Thursday, September 24
A viral social media video featuring an Uber driver’s Rs 2.5 lakh loss in options trading has reignited concerns over retail participation in India’s high-risk derivatives market.The video, posted on microblogging site X, captures the driver candidly recounting how he lost an amount equivalent to his entire annual income through options trading, a sobering reminder of the hazards retail investors face when navigating complex financial instruments without sufficient knowledge or capital."I incurred a loss of Rs 2.5 lakh in 2024, all through options trading. I had held stocks and they didn't result in any loss. The entire loss came from options," the driver said in Hindi.<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">LOTTERY CASINO KI TARAH AJKAL<br/>Options t
Income repatriation by overseas investors in Indian assets – traded financial securities such as bonds and stock, and direct investments in companies operating in the country – soared to within a touching distance of $100 billion, cementing the credentials of Asia's second-largest economy as a top global investment destination.Overseas investors took back home a record $97.7 billion as their profits (dividend, interest income, etc) from their investments in debt, equity and other fixed income instruments in FY25, compared with $87.5 billion in FY24, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) data showed.Besides foreign direct investments (FDI) in Indian firms, which yielded dividends and profit income for overseas shareholders, they also made money in Indian debt investments. Last year saw higher inf
Mumbai: Textile stocks jumped up to 9% on Tuesday after US President Donald Trump imposed 35% tariffs on garment imports from Bangladesh - one of the biggest exporters of garments to the US - effective from August 1. The move spurred optimism in Indian textile stocks, in anticipation that lower tariffs on Indian exports could lead to better prospects for these companies.Analysts said a trade deal between India and the US could lead to lower tariffs, which may improve business for textile companies."The imposition of a higher rate of tariffs on key garment exporters like Bangladesh puts Indian textile exporters in a favourable position," said Kaustubh Pawaskar, VP - lead analyst (consumption), ICICI Securities (retail). "Any positive development in the India-US trade deal could result in fu
Mumbai: The Securities and Exchange Board of India's (Sebi) latest study showed that retail traders in equity derivatives made losses of ₹1.05 lakh crore in FY25, a 41% increase from ₹74,812 crore in FY24. The report was published Monday, hot on the heels of an interim order against US trading giant Jane Street, which has been accused by the regulator of manipulating India's stock indices to profit from its equity derivative bets. A look at the interlinkages:What is the Sebi order about?The interim, ex-parte order probes into alleged index manipulation by Jane Street involving bank shares and the Bank Nifty index futures and options (F&O). Sebi's investigations showed that the trading firm was engaged in manipulative trades on the expiry days of Bank Nifty derivatives that pushed t
