futures contracts

Attention of Authorized Dealers Category – I (AD Category – I) banks is invited to A.P.(DIR Series) Circular No. 05 dated August 06, 2008, permitting persons resident in India to participate in the currency futures market in India, subject to the directions contained in Currency Futures (Reserve Bank) Directions, 2008 [Notification No. FED.1/ DG (SG)-2008 dated August 6, 2008]. Full Article

Eighteen months after introducing India’s volatility index, or VIX, market regulator Sebi has begun its groundwork to introduce derivatives contracts, with the index as the underlying. VIX is a measure of traders’ near-term expectations of implied volatility, or IV, based on the 50 stock options prices on the Nifty index. The regulator is believed to be talking to market participants about the possibility of introducing futures and options that traders can use to bet.. Full Article

Following are the highlights of the mid-term review of India's monetary policy conducted by Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor D. Subbarao Friday: - Bank rate, repo rate and reverse repo rate kept unchanged , Flexibility retained to conduct overnight auctions of securities. Cash reserve ratio kept unchanged at 6.5 per cent. Floating rate bonds to be issued at appropriate time. Interest rate futures contracts to be launched in early 2009. Full Article