he cash segment includes bonds, stocks, and mutual funds, and is suitable for long-term investments. Investors need sufficient funds to buy stocks in cash markets, whereas F&O markets require only margin money. Hedge funds and REITs offer higher returns with more flexibility and stricter regulations, respectively. Commodity, currency, and interest rate derivatives are traded in the F&O market. Futures and options allow investors to buy or sell assets at a set price in the future.
NSE is ranked fourth in the world in cash equities by the number of trades as per the statistics maintained by the World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) for the calendar year 2021.
The first day witnessed participation from 122 trading members, with volumes of 1.43 lakh contracts worth Rs 1,079.6 crore traded at the end of the day.
The first day witnessed participation from 122 trading members, with volumes of 1.43 lakh contracts worth Rs 1,079.6 crore traded at the end of the day in the weekly futures contracts of USD-INR.
Read more about National Stock Exchange launches weekly USD-INR futures contracts on Business Standard. The National Stock Exchange (NSE) on Monday introduced weekly futures contracts in the US Dollar-Indian Rupee (USD-INR) currency pair
The Indian rupee was authorized to trade against foreign currencies such as the euro, pound sterling, and the Japanese yen once currency futures on the USD-INR were introduced for trading. On October 29, 2010, Currency Options was launched. The currency converter on Goodreturns.in is an amazing tool for converting currencies from one exchange to another.