Shares of BSE Ltd rose 3.5% on December 22 after a report said that the stock exchange plans to launch more monthly index option products to boost its market share in the derivatives segment. The move is aimed to strengthen BSE’s competitiveness against peers in the index derivatives space, reported The Economic Times.
The exchange is also working on a revamp of the BANKEX index to enhance participation and liquidity, The Economic Times further reported.
At 3:05 pm on December 22, BSE shares were trading 3.3% higher at Rs 2,774 apiece, thus extending their gains for fourth straight day. The gains in the four-day period were 6%. Nifty Capital Markets index was trading 1.8% higher at 4,722.45 with MCX, BSE, Motilal Oswal Financial Services leading the gains.
The exchange is also developing other monthly derivative products and strengthening its GIFT City operations, the report added.
A turning point came last year, when the Securities and Exchange Board of India launched a sweeping crackdown aimed at curbing speculative retail activity and addressing losses among individual traders. The regulator scrapped several popular weekly options, cutting out the very products that had amplified intraday swings and drying out volume.
The impact is clear: While activity has bounced off from a low in February, notional turnover has averaged almost Rs 240 lakh crore ($2.7 trillion) a day this year, down 35% from 2024, reported Bloomberg. It’s the first annual decline since data going back to 2017.
Equity derivatives segment formed 58% of BSE's revenue in Q2. So far in 2025, the BSE stock rose 56% and is set for third consecutive year of gains.
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