Domestic equity benchmarks slid sharply after the Budget presentation, as broad-based selling across most sectors -- except IT -- pulled the indices lower.

The hike will adversely impact many HFT traders and wealthy traders who are major players in the Indian F&O market.

Under the new proposals, STT on futures trades has been raised from 0.02% to 0.05%, while options trading now attracts a flat 0.15% STT on both option premiums and exercised contracts. The move marks ...

In Futures and Options trading, the highest growth in investors were ones with shallow pockets and limited experience.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced a major increase in the Securities Transaction Tax (STT) on Futures and Options ...

The announcement means that the Securities Transaction Tax (STT) charged on futures trading has been increased to 0.05 per cent of the transaction value.

Nifty 50 (25,321) and Nifty Bank (59,610) appreciated 1.1 per cent and 1.9 per cent respectively. While the futures and options data give some positive bias, one needs to be cautious about potentially ...

Futures and options products to provide exposure to 10 large-cap U.S. tech and growth stocks Cboe Magnificent 10 Index (new ticker: MGTN Index) includes Magnificent 7 stocks, AMD, Broadcom and ...

Union Budget 2026 raised securities transaction tax on futures and options, increasing trading costs across India’s ...