MCX shares slip above 2% due to delays in trading after facing technical glitch; normal session to be conducted from 1:25 pm

The Multi Commodity Exchange of India (MCX) faced technical glitch on Tuesday, 28 October 2025, leading to a delay in the commencement of trading. Additional details about the nature of the glitch have not been provided.

As per the latest update, normal session will be resumed after a special trading session. “Special session will start at 01:20 pm to 01:24 pm and normal trading at 01:25 pm.”

Trading on MCX was scheduled to begin at 10:30 am instead of the usual opening time of 9:00 am.

In a previous update, the exchange announced, “The commencement of trading is delayed due to a technical issue. Trading will start from DR site. The time of commencement of trading will be informed to market participants. Inconvenience is regretted.” DR here refers to the Disaster Recovery site, a backup infrastructure for trading in case of system failures.

This technical problem comes right after the commodity exchange launched monthly options contracts on the MCX iCOMDEX Bullion Index (MCX BULLDEX) effective October 27, 2025.

MCX BULLDEX’s options contracts would deal with the the precious metals segment, constituted of the liquid MCX Gold and Silver Futures contracts. As per the statement, MCX BULLDEX would offer a balanced exposure in the bullion segment to market participants – both investors and institutions alike, in a convenient and cost-effective manner that would meet both their investment and hedging requirements.

This was not the first time that India’s largest commodity derivative’s exchange directed trading faced such an issue. Earlier this year in July, MCX had faced technical glitch as soon as the soon after the market opened, causing a halt for over an hour before it restored normal operations.

Shares of MCX declined by 2.2% to hit an intraday low of Rs 9105. They are currently down by 1.12% to trade at Rs 9201. The market capitalisation stood at Rs 46,860 crore.