The National Stock Exchange of India (NSE) on Tuesday, January 7 announced the addition of six securities in the Futures & Options (F&O) with effect from January 31, 2025. The stocks that will be included are Castrol India, Gland Pharma, NBCC, Phoenix, Solar Industries India and Torrent Power.
The inclusions are based on the stock selection criteria as prescribed by SEBI in its August 30, 2024 circular and have been approved by market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi).
The market lot and scheme of strikes of the above-mentioned securities will be informed to the investors on January 30, 2025 through a separate circular. The details of applicable quantity freeze will be available in the contract file which will be applicable for trading on January 31, 2025, the NSE circular said.
Earlier in November, the NSE had introduced 45 stocks in the derivatives segment. The then issued circular stated that contracts for companies such as Adani Energy, Adani Green, Angel One, Bank of India, BSE, CDSL, CESC, Delhivery, Avenue Supermart, HUDCO, Jio Financial, JSW Energy, NHPC, FSN E-Commerce, Tata Elxsi, Yes Bank, Varun Beverages, and Zomato, among others, will be available for trading from November 29.
India’s largest index had also announced the exclusion of 16 stocks from the F&O segment with effect from February 28, 2025 saying that no contracts will be available for trading from this date.
The stocks which have been removed from the derivatives segment include PVR Inox, United Breweries, Abbott India, Atul, Bata India, Can Fin Homes, Coromandel International, City Union Bank , Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers and Chemicals, Gujarat Gas, IndiaMart Intermesh, IPCA Laboratories, Dr. Lal Path Labs, Metropolis Healthcare, Navin Fluorine International and Sun TV Network.(Disclaimer: Recommendations, suggestions, views and opinions given by the experts are their own. These do not represent the views of Economic Times)