Equity Trading

Options data hint at bearish bias for Nifty, Bank Nifty; FIIs trim shorts

F&O cues for Nov 21: Foreign investors open interest in Bank Nifty futures declined over 9 per cent as they net bought nearly 25,000 contracts on Tuesday, shows the NSE F&O data.

Married traders outperform single counterparts in profit-making: Sebi study

Markets regulator Sebi has delved into the patterns of intraday trading, revealing a surprising new factor influencing trading performance: relationship status. The regulator's analysis suggests stark differences between the trading behaviours and outcomes of married and single traders, as well as between male and female traders. The Sebi's study, on intraday trading in equity cash segment, found that married traders tend to outperform their single counterparts in several key areas. During the years -- FY19, FY22 and FY23-- examined by the regulator, the proportion of loss-makers was lower among married traders compared to single traders. "On comparing single vs married traders group, married traders group had a higher proportion of profit-makers than single traders group across all the three years," the study revealed. Besides, group of married traders had lower proportion of loss-makers than single traders across years. During FY23, 75 per cent of single traders were loss-makers

There are rewards for investors who are averse to taking market risk

They don't have to put their money in equity trade and yet build a corpus for their financial goals

Stock market investor base surges, UP upends Gujarat from the 2nd position

UP surpassed Gujarat to take the second position in 2023 by adding 33.8 per cent of new stock market investors

Sebi plans for instant settlement of equity trades in non-disruptive manner

Narayan added that Sebi had formed a working group to ease regulations and the registration process for offshore funds under the chairmanship of a former Sebi whole-time member

Thailand to tax stock trading, 0.05% levy for starters in 2023

A levy of 0.05% will be imposed on stock trading next year, before it's raised to 0.1%, according to a finance ministry statement

1.77 million new Demat accounts added in Oct, second-lowest this year

Not just the demat account tally fell in October, trading activity too softened

'It is unacceptable': Investors react to 40-minute Toronto Exchange Outage

A 40-minute outage across three stock exchanges stalled equity trading in Canada, leaving some investors frustrated and others refusing to place orders even after it reopened.

More companies will have to focus on profitability in future: Nikhil Kamath

If interest rates continue at their current trajectory, the appetite will go down, impacting the consumption and the markets, co-founder of Zerodha and True Beacon said

Resilient markets, positive FPI flows lift market volume in August

If domestic indicators are remedying, don't sweat the external factors, say analysts

Adani tentative offer for NDTV to begin on October 17, Sebi nod awaited

On Monday both NDTV and the Adani group sought Sebi's guidance on whether or not RRPR Holdings, the promoter entity of NDTV, can transfer its shares to the Adani group

ICICI Securities falls 1% as CLSA downgrades rating, earnings view

Shares of the largest listed brokerage have nearly halved this year

Sebi impounds Rs 3.9 cr from former CNBC-Awaaz anchor Ghai, family members

Sebi impounded ill-gotten gains of Rs 3.9 crore from former CNBC Awaaz anchor Hemant Ghai and his family members in the matter related to fraudulent trading practices.

Sebi rationalises time period for filing settlement applications to 60 days

Amendments have also been approved to regulations governing Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs)

PNB, IDBI, Bank of India: 3 stocks that can dip 10% from the current level

If the Nifty Bank index stays below 2,600 level for another week, then a major breakdown may lead to a long term bearishness, tech charts suggest.

BSE to revise transaction charges for equity trading from August 1

BSE would charge transaction fees of Rs 1.5 per trade for trade volumes of up to one lakh