The market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India on Monday capped position limit at $1 billion for market participants trading in the Gift city international financial services centres (IFSC) for currency futures and options contracts involving rupee.
This comes two days after budget announcement for the same and two weeks after the RBI issued its circular allowing the rupee futures and options on Gift city exchanges making available for global players.
The aim is to bring offshore rupee trading at Gift city. Offshore market or overseas heading in rupee exchange rate market has grown bigger than domestic market, which