DATA ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION

1. Do you invest in commodity market?

46% 54%

YES NO

INTERPRETATION: From the total number of responses i.e.10, when questioned about whether they invest in the commodity market or not, 46% of the responses were affirmative however 54% of the responses were negative. 2. How often do you operate in the commodity market?

5% 14% 19%
VERY FREQUENTLY FREQUENTLY

62%

SOMETIMES NEVER

INTERPRETATION: Out of the total responses which I have received 62% of the people have said that they never operate in the commodity market. 19% have agreed to operating sometimes in this market followed by 14% who have selected frequently and only a mere 5% have said that they operate very frequently in the commodity market.

3. How do you function?

20%

BASED ON OWN ANALYSIS/RESEARCH THROUGH A BROKER

80%

INTERPRETATION: Out of the total positive responses those who were investing in the commodity market 80% of the people have said that they invest in the commodity market with the help of some investor and only 20% of the people have said that they invest in the commodity market based upon their own analysis. 4. What kind of trading pattern do you prefer?

24% ONLINE TRADING OFFLINE TRADING 76%

INTERPRETATION: Out of the total positive responses when asked about the trading pattern that they follow 76% of the people have responded in favor of offline trading and only 24% have responded in favor of online trading. The main reason for this is the benefit that an investor gets from a broker through whom he/she has been doing the offline trading and the time constraint is also one of

the major reasons for people to prefer offline trading pattern rather than online trading pattern. 5. Name of the broking firm you are holding your account with?

OTHERS INDIA INFOLINE SHAREKHAN ANAND RATHI MOTILAL OSWAL NIRMAL BANG 0%

4% 11% 9% 18% 32% 26%

5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35%

INTERPRETATION: Out of the total number of respondents 32% of the people have mentioned having their account with MOTILAL OSWAL followed by 26% of people having their account with NIRMAL BANG SECURITIES PVT. LTD. and 18% were having their account with ANAND RATHI followed by 9% and 11% respectively by SHAREKHAN and INDIA INFOLINE and only 4% of the respondents were having their accounts in ICICI SECURITIES, BARCLAYS FINANCE, ANGEL BROKING, RELIGARE etc. which are together been included in OTHERS. 6. Do you know NIRMAL BANG SECURITIES PVT. LTD is one of the oldest brokerage houses in India?

30%

YES NO 70%

INTERPRETATION: Out of the total respondents 70% of the people have agreed or were aware about the fact that NIRMAL BANG SECURITIES PVT. LTD. is one of the oldest brokerage houses in INDIA and only 30% have said that they were not aware about this fact. On being analyzed this the result came out that the 30% of the respondents fell under those respondents who were not investing in the commodity market. 7. Do you know NIRMAL BANG SECURITIES PVT. LTD deals in EQUITY, COMMODITY, and CURRENCY and SPOT COMMODITY segment?

8% YES NO 92%

INTERPRETATION: Out of the total respondents only a mere 8% have said that they were not aware about the fact that NIRMAL BANG SECURITIES PVT.LTD. is present in almost all the segments of the stock market comprising of in EQUITY, COMMODITY, and CURRENCY and SPOT COMMODITY segment. 8. In which segment do you invest more?

30% 53% 10% 7%

EQUITY COMMODITY CURRENCY DEBT

INTERPRETATION: Out of the total respondents a major chunk of them i.e.53% have said that they invest mainly in EQUITY market followed by 30% who have said to be investing their money in the DEBT market and 10% and 7% respectively in CURRENCY and COMMODITY market. This results in concluding that there is a vast scope for investment in COMMODITY and CURRENCY market as well. 9. Which is the most preferred segment of commodity for your investment?

4% 33% 42%
AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRIAL METALS PRECIOUS METALS ENERGY

21%

INTERPRETATION: This question was asked from those respondents who have been investing in the commodity market and among them 42% have said to be investing in PRECIOUS METALS followed by 33% in AGRICULTURAL and 21% in INDUSTRIAL METALS and only 4% of these investors were also investing in the ENERGY segment of the commodity market.

CONCLUSION
India is traditionally an agrarian economy; therefore, instability of commodity prices has always been a major concern of the producers as well as the consumers. The concept of organized trading in commodities evolved in the middle of the 19th century. However, commodity futures trading in India is almost as old as that in the United States. During 1940s, trading in forwards and futures became difficult as a result of price controls. Major policy decisions taken after independence, mainly because of the scarcity situation then prevailing adversely affected the development of futures and forwards markets in the country. In 1952, the forward contract regulation act was passed which controls all transferable forward and futures contracts. This again put restriction on futures trading. Currently, there are three major National Level Commodity Exchanges and 26 regional exchanges operating in India. Future prospect of commodity futures trading in India is upbeat. The present study was carried out with respect of to all three National Level Commodity Exchanges in India, namely National Spot Exchange Limited (NSEL), and the other two national Exchanges viz. Multi Commodity Exchange of India Ltd (MCX) Mumbai and National Commodity and Derivatives Exchange Ltd (NCDEX) Mumbai. These exchanges are playing very important role in the trading activities in India. To conclude, it is found that only around 4% of Indias total population has invested in the stock markets and less than 1% of the total population is investing in the commodity segment of the market. Therefore, there is a huge opportunity for people to invest in these markets and avail the benefits from their investments.