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Securities Transaction Tax (STT) is a tax payable in India on the value of securities (excluding commodities and currency) transacted through a recognized stock exchange. As of 2016, it is 0.1% for delivery based equity trading. [1] STT does not apply to off-market transactions or on commodity or currency transactions. [2]
Short selling is a form of speculation that allows a trader to take a "negative position" in a stock of a company.Such a trader first borrows shares of that stock from their owner (the lender), typically via a bank or a prime broker under the condition that they will return it on demand.
The cost of borrowing these stocks can become significant – in February 2001, the cost to borrow (short) Krispy Kreme stock reached an annualized 55%, indicating that a short seller would need to pay the lender more than half the price of the stock over the course of the year, essentially as interest for borrowing a stock in limited supply. [28]
This was the first of its kind index of the UK equity stock market launched in India. FTSE 100 includes the 100 of largest UK-listed blue-chip companies and has given returns of 17.8 percent on investment over three years. The index constitutes 85.6 per cent of UK's equity market cap. [45]
Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) in Mumbai, founded in erstwhile Bombay, is the oldest and one of the two principal large stock exchanges in India. It has a market cap of $3.3 trillion. India Commodity Exchange ICEX short for Indian Commodity Exchange Limited, is a leading commodity derivatives exchange in India. Established in 2009, ICEX ...
Stocks concluded last week on a hot streak as softer-than-expected inflation data fueled investor optimism around interest rate cuts. The Nasdaq Composite rose more than 3% while the S&P 500 ...
Day trading is an extremely short-term style of trading in which all positions entered during a trading day are exited the same day. Short term trading can be risky and unpredictable due to the volatile nature of the stock market at times. Within the time frame of a day and a week many factors can have a major effect on a stock's price.
Zerodha Broking Ltd is an Indian brokerage and financial services company, based in Bengaluru. It offers an electronic trading platform that facilitates institutional and retail trading of stocks , derivatives , currencies , commodities , mutual funds and bonds .