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MCX Yet To Open Trading Amid Technical Glitch; Exchange Yet To Confirm New Time
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MCX delayed trading to 10:00 AM on Tuesday due to a technical glitch, as announced in an early morning notice by the Multi Commodity Exchange.
MCX trading glitch
MCX Glitch: The Multi-Commodity Exchange (MCX) faced a technical glitch on Tuesday, preventing the start of trading. Earlier, the exchange had announced that trading would begin at 10:00 AM following the issue, but it did not resume as planned.
MCX is yet to confirm a new time for the commencement of trading.
“Update as on 09:45 AM-Members are requested to note that the trading will start at 10 AM due to technical issue. Trading will start from DR. Inconvenience is regretted,” MCX informed in the update.
This is not the first time MCX has faced such an issue. Earlier this year, MCX faced a similar technical issue in July when the trading began at 10:15 AM, a delay of more than an hour.
The Multi Commodity Exchange of India (MCX) is the country’s largest commodity derivatives exchange, providing a platform for trading in commodities such as gold, silver, crude oil, natural gas, and various agricultural products. Established in 2003 and headquartered in Mumbai, MCX operates under the regulatory framework of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI). It plays a crucial role in India’s commodities market by enabling price discovery, risk management, and hedging for participants ranging from traders and investors to producers and exporters. MCX’s benchmark contracts—like gold and crude oil futures—are widely used to gauge market sentiment and global commodity trends.
On July 23, trading on MCX was initially expected to resume by 9:45 AM, but the exchange later revised the opening time to 10:10 AM, but trading did not resume as planned. It finally began trading from 10:15 AM after a delay caused by clearing technical processes and file sharing.
(This is a developing story. To be updated)
Varun Yadav is a Sub Editor at News18 Business Digital. He writes articles on markets, personal finance, technology, and more. He completed his post-graduation diploma in English Journalism from the Indian Inst…Read More
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October 28, 2025, 09:15 IST
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HSBC reported pre-tax profits of 7.3 billion US dollars (£5.5 billion) for the third quarter – a drop of 1.2 billion US dollars (£898 million) on the same period 12 months ago.
The announcement comes a day after the banking giant revealed it will set aside 1.1 billion US dollars (£826 million) following a court ruling related to a long-running lawsuit brought by investors who lost money in Bernard Madoff’s investment fraud.
The British lender said the drop in profits compared to 2024 “reflected an increase in operating expenses” during the third quarter which included legal provisions of 1.4 billion US dollars (£1.04 billion), the bulk of which was related to the Madoff lawsuit.
Profits after tax also fell 1.2 billion US dollars (£898 million) to 5.5 billion US dollars (£4.1 billion) for the third quarter.
Group chief executive Georges Elhedery said the bank remained “fully focused on helping our customers navigate new economic realities”.
He said: “We are becoming a simple, more agile, focused bank, built on our core strengths. The intent with which we are executing our strategy is reflected in our performance this quarter, despite taking legal provisions related to historical matters.”
The provision to set aside money for Madoff investors came after the bank lost part of an appeal in a Luxembourg court ruling last Friday.
It follows a case brought by Herald Fund SPC, which in 2009 sued HSBC Securities Services Luxembourg (HSSL), claiming losses of cash and securities linked to Madoff’s Ponzi scheme, which was one of the largest financial scandals in history.
Last week, the Luxembourg Court of Cassation rejected HSSL’s appeal on Herald’s securities restitution claim, but upheld its appeal concerning the cash restitution claim.
HSSL now plans to pursue a second appeal before the Luxembourg Court of Appeal to contest the amount it may be required to pay.
Madoff, who died in prison in 2021, admitted in 2009 to defrauding thousands of investors of around 65 billion US dollars (£48.8 billion).
Various HSBC companies had been named as defendants in lawsuits arising out of the Madoff fraud scandal.
Herald Fund SPC is a European fund that put money into Madoff investment funds, for which HSBC’s Luxembourg securities arm, HSSL, was the custodian.
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SC permits Centre to review Rs 6,000cr additional dues on Vodafone-Idea – The Times of India
NEW DELHI: The Union govt on Monday convinced the Supreme Court to permit the department of telecom to review its demand of Rs 6,000 crore additional adjusted gross revenue demand for the FY 2016-17 on Vodafone-Idea. Chief Justice B R Gavai and Justice K Vinod Chandran was informed by solicitor general Tushar Mehta that since the previous round of litigation, in which Vodafone was ordered to pay the AGR dues, there had been a change of circumstance as the Centre has acquired a 49% stake in the company. Mehta said, “We do not want the company, in which the govt has a huge investment, to go bankrupt to make 20 crore people suffer. ‘Govt wants to prevent monopoly’ Govt wants more players in the mobile telecom sector to prevent monopoly,” said solicitor general Tushar Mehta. Vodafone through senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi had argued that the SC had frozen the AGR dues at Rs 58,254 crore as of 2016-17 and that the DoT cannot raise additional AGR dues in breach of the SC order. Govt had converted Rs 36,950 cr dues as its 49% equity in the telecom service provider.
The bench noticed the element of public interest in the case and permitted the Centre to take a fresh view of the additional AGR demands, especially when the issue is purely in the policy domain and involves the interests of 20 crore people. “We see no reason why the Centre should be prevented from taking a relook at the additional AGR dues,” the bench said.
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