Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday defended a sharp increase in securities transaction tax on futures and options, arguing that the government could not remain silent as speculative ‘satta’ in derivatives is inflicting heavy losses on small retail investors, even as markets sell off brokers and stock swaps on fears that higher costs would chill […]
BSE’s wholly owned subsidiary BSE Index Services on Tuesday announced the launch of the ‘BSE All Derivative Stocks Index’, which is designed to track the performance of derivatives-eligible stocks within the BSE 500 universe.The index aims to reflect the evolving depth and liquidity of the Indian equity derivatives market by capturing the performance of BSE […]