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Informist, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025

 

By Anjana Therese Antony

 

MUMBAI – Bearish bets were added to the derivatives chain of BSE after a media report said the Indian markets regulator is likely to issue a consultation paper about ending the weekly expiry of options contracts. The stock exchange earns a major chunk of its revenue from the derivatives business. The company's share price has declined from a record high in June on concern about changing the weekly expiry days of the stock exchanges. Premiums on deep out-of-the-money call contracts of BSE declined sharply while those on puts more than doubled.

 

CNBC-TV18 Thursday reported that SEBI will begin consultations with the stock exchanges next week to explore a proposal to end the weekly expiry contracts in equity derivatives trading. Shares of BSE closed almost 5% lower at INR 2,162.80 on the National Stock Exchange. Near-term support for the stock is pegged at INR 2,000-INR 1,900 and the resistance is seen at INR 2,200-INR 2,250, a senior derivatives analyst at a domestic broking firm said.

 

In the options chain of BSE, premiums on INR 2,200-INR 2,500 call contracts expiring Sept. 30 declined more than 25% while premiums on INR 2,100-INR 2,000 put contracts increased 145-200%. The highest addition of open interest was at INR 2,200 call and INR 2,000 put options. Traders also added bearish positions to the futures series of BSE, with open interest of the September contract rising almost 21% and that of the October series rising nearly 38%. These two contracts closed almost 5% lower, mirroring the fall in the stock.

 

For the quarter ended Jun. 30, BSE's sales from equity derivatives had grown almost 26% on quarter to INR 5.98 billion. The company's consolidated net profit for the quarter was INR 5.39 billion on a revenue of INR 9.58 billion. 

 

The regulator is also considering same-day expiries across exchanges and consultations with the exchanges could begin as early as next week, according to CNBC-TV18. SEBI's board is scheduled to meet Friday at 1800 IST. The market regulator has been adopting measures to reduce the trading volume in the derivatives market, particularly retail participation, due to the significant losses retail investors incur in this segment.

 

--Nifty 50 Sept. closed at 25110.00, up 37.70 points; 104.50-point premium to the spot index

--Nifty 50 Oct. closed at 25222.10, up 33.50 points; 216.60-point premium to the spot index

--Nifty 50 Nov. closed at 25345.00, up 37.50 points; 339.50-point premium to the spot index

 

BSE, Oracle Financial Services Software, Ambuja Cement, Infosys, Axis Bank, Reliance Industries, Bharat Heavy Electricals, ICICI Bank, Aurobindo Pharma, Adani Enterprises, Bharat Electronics, HDFC Bank, Eternal, Hindustan Aeronautics, Angel One, and Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone were the most active underlying stocks Thursday.  End

 

Edited by Rajeev Pai

 

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