Since commodity “futures” trading was permitted in 2003, the commodity derivative market in India has witnessed phenomenal growth. Though the volume of commodity futures trade increased exponentially since its launch in 2003, the functioning of the futures market came under scrutiny during...

The paper focuses on empirically researching the correlation between spot and future prices to ascertain the extent to which spot prices impact the prices of future contracts for select four agricultural commodities, namely, Chana, Pepper Malabar, Refined Soya Oil and Guar seed. These four...

The global economy is yet to recover from the worst crisis witnessed since post World War II. The world trade is projected to contract by 2.8% in 2009, which is an alarming indication. Indian economy too has been hurt to some extent by the global financial crisis. The stock markets, financial...