Learn about futures trading, along with how contracts work, key market factors, risks, and potential benefits, and how investors use futures to hedge or speculate.

Learn the basics of options trading, what calls and puts are, how options work, and strategies to hedge or speculate with ...

Under the new proposals, STT on futures trades has been raised from 0.02% to 0.05%, while options trading now attracts a flat ...

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

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

--Brent crude oil is flat at $62.88 a barrel. --European benchmark gas is down 1.1% to 28.87 euros a megawatt-hour. --Gold futures are up 0.7% to $4,230.50 a troy ounce. --LME three-month copper ...

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

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.

Budget 2026 has increased Securities Transaction Tax (STT) on futures and options trading to curb excessive retail ...

While options and futures seem to have a lot in common, there are key differences At first glance, options and futures seem to have a lot in common. Both vehicles give you the opportunity to bet on ...

Securities transaction tax (STT) is a tax imposed on the value of securities transactions on recognised stock exchanges in the country. It applies to trades in equity mutual funds, equities, futures ...

In the Budget, the government proposed an increase in the Securities Transaction Tax on several derivatives products. The ...