New Delhi: Indian Gas Exchange (IGX) said on Tuesday that it traded its “highest-ever gas volume” of 76.8 million MMBtu, or 1,935 MMSCM, in FY26, marking a 28 percent increase year-on-year. The exchange said a total of 1,924 trades were executed during the year and that “around 47 percent of traded volumes were free market gas & 53 percent domestic HPHT gas at ceiling price.”
IGX said it achieved a CAGR of 58.6 percent over FY22-FY26.
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The exchange said the “most liquid contract was the Monthly contract,” which accounted for 64 percent of total traded volume, followed by Fortnightly at 14 percent, Day-ahead at 6 percent, Weekly at 5 percent, Daily at 5 percent, Intraday at 3 percent, BoM at 1 percent, and 6M and 3M at 1 percent, respectively.
It added that the “most active delivery point was Gadimoga” with 41 percent of total trade, followed by Dahej at 22 percent. IGX said exchange-traded deliveries stood at 76.3 million MMBtu, or 5.3 MMSCMD, during FY26.
For March 2026, IGX traded 4.8 million MMBtu, or 120 MMSCM, down 11 percent month-on-month and 8 percent year-on-year. The exchange said the decline was “primarily due to reduced supply in the spot market amid Middle East disruptions,” and because the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas “notified allocation of gas to priority sectors.”
IGX said about 93 percent of March traded volume was domestic HPHT gas at the ceiling price of USD 8.9/MMBtu, allocated to the priority sector, including D-PNG and T-CNG, while 7 percent was free market gas.
“Nearly 8 MMSCM of domestic gas with pricing freedom was traded by producers” at Bokaro, Jaya, Suvali, KG Basin and Hazira-ONGC delivery points, the statement said. Exchange-traded deliveries were 9 million MMBtu, or about 7.3 MMSCMD, in March.
IGX said its benchmark price index, GIXI, for March 2026 was Rs 998, or USD 10.8 per MMBtu, up 1 percent month-on-month and down 18 percent year-on-year. It said the rise in spot prices was not fully reflected in GIXI because “the maximum number of trades were executed in Feb’26 for March delivery.”
The statement also said international gas prices moved higher month-on-month because of geopolitical disruptions in the Middle East, with WIM-Ex Dahej at USD 22/MMBtu, up 85 percent month-on-month and 56 percent year-on-year, and TTF at USD 18.3/MMBtu, up 51 percent month-on-month and 38 percent year-on-year. Henry Hub averaged USD 3/MMBtu, down 16 percent month-on-month and 25 percent year-on-year.
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IGX also said Haryana City Gas Distribution (Bhiwadi) Limited joined the exchange as a proprietary member. The exchange said it offers delivery-based trade in eight spot contracts, including Intraday, Day-Ahead, Daily, Weekday, Weekly, Fortnightly and Monthly contracts of up to 12 months, along with Balance of Month and two long-duration contracts of three months and six months linked to GIXI, JKM, WIM and Dated Brent.