July 11 , 2021
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	- The National Commodity and Derivatives Exchange (NCDEX) launched India’s 1st sectoral indices in agricultural-commodities space.
 
	- NCDEX is India’s agricultural commodity exchange.
 
	- The indices are GUAREX and SOYDEX.
 
	- These indices will represent the performance of Guar complex and Soy complex.
 
	- GUAREX – It is the return based index.
 
	- It tracks the change in the price of the futures contracts of Guar Seed and Guar Gum Refined Splits on a real-time basis.
 
	- SOYDEX – It will also trace the price changes in futures contracts of Soybean and Refined Soy Oil.
 
	- Both the indices will be useful for hedgers to identify low-cost products.
 
	- It will also offer trading strategies and risk management exercises.
 
	- Futures Contract is a standardized legal agreement to buy or sell something at a predetermined price at a specified time in the future.
 
	- A hedger is any individual or firm that buys or sells the actual physical commodity.
 

                                 
                            
                                
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