SEBI Seeks Details from MCX After Four-Hour Trading Disruption

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has asked the Multi Commodity Exchange of India (MCX) to provide detailed information regarding the 4 -hour trading outage that occurred earlier this week, according to sources familiar with the matter.

Technical Malfunction at MCX

On Tuesday, operations at the country’s largest commodity derivatives exchange were disrupted by a technical malfunction, once again raising questions about the robustness of its trading infrastructure.

“In view of a technical issue at the exchange, the start of trading on Tuesday, October 28, was delayed. Trading activities were subsequently migrated to the Disaster Recovery (DR) site, and normal operations resumed at 1:25 p.m. All systems are currently functioning as expected,” MCX said in an official statement.

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The exchange has initiated an internal probe to identify the root cause of the disruption. However, several traders reported difficulties executing transactions even after the platform switched to the DR site. MCX shares declined 2%, closing at ₹9,117 on October 28, 2025.

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