Mumbai, June 6 (IANS) The Indian equity benchmarks posted notable losses during the week as domestic policy measures were mildly offset by persistent external uncertainties.Nifty lost 0.77 per cent during the week and dipped 0.21 per cent on the last trading day to reach 23,366. At close, Sensex was down 116 points, or 0.16 per cent, at 74,243. It declined 0.71 per cent during the week.Geopolitical tensions in West Asia and their influence on crude prices continued to weigh on investor sentiment…
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Mumbai, June 1 (IANS) National Securities Depository Limited (NSDL) on Monday announced the introduction of daily reporting of domestic institutional investor (DII) investment trends as part of efforts to strengthen transparency in India’s capital markets.The initiative has been launched under the guidance of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) and in coordination with custodians and SEBI’s Department of Economic and Policy Analysis (DEPA).According to NSDL, the new reporting f…
Mumbai, May 25 (IANS) The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) on Monday proposed a standardised framework for managing strike prices of options contracts to ensure contracts remain available close to prevailing market levels during sharp intraday volatility.The move is aimed at improving trading continuity and ease of doing business in derivatives markets, the market regulator said in a consultation paper.A strike price is a pre-determined price at which an options contract can be exer…
Mumbai, April 11 (IANS) Indian equity benchmarks closed in green for the second consecutive week, amid huge short covering due to the US-Iran ceasefire.Nifty gained 5.89 per cent during the week and added 1.16 per cent on the last trading day to reach 24,050. At close, the Sensex was up 918 points or 1.20 percent at 77,550. It gained 5.77 per cent during the week.Both indices showed strengthening momentum and improved investor confidence.Bank Nifty overperformed the broader market, closing at 55…
Mumbai, March 14 (IANS) The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) conducted a mock trading session on Saturday across multiple market segments as part of its periodic system testing.The exercise covers the equity, commodity, currency, electronic gold receipt (EGR) and equity derivatives segments. Trading members can log in from 9:15 am to 10:00 am to participate in the mock trading session.The exercise allows them to test systems and connectivity with the exchanges and aims to ensure that its trading syst…
Mumbai, Feb 20 (IANS) The Indian equity markets opened the last trading session of the week in red on Friday, extending sharp losses seen the previous day.As of 9.26 a.m., Sensex lost 154 points, or 0.19 per cent, to reach 82,343, and Nifty dipped 31 points, or 0.12 per cent, to settle at 25,423.Main broad-cap indices moved in opposite directions as the Nifty Midcap 100 lost 0.13 per cent, while the Nifty Smallcap 100 gained 0.13 per cent.Sectoral indices traded mostly in the green except Nifty …
Mumbai, Jan 31 (IANS) Zerodha co-founder Nithin Kamath has raised concerns over the repeated increase in Securities Transaction Tax (STT), saying that higher taxes are slowly hurting trading activity in the markets.In a recent social media post, Kamath explained that STT was introduced at a time when long-term capital gains (LTCG) tax was removed.However, even after LTCG was brought back, STT has continued to rise with every Union Budget.He said that as a market participant, he always hopes for …