Robert Greifeld, chief executive officer of the NewYork based-Nasdaq, the world's leading stock exchange for technology stocks
Smart order routing (SOR) has finally taken off in India, with the country's two premier bourses resolving their long-standing dispute over the audit trail of orders. SOR allows brokers' trading engines to automatically choose the best price for stocks from multiple exchanges.
A total of 10 new stocks have been included in BSE Mid-Cap index, while 12 existing ones would move out.
Hong Kong on Wednesday initiated a process to attract Indian companies to list on its stock exchange, saying ample liquidity in that market will help local companies raise resources. A delegation led by Hong Kong financial secretary John C Tsang discussed with a dozen Indian companies, most of them big corporate houses, the possibility of listings on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKSE).
The interbank foreign exchange (forex), call money markets, cotton, metals, sugar and future trading in castor seeds will remained officially closed on Friday on the occasion of Ramnavami.\n\n\n\n
The interbank foreign exchange, call money as well as major essential commodities markets like sugar, edible oils, cotton, metals and bullion will remain officially closed on Wednesday on the occasion of Gudi Padwa.
Last year, Tech Mahindra and Mahindra Satyam announced their intention to merge aming to create a $2.4 billion entity.
Anil Ambani's radio business, Reliance Media World, which operates radio station BIG FM 92.7, will list on the Bombay Stock Exchange and the National Stock Exchange on Thursday. This makes BIG FM 92.7 the second radio station to be listed on the stock exchanges.
India's regional stock exchanges will draw up a roadmap on Saturday to form a consolidated larger entity 'Indonext' or merge the trading platform with bigger bourses, like the Bombay Stock Exchange.
While MCX-SX is still waiting for regulatory approval to host equity trading, BSE has been struggling to maintain its 30 per cent market share in the cash segment.
Both the Bombay Stock Exchange and the National Stock Exchange will have special trading sessions on Saturday, June 4, as NSE would test its back-up facilities at Chennai.
The DSE Association has changed its status to DSE Ltd to facilitate its process of demutualisation and listing on the leading bourses of the country, Bharat Bhushan Sahni, the chairman of DSE Demutualisation Committee, said.
The increased penalty, which is aimed at enhancing the surveillance mechanism for the stock market trades and discouraging the brokers from trading without submitting the PAN details of their clients, would come into effect from November 1, 2012.
Ruias-controlled Essar group on Thursday said it will delist its two steel and oil arms from stock exchanges to gain more flexibility in running the companies.
Rules governing short-selling in various jurisdictions continue to generate controversy among regulators, lawmakers and market participants. While the US capital market regulator Securities and Exchange Commission has banned short-selling of financial shares after it was blamed for the collapse of Lehman Brothers, in India, the practice had come under the scanner as foreign institutional investors were lending stocks overseas to facilitate short-selling.
All principal markets including the Bombay Stock Exchange, the National Stock Exchange, foreign exchange, money, oils & oilseeds, metals, copra and cotton remained closed on Wednesday on account of Eid-Ul-Fitr.
The broader markets ended higher with mid-caps and small-caps gaining nearly 0.1% on the BSE.
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While the BSE is holding a special trading session to test its disaster recovery software, NSE conduct a special live trading session in capital market segment and future options and SLB segments.
The complaints are in the nature of non-receipt of money, non-receipt of equity shares in demat & physical form, non- receipt of debt securities, among others, BSE said in a statement on Wednesday.
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On August 7, the Reserve Bank of India and the Securities and Exchange Board of India cleared the guidelines for currency futures trading. Exactly six days later, the National Stock Exchange got the market regulator's approval to start such trading and is scheduled to kick off currency futures this Friday.
The Securities and Exchange Board of India continued to be on high alert and has asked the stock exchanges to "remain extraordinarily watchful of any unusual movements" following the intense volatility in the capital market.
The US-based Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation is planning to pick up 5 per cent stake in the Bombay Stock Exchange.
'Rather than abolishing stamp duty as STT is already levied on all transactions, the government has de-facto imposed a state STT in the guise of stamp duty'
Markets ended lower on Thursday following the expiry of July derivative contracts weighed down by profit taking in FMCG shares after recent gains.
Firms denied peer review certificate may be barred from auditing
You cannot sow today and reap tomorrow.
The Bombay Stock Exchange's 30-share Sensex closed at 19,504 up 117 points. The National Stock Exchange's 50-share S&P CNX Nifty closed up 26 points at 5,930.
Some unions have opposed EPFO investing in share markets.
The first phase of this online platform will be in place by March 2010
"Although extended market hours seems inevitable in the long run, current infrastructure and environment does not completely support the move."
The Securities and Exchange Board of India has permitted Stock Exchanges to determine the manner of adjustments in derivative contracts for corporate actions such as dividend and bonus payment.\n\n
