



Nice to ride the winning horse like India: SGX president Syn
Mint, referring to India's growth trajectory.However, the task now is to integrate the deep domestic liquidity in Mumbai with international participation at GIFT IFSC, he added.“In GIFT City today, participation is currently limited to a handful of players. The real opportunity lies in bringing these two pools of liquidity together.
When that happens, India becomes a clear winner,” Syn added.GIFT IFSC stands for Gujarat International Finance Tec-City—International Financial Services Centre, and is an offshore jurisdiction in the state, allowing trading in dollar-denominated derivative contracts through its exchanges—NSEIX and India INX.NSEIX is the the international exchange of the National Stock Exchange (NSE), while India INX stands for India international exchange, which is the international arm of BSE. Operating out of IFSC at the GIFT City, they facilitate trading in international financial products such as equity and index derivatives.The most actively traded product is the GIFT Nifty futures contract, which recorded an average daily turnover of $5.01 billion in January, according to its presentation.
The GIFT Nifty contract—developed through a partnership between NSE and SGX—was earlier traded on SGX before being brought back to India in 2023.Volumes on the GIFT Nifty contract remain significantly lower than those of the Nifty 50 futures traded onshore. The number of onshore Nifty 50 futures contracts expiring on 30 March was at 35,238, while the number of offshore GIFT Nifty futures contracts expiring on the same day was at 5,310, as per NSE and NSEIX.This is largely due to limited participation from capital market intermediaries at GIFT IFSC, as India’s domestic market is far more mature.As of February, India
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