India’s stock brokers are gearing up for challenging times ahead as the likelihood of stricter norms in equity derivatives is expected to aggravate the industry’s woes already weighed down by a slew of regulatory tightening measures and higher taxes on options trading. Broking officials and analysts said the profitability of these firms, especially discount brokers … Read more
Mumbai: The competition between India’s two major stock exchanges, the National Stock Exchange (NSE) and BSE, for market share continues to intensify. The NSE will introduce a 1 paisa tick size for all stocks below ₹250 starting June 10. Tick size is the incremental price at which a stock can trade. The 1 paisa tick … Read more
Mumbai: Access to Dalal Street is no longer the exclusive preserve of Mumbai’s richer neighbourhoods or old-money Kolkata. Discount brokers, which began democratising equity exposure a decade ago, have since harnessed the mobile data revolution to tell India’s eye-popping growth story to ordinary savers in Madurai, Moradabad or Mangaluru – and wrest a three-fifths share … Read more
Mumbai: Non-banking finance companies have raised the cost of borrowing for stock brokers by 25-30%, according to four industry officials familiar with the matter. The move will make margin funding – a short-term loan that brokers extend to investors for buying shares they cannot afford otherwise – costlier for clients, the officials said. Brokers borrow … Read more
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Mumbai: Notwithstanding heightened concerns over froth and over-valuation in the small-cap and mid-cap space, some money managers and brokers are recommending to investors with a high-risk appetite to make fresh investments in such stocks or schemes that invest here. Strength in earnings growth and decline in share valuations in the mid-cap and small-cap segments following … Read more
Mumbai: Most leading Dalal Street participants don’t see any need to tone down their enthusiasm on the stock market’s prospects in 2024 on the heels of the record-breaking run in the previous year. Indian equities are likely to scale new peaks in 2024, with the Nifty forecast to touch 23,500-25,000 levels, said a majority of … Read more
