“We are committed to identifying the cause and implementing necessary corrective measures. Updates on our findings and actions taken will be shared in due course,” the exchange said, while apologising to members for the disruption and thanking them for their patience.
The glitch disrupted the normal trading schedule on what was supposed to be a routine session for commodity traders. MCX had initially informed members that trading would begin at 9:30 am, instead of the usual 9 am, due to a “technical issue.”
It later issued two more circulars extending the delay, first to 10:30 am and then indefinitely, before finally confirming that trading would commence from the DR site in the afternoon.
Shares of MCX fell as much as 2% on the BSE following the glitch, reflecting investor concern over the repeated technical interruptions that have affected the exchange in recent years.
The bourse did not elaborate on the specific cause of the disruption but said that transferring operations to the DR site — a backup infrastructure meant to ensure continuity in the event of system failures — allowed it to restore market access safely.This is not the first time MCX has faced such operational hurdles. In July 2025, the exchange had experienced a similar glitch that delayed market opening by over an hour. In February 2024, a more severe four-hour outage occurred, which was then linked to its migration to a new trading platform