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F&O Insights: Aug expiry, RIL AGM to guide Nifty; India Cements exit today

Derivative market update for Thursday, August 29: The 10-day Nifty rally is under threat amid weak global cues; Monthly F&O expiry and RIL AGM may add to the market volatility.

F&O Insights: FIIs up Nifty, Bank Nifty bullish bets; futures premium dip

Derivative market update for Wednesday, August 28: The Nifty September futures premium dipped from Rs 155 to Rs 116 yesterday; while, Bank Nifty futures premium declined to Rs 257 from Rs 328.

F&O Insights: FIIs add long bets in Sept; metals among top early rollovers

Derivative market update for Tuesday, August 27: The Nifty September futures traded at 150-odd points premium, while Bank Nifty at 330 points. Last 3 days for India Cements in F&O segment.

F&O Insights: Check FIIs, retail traders bets on Nifty ahead of Aug expiry

Derivative market update for Monday, Aug 26: FIIs and retail traders index futures long-short ratio stands at 1.1:1; indicating more than 1 long bet for every short trade; 13 stocks in F&O ban today.

F&O cues: FIIs bullish on Nifty MidCap; JK Cement, Deepak Nitrite on radar

Derivatives market update for Friday, August 23: Analysts suggest Nifty options market reflects a bearish sentiment, with increased Call writing vs. Puts, as the index nears major hurdles.

F&O Insights: IPCA, Divis Lab see bullish bets; 24,700 the key for Nifty

Derivatives market update: 12 stocks including Balrampur Chini, GNFC, India Cement, LIC Housing and National are in F&O ban on Thursday; 2 stocks see buildup up short positions; details here

MCX, Lupin, TechM, Trent among 5 F&O stocks to Buy ahead of August expiry

Granules, MCX, Colgate, Trent, Dr.Reddy's, Glenmark Pharma, Voltas, Lupin, Tech Mahindra, Coromandel International and Balrampur Chini among F&O stocks are holding a PCR in excess of 1, shows F&O data

F&O Insights: FIIs cover shorts in Bank Nifty; 24,600 is the key for Nifty

Derivatives market update: In the last 4 trading sessions, the Nifty and Bank Nifty, both, have witnessed short-covering as prices rose on the back of 20% and 16% decline in open interest.

F&O Cues: Nifty needs to hold above 24,650; check bullish, bearish stocks

Derivatives market update: FIIs reduced longs in index futures marginally on Monday; their index long-short ratio stands at 1:1. Retail traders up long bets.

Stock Market news: Jackson Hole, DII flows in focus; GIFT Nifty at 24,700

All you need to know before the market opens on Monday: GIFT Nifty hints at 100 pts gap-up; Experts see Nifty rising to 24,700-25,000 levels. FIIs index long-short ratio at 1:1; 17 stocks in F&O ban.

F&O stocks in focus: Long buildup seen in Naukri, Voltas, Laurus Labs

Stocks with long buildup in August series: Key levels to track on Voltas, Naukri and Laurus Labs as these stocks could potentially gain up to 9 per cent from present levels.

Silver remains vulnerable to US, China economic growth concerns

Silver price outlook by Sharekhan: Silver is expected to be volatile on contrasting factors like slowdown in China, US recession concerns, volatile yields and US rate cut speculations.

Here's why Gold prices may decline; Support seen at Rs 69,400

Gold outlook by Sharekhan: The MCX Gold futures are expected to trade in the range of Rs 68,200 and Rs 70,700 in near term, analyst Praveen Singh.

Nandish Shah of HDFC Securities recommends bear spread strategy on Nifty50

Short build up is seen in the Nifty Futures during the August series till now, where we have seen 3 per cent rise in the open interest with Nifty falling by 1.20 per cent

Crude Oil prices down 9% in 5 weeks on growth worries; outlook stays tepid

The overall sentiment in oil remains bearish and we expect prices to see further sell towards the support of $70 and $68 per barrel, says Mohammed Imran of Sharekhan by BNP Paribas.

Will Sensex, Nifty rise or fall today? RBI Policy, weekly expiry in focus

All you need to know before market opens on Aug 8: Global stocks trade lower; GIFT Nifty hints at 150 pts gap-down; FIIs continue to sell; Nifty weekly expiry and RBI rate decision may set trend today

LIC Housing, Marico among 4 stocks with short buildup; key levels to track

LIC Housing, Marico, JK Cement and Motherso Sumi have shed up to 15% in the last four days alongside up to 15% increase in open interest, thus suggesting short buildup at these counters.

Gold price outlook turning constructive on hopes of rate cut: Sharekhan

Gold prices likely to be volatile and choppy ahead of the key US macroeconomic releases, says analyst at the brokerage firm.

Silver Price Outlook: Global economic worries weigh, says Sharekhan

Buying the dips with appropriate stop-losses is likely to be preferred strategy for Silver as the US nonfarm payroll report looms, says Praveen Singh of Sharekhan by BNP Paribas.

'Sebi's plan on index derivatives to reduce volumes, lower volatility'

Markets regulator Sebi's proposal on tightening rules for index derivatives if implemented may result in erosion of volumes from Futures & Options (F&O), experts said on Wednesday. At the same time, it will enhance investor protection and promote market stability in derivatives markets, they added. In its consultation paper on Tuesday, the regulator has proposed seven measures, including increasing minimum contract size and upfront collection of option premiums, intra-day monitoring of position limits, rationalisation of strike prices, removal of calendar spread benefit on expiry day and increase in near contract expiry margin. One of the proposals is to rationalise weekly expiry and restrict it to one per week on the benchmark index per exchange. This change will likely impact volumes, as the recent volumes in the equity derivatives segment have been driven by weekly expiries, HDFC Securities MD & CEO Dhiraj Relli said. "Reducing volumes in F&O will bring down the ...