{"id":66168,"date":"2026-03-26T18:30:02","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T13:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/matribhumisamachar.com\/en\/?p=66168"},"modified":"2026-03-26T18:30:02","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T13:00:02","slug":"mcx-market-crash-gold-drops-%e2%82%b93175-silver-plummets-6-as-commodity-options-hit-%e2%82%b91-1-lakh-crore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.matribhumisamachar.com\/en\/2026\/03\/26\/mcx-market-crash-gold-drops-%e2%82%b93175-silver-plummets-6-as-commodity-options-hit-%e2%82%b91-1-lakh-crore\/","title":{"rendered":"MCX Market Crash: Gold Drops \u20b93,175, Silver Plummets 6% as Commodity Options Hit \u20b91.1 Lakh Crore"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Mumbai:<\/b> The Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX) witnessed a day of extreme divergence as precious metals faced a heavy sell-off while the energy segment trended upward. The total turnover for the session reached a staggering \u20b9118,480.18 crore<\/b>, dominated heavily by a notional turnover of \u20b9110,714.73 crore<\/b> in commodity options.<\/p>\n

Precious Metals: The “Gold-Silver” Slump<\/b><\/h2>\n

The bullion market faced significant downward pressure. Gold and silver futures combined for a trading value of \u20b96,043.69 crore<\/b>, but prices remained firmly in the red.<\/p>\n

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    Gold April Futures:<\/b> Opened at \u20b9139,800 and settled at \u20b9140,922 per 10 grams<\/b>, marking a sharp decline of \u20b93,175 (2.2%)<\/b>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Silver May Futures:<\/b> The biggest loser of the day, Silver tumbled by 6% (\u20b914,090)<\/b> to settle at \u20b9220,744 per kg<\/b>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Mini & Micro Contracts:<\/b> Gold-Mini fell 2.38%, while Silver-Micro dropped by 5.96% to reach \u20b9224,650 per kg.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Energy & Base Metals: A Ray of Green<\/b><\/h2>\n

    Contrasting the gloom in bullion, the energy segment recorded deals worth \u20b9811.26 crore<\/b>, with Crude Oil leading the charge.<\/p>\n

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      Crude Oil April Futures:<\/b> Gained 5.02%<\/b> to settle at \u20b98,926 per barrel<\/b>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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      Natural Gas:<\/b> Saw a modest improvement of 0.11%, quoting at \u20b9277.90 per MMBTU<\/b>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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      Base Metals:<\/b> Zinc and Aluminum recorded gains of 0.53% and 0.57% respectively, while Copper and Lead closed lower.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Trading Highlights & Open Interest<\/b><\/h2>\n

      The shift toward options trading remains the standout story for MCX in 2026. The premium turnover for options stood at \u20b9798.24 crore<\/b>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
      Commodity Contract<\/strong><\/td>\nOpen Interest (Lots)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
      Gold-Petal (March)<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n367,841<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
      Silver-Micro (April)<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n71,038<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
      Gold-Mini (April)<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n56,391<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
      Natural Gas<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n26,156<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

      In the options on futures segment, the Crude Oil \u20b99,000 Call Option<\/b> saw a significant jump of \u20b9223, while the Gold \u20b9150,000 Call Option<\/b> declined by \u20b9925, reflecting the broader bearish sentiment in the yellow metal.<\/p>\n

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      Mumbai: The Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX) witnessed a day of extreme divergence as precious metals faced a heavy sell-off while the energy segment trended upward. The total turnover for the session reached a staggering \u20b9118,480.18 crore, dominated heavily by a notional turnover of \u20b9110,714.73 crore in commodity options. Precious Metals: The “Gold-Silver” Slump The bullion […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":66169,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52886],"tags":[43477,41792,41795],"class_list":["post-66168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business-english-news","tag-commodity-trading-india","tag-mcx-gold-price","tag-mcx-turnover"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.matribhumisamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66168","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.matribhumisamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.matribhumisamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.matribhumisamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.matribhumisamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66168"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.matribhumisamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66168\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.matribhumisamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.matribhumisamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.matribhumisamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.matribhumisamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}