The National Stock Exchange (NSE) has announced that the lot size for Nifty 50 futures and options contracts will be reduced from 75 to 65 starting December 30, 2025 (EOD). This revision is part of a broader update to the market lot sizes for several key index derivatives, as per SEBI’s guidelines for periodic review. … Read more
The National Stock Exchange will conduct a mock trading session across equities, derivatives, currency, and commodities this Saturday, it said in a circular on Friday. The exercise, part of its routine market preparedness efforts, will help brokers test systems ahead of a mandatory software migration. The session on August 30 will begin with a pre-market … Read more
US-based Vanguard Group on Friday bought a 1.1 per cent stake in supermarket chain Vishal Mega Mart for ₹655 crore through open market transactions. Following the stake buy, shares of Vishal Mega Mart rose 2.12 per cent to close at ₹128.80 apiece on the National Stock Exchange. Investment management company Vanguard Group, through its affiliates, … Read more
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has announced that banks in several major cities, including Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, Bengaluru, Kolkata, and Hyderabad, will remain closed on February 26, 2025, in observance of Mahashivratri. This closure is part of the RBI’s official holiday schedule, which categorises holidays under the Negotiable Instruments Act, Real Time Gross Settlement … Read more
India’s largest stock exchange is awaiting clearance from the securities regulator to proceed with its public listing plans, according to Chief Executive Officer Ashish Kumar Chauhan. The National Stock Exchange of India Ltd., whose initial public offering has faced delays since it initial filing in 2016, needs approval from the Securities and Exchange Board of … Read more
SGBs: As the Reserve Bank of India is not issuing any new tranche for Sovereign Gold Bonds, investors now are willing to buy the government-backed gold bonds from the secondary market, i.e. the stock exchanges. Investors have the option to acquire Sovereign Gold Bonds through the primary market when the government declares subscription periods or via … Read more
Mumbai: Shares of the National Stock Exchange surged by more than 25% in the unlisted market this week following a 4:1 bonus announcement last Friday. According to brokers dealing with the unlisted shares, the stock was trading at around ₹4,300-4,400 last week and is currently trading in the ₹5,400-5,800 range. At ₹5,500, NSE is valued … Read more
The turnover in the derivatives of benchmark Sensex touched Rs 3.42 lakh crore on the weekly expiry on Friday. This is double the turnover registered last week. In the options segment, the turnover was Rs 3.41 lakh crore and in futures, it was Rs 211 crore. A total of 54.07 lakh contracts were traded on … Read more
New Delhi: The Securities and Exchange Board of India has now moved the Bombay High Court challenging an order of the Central Information Commission (CIC) asking the capital market regulator to provide information on the National Stock Exchange sought by an individual. At the crux of the issue is a Right to Information (RTI) application … Read more
BENGALURU : The Singapore Exchange and the National Stock Exchange of India said on Wednesday the full-scale operation of their international financial centre, NSE IFSC-SGX Connect, is targeted to be ready by the end of the second quarter of 2023. The transition of trading of SGX Nifty to NSE IFSC through the Connect was expected … Read more