It introduced two new products of 995 and 999 purity during the Muhurat trading on Diwali. Trading will be in multiples of 1 gram and deliveries in multiples of 10 gram and 100 gram.

The EGR market will remain open from 9:00 am to 9.30 pm. It will have T+1 settlement.

India is the second largest consumer of gold globally, with annual gold demand of approximately 800-900 tones, and holds an important position in the global markets. Despite being second only to China, in consumption of gold, India has remained only as a price-taker in the global markets.

To address the issue, Government of India have authorized the introduction of a gold exchange where the metal will be traded in Electronic Gold Receipts (EGR) form on Indian exchanges (BSE, NSE etc.)

EGR allows efficient price discovery and standardization of gold, transparency in gold transactions, promotion of India Good Delivery Standard and settlement guarantee to the Investors.

Shares of BSE were up 3.24% at 608.75 on the NSE.

BSE (formerly Bombay Stock Exchange) is India's leading exchange group. BSE provides an efficient and transparent market for trading in equity, debt instruments, equity derivatives, currency derivatives, commodity derivatives, interest rate derivatives, mutual funds and stock lending and borrowing.

On a consolidated basis, net profit of BSE declined 17.56% to Rs 44.04 crore while income from operations rose 3.90% to Rs 186.84 crore in Q1 June 2022 over Q1 June 2021.