MCX (Multi-commodity Exchange ) and National Commodity & Derivative Exchange (NCDEX) are two important commodity exchanges in India.Important and most traded commodities and their lot sizes are as follows.Unlike stock futures,commodity futures have fixed lot size independent of the price.
MCX:
| Commodity | Display Price Unit | 1LotEquivalent To |
| Copper | Rs/Kg | 1000 Kg |
| Nickel | Rs/Kg | 250 Kg |
| Lead | Rs/Kg | 5000 |
| Zinc | Rs/Kg | 5000 |
| Aluminium | Rs/Kg | 5000 |
| Leadmini | Rs/Kg | 1000 |
| Zincmini | Rs/Kg | 1000 |
| Alumini | Rs/Kg | 1000 |
| Silver | Rs/Kg | 30 Kg |
| Silverm | Rs/Kg | 5Kg |
| SilverMic | Rs/Kg | 1 Kg |
| Gold | Rs/10Gram | 100 |
| GoldM | Rs/10Gram | 10 |
| Goldguine | Rs/8 Gram | 1 |
| Goldpetal | Rs/1 Gram | 1 |
| CrudeOil | Rs/ Barrel(BBL) | 100 |
| Natural Gas | Rs/mmBtu | 1250 |
NCDEX:
| Commodity | Lot |
| Chana* | 10 MT |
| Chilli* | 5 MT |
| Cocudakl* | 10 MT |
| Dhaniya* | 10 MT |
| Guarseed* | 10 MT |
| Guargum* | 5MT |
| Jeera* | 3 MT |
| Maize* | 10 MT |
| Potato* | 15MT |
| RMSeed* | 10MT |
| Steel-long** | 10 MT |
| Sugar* | 10MT |
| Soyabean* | 10MT |
| Refined Soya Oil*** | 10MT |
| Turmeric | 5MT |
| Wheat | 10MT |
* Display Unit: Rs/Quintal
** Display Unit: Rs/MT.
***Display Unit: Rs/10Kg
1Quital=100Kg.
1MT OR 1 Ton =1000 Kg .
