, MCX had informed members via an official circular that trading would commence at 9:30 am due to a technical issue, and operations would run from the Disaster Recovery (DR) site. However, even after the scheduled time, trading has not resumed, and screens across major terminals continue to display zero quotes for gold, silver, and crude oil futures.
Several traders and market participants took to social media platform X (formerly Twitter) to express their anger over repeated disruptions. “Nowhere in the world such issues occur at regular intervals,” one trader wrote, reflecting the growing sentiment of frustration among the trading community.
This latest glitch comes on an important trading day — the monthly expiry for commodity derivatives — when trading volumes and open interest typically peak. Such repeated outages have raised concerns about MCX’s technological reliability, as this is not the first time the exchange has faced system-related interruptions during market hours.
As of now, MCX has not issued any fresh clarification or updated timeline on when normal trading will resume.
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