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Global Financial Service Disruptions

Multi Commodity Exchange of India (MCX)

securities exchange · IN · South Asia · Multi Commodity Exchange of India Ltd

Technical failureStatus: resolvedTier 1Severity 3 of 5Evidence confidence: highAnalyst-verified

India's MCX opened about an hour late on 23 Jul 2025 after database problems delayed overnight clearing processes. It was the first of two major MCX outages in 2025.

First disruption
Jul 23 03:30 UTC
First public signal
Jul 23 (exchange notice of delayed start)
Acknowledged
Jul 23
Restored
Jul 23 04:45 UTC
Duration
1 hours
DFX first recorded
Nov 5 14:58 UTC

What was restricted

tradingScope: country wide

Commodity derivatives trading start delayed by about an hour (opened about 10:10 to 10:20 IST instead of 9:00/9:15).

Cause, kept in separate layers

What the institution said
Repetitive database issues delayed overnight clearing processes
DFX classification
Technical failure (cyber: unconfirmed)
Conflicting reports
Restart reported at 10:10, 10:15 or 10:20 IST.

Evidence

Other restrictions at Multi Commodity Exchange of India (MCX)