The F&O tax hike fits into a broader Budget 2026 theme of promoting financial stability over speculative excess. While the ...

Budget 2026: Presenting her ninth consecutive Budget on Sunday, 1 February, FM Nirmala Sitharaman proposed to hike the ...

Union Budget 2026 raised securities transaction tax on futures and options, increasing trading costs across India’s ...

The hike will adversely impact many HFT traders and wealthy traders who are major players in the Indian F&O market.

Domestic equity benchmarks slid sharply after the Budget presentation, as broad-based selling across most sectors -- except IT -- pulled the indices lower.

The announcement means that the Securities Transaction Tax (STT) charged on futures trading has been increased to 0.05 per cent of the transaction value.

Under the new proposals, STT on futures trades has been raised from 0.02% to 0.05%, while options trading now attracts a flat 0.15% STT on both option premiums and exercised contracts. The move marks ...

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced a major increase in the Securities Transaction Tax (STT) on Futures and Options ...

Groww’s shares fell about 6.5% on Monday, a day after Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman proposed an increase in the Securities Transaction Tax (STT) on futures and options (F&O) in her Union Budget ...

Radhika Gupta, CEO of Edelweiss Mutual Fund, said the move may have been easier for markets to absorb in a very different ...

While the increase is small in absolute terms, it has material implications for arbitrage funds, which depend on cash-futures spreads to generate returns.

Futures and options products to provide exposure to 10 large-cap U.S. tech and growth stocks Cboe Magnificent 10 Index (new ticker: MGTN Index) includes Magnificent 7 stocks, AMD, Broadcom and ...