Futures

Decision paralysis: 69% Indians find it hard to plan for future, says study

The HSBC study highlights that confidence is a key issue, as 62 per cent of those surveyed feel they are not well-prepared to manage important decisions

Apocalypse to begin in 2025, predicts Baba Vanga; know about her prophecies

Baba Vanga was a blind Bulgarian clairvoyant popular for her precognitive abilities. She predicts that humanity won't be totally wiped out until 5079, although the apocalypse will begin by 2025

Change and future-readiness

Profits and growth are the oxygen of business. It is possible to get 'too much' and damage the enterprise irreparably

Wheat tops two-week high on global demand, traders eye Middle East

Corn futures eased as traders monitored the U.S. harvest, while gains in soyoil futures helped lift the soybean market, analysts said

NSE on its way to extend trading hours for F&O, awaiting Sebi nod

The National Stock Exchange (NSE) has already submitted a proposal to the market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)

Top palm oil buyers expects 26% increase in imports to record 10 MT

Higher purchases by the world's biggest importer of palm oil could help to lower inventories in top producing Indonesia and Malaysia and support benchmark futures

Coinbase gets approval to offer crypto futures to eligible US customers

Coinbase said it's received regulatory approval to bring federally regulated crypto futures trading to eligible customers in the US, sending shares sharply higher before the opening bell Wednesday. In June, the US Securities and Exchange Commission filed lawsuits against Binance and Coinbase, saying that the companies were in violation of the the law because they were operating as securities exchanges without registering with the agency. Coinbase said Wednesday that it had secured regulatory approval from the National Futures Association to operate as a futures commission merchant. The cryptocurrency exchange said that it filed its application with the association in 2021. Now that it has received approval, Coinbase says eligible US customers will be able to access regulated derivatives products through Coinbase Financial Markets, subject to the oversight of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the NFA. The company tweeted that it can now offers cryptocurrency futures ...

LandExchange Offers a New Way to Secure Your Future: From Traditional Savings to Land Ownership

New Delhi [India], July 25: Principle Infra Projects Ltd a master infrastructure developer company aiming to create Next-Gen-Cities and Modern-Villages by connecting the Urban to the Rural, announces the successful completion with proof of concept of its flagship online portal www.LandExchange.in brainchild of Investor, Founder & CEO Solomon Peter.

Silver futures decline Rs 538 to Rs 70,587 per kg on back of weak demand

Silver futures on Tuesday fell Rs 538 to Rs 70,587 per kilogramme as participants reduced their bets. On the Multi Commodity Exchange, silver contracts for July delivery declined Rs 538 or 0.76 per cent to Rs 70,587 per kg in a business turnover of 14,104 lots. Globally, silver was trading 1.01 per cent lower at USD 23.13 per ounce in New York.

CPAI asks Sebi to provide uninterrupted trading in cotton futures contracts

Commodity Participant Association of India (CPAI) has urged capital markets regulator Sebi to facilitate uninterrupted hedging and trading in cotton futures contracts to market participants. This comes after Sebi in August suspended trading in all cotton futures contracts on commodity exchange MCX for one month to align the contract specifications with that of the market. Later, MCX informed that it is in process of modifying the cotton contract specification and no fresh position would be permitted in cotton January 2023 contracts and the subsequent expiry contracts till such time the revised contract specification gets finalised. In its letter to Sebi on Monday, CPAI said the current contract will expire on December 30, 2022, and will move into the delivery period five days before the expiry. The market participants and hedgers need to roll over the position into January 2023 onwards contract. The market participants are awaiting the notification for the modified contract ...

Futures tumble as US consumer price growth unexpectedly rises in August

Excluding the volatile food and energy components, core CPI increased to 6.3% from 5.9% in July, putting further pressure on the Fed to continue on its rate-hiking spree

European stocks slip, US futures in red; markets raise ECB rate hike bets

European stocks took a dip while US futures is saw red on Wednesday. Asian stocks gathered strong ground following US-based stock dip. Market sentiment too, was volatile leading to lower indexes

Futures signal more selling on Wall Street as growth fears mount

At 06:22 a.m. ET, Dow e-minis were down 407 points, or 1.29%, S&P 500 e-minis were down 53 points, or 1.35%, and Nasdaq 100 e-minis were down 169 points, or 1.42%

Amazon, Future dispute: SC lets arbitration resume over FRL merger

The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered resumption of arbitral proceedings before the SIAC tribunal over Future Retail's merger deal to the tune of Rs 24,500 crore with Reliance Retail Ltd. A bench comprising Chief Justice N V Ramana and Justices Krishna Murari and Hima Kohli took note of the consent of US e-commerce major Amazon and Future group over the resumption of arbitral proceedings before the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC). The bench said the SIAC tribunal would pass an appropriate order on a plea of FRL filed under a provision of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act which provides for passing an order if the arbitral tribunal finds that the continuation of the proceedings has for any other reason become unnecessary or impossible. Earlier, the apex court had asked the Future Group and Amazon to jointly urge the Delhi High Court to first hear the enforcement petitions of Amazon which also relate to the preservation of assets of FRL. Amazon had moved the top

India's year-long curb on futures trade threatens food supply chain

The ban on access to futures contracts may fuel volatility in domestic markets

Dalian iron ore futures claw back on falling shipments from miners

Benchmark iron ore futures on China's Dalian Commodity Exchange recovered from four consecutive sessions of losses on Tuesday

BSE launches delivery-based futures contract in carbon steel billets

The futures contract was designed jointly with SUFI keeping in mind the industry participants needs and participation, the exchange said in a statement

NSE launches its first agricultural commodity futures contract CDSO

The contract will facilitate the soybean oils processing and allied industries in India and overseas, a perfect hedging tool for managing their price

Rising share of arbitrage funds in futures segment weighing on returns

Estimates suggest such funds account for over half of stock futures segment

Insurance to futures, China's $45 trn finance industry is set to open up

President Xi Jinping is seeking to cushion the world's No. 2 economy against the steepest slowdown since the early 1990s