New Delhi, Aug. 14 -- India's evolving energy transition is expected to drive greater adoption of exchange-traded instruments, with sophisticated hedging strategies likely to play a vital role as coal and electricity markets become more complex, according to an MCX report.

Over time, India's energy markets have expanded, becoming more transparent and increasingly integrated with global commodity markets. This transformation will likely accelerate the adoption of structured risk-management tools and drive demand for a wider range of exchange-traded instruments covering thermal and metallurgical coal, electricity, freight and integrated energy products, the report noted.

"Such instruments would complement existing physical procurement pra...