This happened on four occasions, the latest being on January 18, when the value of marketwide outstanding calls exceeded that of the market...

The Sovereign Gold Bond is a better option in a falling price environment given the annual interest, while ETFs have higher liquidity.

The strategy is to buying one 11,600 put, selling two 11,300 puts and buying one 11,000 put. From Friday’s close of 11,642, the expectation...

“These contracts are cheaper and better diversifiers of risk than trading a stand-alone futures contract on , say, copper or aluminium,” sa...

The risk is if Nifty moves more sharply than anticipated. Since two calls and puts are sold, unlimited loss begins above 12,380 and below 1...

Abhishek Karande, CMT senior analyst at Reliance Securities, believes markets would trend higher with no sign of a reversal yet. “I see no ...

Market participants like UR Bhat, director of FII advisory Dalton Capital Advisors, believe that while the index could test the August 31 h...

“A conclusive break above 11,562 is a must for the index to rise,” said Hormuz Mali, director, AFco Investments. “11,550 and above is a con...

Analysts said although paper gold consumption was minuscule compared with the annual 750-800 tonnes physical gold consumption in India, inv...

FIIs were net short index futures cumulatively by 17,725 contracts Friday.

The 50 per cent retracement from the low is around 9,970.

The seller receives premium from the options’ buyer and that is the maximum she earns.

Analysts believe that the market could well make a new low if the 7,840 level is breached.

Chandan Taparia, derivatives analyst, Motilal Oswal Securities, expects banks to lead a potential rally till expiry.

A conclusive breach of Bank Nifty below 26,555, could cause the index to drift lower towards 26,000, another crucial support.

Arab Petroleum Investment Corporation (Apicorp) will sell its 12% stake in Egypt-based Alexandria Carbon Black Company (ACBC) to Aditya Bir...

Arab Petroleum Investment Corporation (Apicorp) will sell its 12 per cent stake in Egypt-based Alexandria Carbon Black Company (ACBC) to Ad...