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Why is BSE exchange upset about new Sebi order? An Explainer

The Bombay Stock Exchange will need to pay a higher regulatory fee to the market regulator on complying with Sebi's direction on fee based on notional value. Here's all you need to know.

NSE set to launch derivative contracts on Nifty Next 50 from Wednesday

National Stock Exchange (NSE) is set to introduce derivative contracts on Nifty Next 50 index from Wednesday. This came following an approval received from markets regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi). The Nifty Next 50 index represents 50 companies from Nifty 100 after excluding the Nifty 50 companies. Under the derivative contract, the exchange would offer three serial monthly index futures and index options contract cycles. The cash-settled derivatives contracts would expire on the last Friday of the expiry month. The introduction of derivatives on the Nifty Next 50 index would complement the existing index derivatives product suite. The Nifty Next 50 index would represent the space between the Nifty 50 index comprising the top large & liquid stocks and the Nifty Midcap Select index comprising the top large & liquid mid-capitalised stocks, Sriram Krishnan, Chief Business Development Officer at NSE, stated last week. As of March 2024, the Nifty Next 50 ...

Jane Street's $1 billion trade puts spotlight on Indian derivatives market

Despite the risks, the allure of India's market potential remains strong for both domestic and foreign market makers

NSE to launch derivatives on Nifty Next 50 Index starting April 24

The cash-settled derivatives contracts will expire on last Friday of expiry month

Brokers, traders differ on proposal to extend derivatives trading: Sebi

Brokers will firm up their opinion on the matter in a couple of months, after which investors will be consulted, Madhabi Puri Buch said at a brokers' forum in Mumbai

Retail investor interest in derivative trading, SMIDS concerning: RBI

The report said that the rally in the mid, small, and microcap segments was significantly larger than the gains made by the benchmark Nifty this year

Moth to a flame: Why are retail traders inexorably drawn to derivatives?

Why do sensible traders use these? Some hedge using F&O. Others play news-based events

Retail traders bullish even as India run eases, derivatives data shows

The benchmark NSE Nifty 50 Index failed to scale a much-hyped 20,000 level and has fallen over 1% from its peak on July 20

No proposal to curb retail participation in derivatives trading: Sebi

Citing what it said were speculative media reports, SEBI said in a statement, "It is clarified that there is no proposal to curb retail participation in derivative markets"

Sebi proposes measures to contain price volatility on shares in derivative

Capital markets regulator Sebi on Sunday came out with a proposal to strengthen the existing price band formulation for scrips in the derivatives segment to deepen volatility management and minimize information asymmetry in the market. Price bands for scrip or a derivative contract represent the boundaries within which the competing orders of buyers and sellers are accepted for the day by the trading system of the stock exchange. For scrips having derivative contracts on them, these price bands are dynamic and can be flexed depending on trading during the day. In its consultation paper, Sebi has proposed that in case a share in the futures and options segment falls or rises beyond 20 per cent a day, cooling off period should be increased in a phased manner, subject to a maximum cooling-off period of one hour from the current 15 minutes at present. After this, such scrip should be permitted to move only a further up to 2 per cent as against the current limit of 5 per cent. The ...

The real gainers from F&O 'casino'

Whether they make or lose money, traders have to incur transaction costs, including brokerage, exchange fees, turnover fees, and securities transaction tax, etc.

Bourses get Sebi's approval to launch derivatives on bond indices

Sebi's decision is aimed at enhancing liquidity in the bond market. It will also give an opportunity to investors to hedge their positions

Sebi suspends trading of agri commodity derivatives for 1 more year

Data showed that before the ban last year, the aforementioned commodities contributed nearly 54 per cent of the total deposits in NCDEX between April 2021 and July 2021

F&O strategy: Bull Call Spread Strategy on M&M by HDFC Securities

The stock price of M&M has broken out on the daily chart where it closed at highest level since 22-Sept 2022

HNIs more cautious on foreign investment after new rules kick in

According to the new rules of the liberalised remittance system (LRS), an Indian resident can now invest $250,000 a year in foreign stocks, debt etc

Relief for brokers as Sebi relaxes norms for calculating peak margins

Broker's lobby had requested a change in the procedure for upfront collection of peak margins from clients in both cash and derivatives segment

NCDEX, IPFT launch call centre to create awareness about agri-derivatives

According to NCDEX, the information made available at the call centre will not be limited to the derivatives trading

BSE investor count touches 100 mn milestone, up 58% in past one year

Bourse had hit 10 million mark in February 2008 and 50 million in May 2020

NSE world's largest derivatives exchange for third straight year

The National Stock Exchange of India has emerged as the world's largest derivatives exchange for the third consecutive year in 2021 in terms of the number of contracts traded, according to the Futures Industry Association (FIA). In addition, the exchange was ranked fourth by the number of trades in cash equities, as per the statistics maintained by the World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) for 2021. In a statement on Wednesday NSE said it has ranked as the largest exchange globally in equity derivatives as well as currency derivatives by the number of contracts traded. "It is a matter of great pride for us and our country that NSE has emerged as a global leader and achieved the distinction of being the largest derivatives exchange in the world for the 3rd consecutive year and the 4th largest exchange in cash equities by the number of trades," Vikram Limaye, MD & CEO, NSE, said. The year 2021 witnessed the total registered investor base on NSE surpassing the 5-crore mark to reach a ..

Sensex can rally 2,000 pts. How to trade markets in September F&O series?

The optimism is expected to continue in September. The Sensex can move up by around 2,000 points in the coming month, charts suggest