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NSE launches Brent Crude Futures: The National Stock Exchange (NSE) has announced a strategic partnership with S&P Global Energy (Platts) to launch NSE Dated Brent Crude Futures (Platts) in its Commodity Derivatives segment. Its trading is going to start from April 13, 2026. After getting approval from market regulator SEBI, this move will also give Indian refineries and traders the opportunity to hedge directly with international benchmarks.
What is Brent Crude Futures?
In India, crude oil is generally traded mainly on MCX, which is based on the price of US oil (WTI). India is now bringing Brent crude futures. Since about 60-70 percent of crude oil in the world is bought and sold at the price of Brent, with the launch of Brent Crude Futures, Indian traders will now be able to place bets on this global rate directly on NSE. This move marks a major expansion in NSE’s energy segment offering. Due to this, there is a possibility of increase in trading volume along with increase in competition in the energy segment.
Important things related to launch
- Launched with the symbol ‘BRCRUDEOIL’, the contracts will be based on S&P Global Energy (Platts) Dated Brent Assessment, a key benchmark for global crude oil prices.
- In this, you will have to deal with at least 100 barrels of oil at one time.
- This cash will be settled. That means your profit or loss will be made in rupees based on the price on the expiry day.
- Oil may be sold in dollars in the international market, but with the launch of Brent crude futures, you will be able to trade it in rupees on NSE.
- With its help, Indian government and private oil companies will be able to fix their prices on NSE in advance so that they do not suffer losses due to increase in international oil prices.
- With this, apart from MCX, small investors will get another big platform to earn profits from the fluctuating global oil prices.
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