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₹1.88 crore

of gold receipts traded on 25 September, against ₹568.67 crore in gold ETFs

NSE brings in Augmont to wake up its gold receipts

Markets No. 31 28 September 2026 · 1 min read

Augmont's share price hit an upper circuit of 10% today.

NSE has brought in Augmont Gold Tech to promote Electronic Gold Receipts, or EGRs. These let you own physical gold in a vault through your demat account and trade it like a share.

The problem is that hardly anyone is trading them. EGRs started trading on NSE on 4 May. On 25 September, just ₹1.88 crore worth was traded, across 42 trades. That was only 1.2 kg of gold.

For comparison, 26 gold ETFs traded ₹568.67 crore that day, about 300 times more. Even 40 Sovereign Gold Bonds traded ₹16.86 crore.

NSE is already waiving transaction fees on EGR trades until 3 November to encourage trading. Augmont needs the volume too. Its revenue rose 30% to ₹18,946 crore in the June quarter, but profit fell 15% to ₹60.86 crore. That is just 32 paise of profit for every ₹100 of revenue.

Gold receipts were 0.3% of gold trading on NSE

Value traded on NSE on 25 September, by gold product. Electronic gold receipts traded ₹1.88 crore, against ₹568.67 crore in gold ETFs.

₹ CRORE TRADED ON NSE, 25 SEPTEMBER 2026

  • Electronic gold receipts
  • Sovereign gold bonds
  • Gold ETFs
Gold trading on NSE on 25 September 2026, ₹ crore: gold ETFs 568.67 (96.8%), sovereign gold bonds 16.86 (2.9%), electronic gold receipts 1.88 (0.32%), 42 trades in one 10 gram receipt.

42 trades in one receipt, 10 grams of 999 gold: 1.2 kg in all

Gold ETFs are the 26 gold exchange traded funds listed on NSE. NSE charges no fee on gold receipt trades until 3 November 2026.

NSE bhavcopies for the EGR and cash market segments · 25 Sep 2026

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