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02.02 / 10:13

markets COST security Research Trade Experts STT hike: Why derivative traders will dump futures for options

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The proposed increase in the securities transaction tax (STT) on derivatives from the next fiscal could drive a shift in trading from futures to options, where the hike in the levy is comparatively lower, experts said. This could partly offset the estimated 10-15% dent in derivative volumes, according to some of them.

02.02 / 09:27

markets COST Gap security Strategy Trade How will the STT hike on F&O trades affect arbitrage and other funds?

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Budget 2026 increased transaction costs in the derivatives market by hiking the securities transaction tax (STT) on futures and options trades. While the increase is small in absolute terms, it has material implications for arbitrage funds, which depend on cash-futures spreads.

02.02 / 09:27

markets UPS security wellness Trade cricket The best thing about Budget 2026? It left your finances alone

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Towards the end of every January, the financial media gears up for budget day as if it were a cricket final. Anchors rehearse their reactions, influencers prepare their hot takes, and everyone braces for the big reveals that will supposedly reshape our financial lives.

02.02 / 02:29

Manufacturing Trade Mint Quick Edit | Trade relief: The budget signals the end of an inspector raj at Indian ports

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Amid an unravelling of global trade, the Union budget has proposed some welcome steps to ease the pain. As one-off relief for eligible export-oriented manufacturers in special economic zones, for example, it proposes a pathway to let them sell some of their output within India at a concessional duty rate.

02.02 / 02:29

COST UPS Target economy Trade testing India’s budget doubles down on a tried and tested formula—with debt reduction as a distant target

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. India kept calm and carried on this fiscal year, with a GST spur for retail offtake, an urgency for foreign trade deals and a few tariff tweaks for factory-cost relief making up the bulk of our response to trade adversity. That spirit prevails in India’s budget for 2026-27 too.

02.02 / 00:47

markets COST Strategy economy Trade shock How China emerged stronger than ever amid US tariffs—and what India can learn from it

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Few questions are as revealing today as how the world’s two largest economies—the US and China—differ in their economic approaches. In Breakneck: China’s Quest to Engineer the Future (2025), Dan Wang offers a useful lens.

02.02 / 00:47

markets COST UPS security Sustainability Trade shock The prospect of better returns will overshadow the budget’s securities transaction tax hike

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The government’s goal of a Viksit Bharat by 2047 requires India to sustain high growth over a long period of time. Union Budget 2026-27 operates within a framework that India has articulated for itself: of bringing down the government’s debt-to-gross domestic product (GDP) ratio on a sustainable basis.

02.02 / 00:47

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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Stock market update: In a historic special Sunday session coinciding with the Union Budget 2026, Indian equity markets witnessed a volatile sell-off amid a hike in the securities transaction tax (STT) on derivatives, which dampened sentiment.

02.02 / 00:47

markets SUN Healthcare trends Trade electronic recommendations Stocks to buy: Raja Venkatraman recommends top picks for 2 February

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The Indian stock market witnessed a sharp fall in intraday trade on Sunday, after the finance minister presented her ninth consecutive budget. The Sensex closed 1,546.84 points lower at 80,722.94, while the Nifty shed 495.20 points to settle at 24,825.45, reflecting a decline of nearly 2%.

01.02 / 14:23

markets Provident Manufacturing security Enterprise Trade electronic Budget 2026: Manufacturing gets a big push amid global headwinds

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Union Budget 2026-27 continued to push the pedal on localization in the Indian manufacturing sector, announcing a slew of measures across electronic goods, pharma, textiles, capital goods and other sectors to boost India's production and export competitiveness. The focus on self-reliance was reflected in finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s speech.

01.02 / 13:09

Waters economy Trade cover reports Headlines Union budget: Why the real impact on India’s economy lies beyond the headlines

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The date of 1 February for the announcement of the Union budget precedes by a month the release of the advance estimate of India’s gross domestic product (GDP) based on three quarters, which this year will mark the start of a new GDP series with 2022-23 as its base year, replacing the old series based on 2011-12. The new series will change the sectoral weights, and with that, the estimates of aggregate real growth for the first two quarters.

01.02 / 13:09

markets UPS Action Sustainability Trade Videos Vijay L. Bhambwani's Ticker: Volatility threat can spike this week

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Dear reader, Please note that I am writing this piece on Saturday, before the budget is presented. Last week, I wrote bulls appeared to be on the ropes.

01.02 / 12:37

markets COST FIVE Manufacturing security Analysis Trade Budget bloodbath: Market breadth hits 5-year low as STT hike triggers widespread rout

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. MUMBAI : Market breadth has hit at least a five-year low during Sunday’s budget session, with four out of every five BSE 500 stocks retreating. This marks the most widespread sell-off on a budget day since 2021, erasing gains across every sector except pharma and textiles.

01.02 / 12:11

markets Provident Maxim Platform security Research Trade Budget 2026: STT hike to hit derivatives trading volumes

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Stocks of capital-market-related companies such as exchanges and discount brokers have been hit hardest by the steep hike in securities transaction tax (STT). Listed companies aren’t the only ones that will bear the brunt — the valuation of NSE’s upcoming initial public offering (IPO) will also be affected as it is the dominant exchange in equity derivatives trading.

01.02 / 10:15

markets COST Trade President show reports Budget 2026 report card on exports, textiles, and startups

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget for 2026–27 on Sunday, against the backdrop of renewed geo-economic disruptions affecting India. With these pressures likely to spill into the coming financial year, the Budget offers a window into how the government plans to respond to a set of pressing challenges.

01.02 / 09:49

markets UPS Provident Manufacturing Trade International Destinations Budget 2026: Auto sector left wanting

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Going into the Union Budget 2026-27, expectations from the automobile sector were decidedly high. While the budget was not hostile towards the sector, it was not ambitious either.

01.02 / 00:59

markets Action Sustainability Trade Experts performer recommendations Budget Day stock recommendations from MarketSmith India

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Stock market recap: The Indian stock markets closed lower on Friday, 30 January, as various factors led to widespread selling across different sectors. The Sensex dropped approximately 0.35% to finish close to 82,269, while the Nifty 50 fell 0.40% to 25,320.

01.02 / 00:59

markets UPS Target trends Trade Experts performer Budget 2026: Raja Venkatraman shares top stock picks for 1 February

31.01 / 10:33

markets Trade President track blues Retail gold, silver bulls to face Sunday blues

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Retail investors who piled into the blistering bullion rally were left nursing steep losses after MCX silver and gold futures crashed an unprecedented 27% and 12%, respectively, on Friday. The full impact on bullish positions is likely to become clearer when markets reopen on Sunday.

31.01 / 06:15

Cooper security Trade President reports Trump tantrums push Europe to look east

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. NEW DELHI : Negotiations for “the mother of all deals", which has been almost 20 years in the making, finally concluded this week. In EU President Ursula von der Leyen’s own words: “We are creating a market of 2 billion people.

31.01 / 06:15

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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Brian Armstrong, CEO of the biggest U.S. crypto company, was having coffee with former U.K.

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