Financial stocks RBL Bank, and Indiabulls Housing Finance are among the three stocks that continue to be under the F&O ban list by the stock exchange, whereas Sun TV has been added to the stock ban list for today. The NSE updates the list of securities in F&O ban for trade everyday.
The derivative contracts in the mentioned securities have crossed 95% of the market-wide position limit and are therefore have been currently put in the ban period by the stock exchange, said NSE.
“It is hereby informed that all clients/members shall trade in the derivative contracts of said securities only to decrease their positions through offsetting positions," the stock exchange said. "Any increase in open positions shall attract appropriate penal and disciplinary action," NSE added.
No fresh positions are allowed for any of the F&O contracts in that particular stock when it is under the F&O ban period. The MWPL (market-wide position limit) is set by the stock exchanges which is the maximum number of contracts that can be open at any time (Open Interest), therefore, the F&O contracts of that stock enter a ban period if the open interest crosses 95% of the MWPL.
Meanwhile, Indian indices may witness a subdued start on Thursday amid mixed trends. The indices on Wednesday snapped a two-day winning run to record losses. For Thursday, SGX Nifty, Singapore Nifty that is the Indian Nifty traded in Singapore Stock Exchange, indicates a flat start for the Indian stock market today.
