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Why shares of Asia's oldest stock exchange zoomed 55% in 1 month; Details

Shares of BSE (formerly Bombay Stock Exchange), Asia's oldest exchange, rallied 10% on the NSE to hit a new high of Rs 4,235 on Thursday's intra-day trade in an otherwise weak market.

Sebi tightens rules for booming equity derivatives market effective Nov 20

Sebi said that existing regulatory measures have been reviewed to ensure investor protection and the orderly development and strengthening of the equity derivatives market

Sebi board meeting today: F&O rules, Hindenburg claims, employees complaint

Sebi board meeting today, Sept 30, will be the first meeting since allegations were pressed against Sebi Chairperson Madhabi Puri Buch by Hindenburg Research. Here's what to expect from the meeting

Why did 93% of F&O traders lose money? | F&O trading

Futures and Options trading—often known as F&O—sounds like a shortcut to quick money, doesn’t it? But here’s the reality check

Sebi must name those profiteering at expense of small traders: Rahul

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said 90 per cent of small investors have lost Rs 1.8 lakh crore in Futures and Option (F&O) trading in three years and asked the SEBI to reveal the names of the "so called big players" profiteering at their expense. More than 91 per cent, or 73 lakh, individual traders lost money in the F&O segment in FY24 with an average net loss of Rs 1.2 lakh per person, a study conducted by markets regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) revealed on Monday. Further, 93 per cent of over 1 crore individual F&O traders incurred average losses of about Rs 2 lakh per trader (inclusive of transaction costs) during the three years from FY22 to FY24. The aggregate losses of such traders exceeded Rs 1.8 lakh crore during the period. Gandhi, who is the leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, said on X, "Uncontrolled F&O trading has grown 45X in 5 years. 90% of small investors have lost ?1.8 lakh Cr in 3 years." "SEBI must reveal the .

More regulation needed to curb retail speculation in F&O: Amisha Vora

Sebi's proposed changes will significantly impact discount brokers, whose business relies heavily on retail F&O trades, Vora said in this interview

F&O curbs for stemming 'frenzied trading': Sebi whole-time member

Whole-time member Narayan says measures aimed at addressing hyperactive trading on expiry day

Kotak MF's Nilesh Shah bats for restrictions on retail investors in F&O

Budget with BS: The Fine Print: 'Atithi Devo Bhava' is good for tourism not for financial markets; there should be no differential treatment, said Nilesh Shah, managing director of Kotak Mutual Fund

Sebi F&O proposals seen further boosting appeal of options segment

Share of index options up from 5% to 29% over past 4 years

Excessive speculation

Proposed measures will reduce retail participation in F&O

BANKEX expiry Friday to boost BSE volumes: Hemang Jani of Finazenn explains

Why is BSE stock up today: BSE share price advanced 8.1 per cent to Rs 2,607.7 per share on the NSE on Wednesday. The rally comes amid market regulator Sebi's new proposals regarding F&O trading

Motilal Oswal maintains buy on Angel One post Sebi's F&O proposals

Not more than 50 strikes would be introduced for an index derivatives contract at the time of contract launch.

How will Sebi's proposed F&O rules affect BSE, NSE, Zerodha, Angel One?

Spillover of trading activity from these contracts into remaining products, analysts believe, can limit the impact to 20-25%

Capital gains tax changes may impact investment behaviour: Rashesh Shah

Buyback and tax-free dividend had a gap and an equalisation was needed. Volumes in F&O trading had gone up rapidly and, in a way, the increase in STT on F&O will protect investor interest, he said

Essential guide for traders on F&O trading tax reporting

If you have both F&O gains and losses in a financial year, declaring the losses allows you to offset them against the gains, reducing the overall tax liability on F&O transactions

7 in 10 intraday traders in equity cash suffered losses in FY23: Sebi study

A study by market regulator Sebi showed that 7 out of 10 individual intra-day traders in the equity cash segment made losses in the financial year 2022-23. At the same time, the study highlighted a sharp surge of over 300 per cent in the number of individuals participating in intraday trading in the equity cash segment in 2022-23 compared to 2018-19. Interestingly, the average number of trades by loss-makers was higher than the profit-makers. Further, the share of young intra-day traders, with less than 30 years of age, has risen significantly over the period, according to the study released by Sebi on Wednesday. The markets regulator has conducted a study to analyse the trends in participation and profits and losses in intraday trading by individuals in the equity cash segment. It covered the periods of FY2018-19, FY2021-22 and FY2022-23 to comparatively analyse the trends before and after the pandemic. The study, based on a sample of individual clients of the top-10 stock brokers

Budget 2024: Steep STT increase to tame retail frenzy in derivatives market

Some market participants have also suggested that income from F&O trading should be classified as speculative income and taxed at a higher rate

Budget 2024 hikes LTCG tax rate to 12.5%, STCG to 20%, STT on F&O also up

Union Budget 2024-25 news: FM Nirmala Sitharaman hiked hiked LTCG tax to 12.5 per cent from 10 per cent on all financial and non-financial assets

Overconfidence leading to speculative market activity a concern: Eco Survey

The Indian stock market, the survey said, was among the best-performing markets, with India's Nifty 50 index rising 26.8 per cent during fiscal FY24, as against a drop of 8.2 per cent during FY23

F&O volumes a macro concern, says Sebi chairperson Madhabi Puri Buch

To soon float a consultation paper on curbing derivatives euphoria