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Changes to Nifty50, 40 stocks F&O contract lot size come into effect

The reduction in the lot size for the Nifty contracts will reduce the margin requirements for futures trading by one-third, thus easing the burden of excessive upfront margins for retail traders.

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By Ankit Gohel  Jun 26, 2021 12:20:41 PM IST (Published)

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Changes to Nifty50, 40 stocks F&O contract lot size come into effect
The new lot sizes of the Nifty50’s futures & options (F&O) contracts and forty stocks are applicable from the July F&O series. The National Stock Exchange of India (NSE) had decided to reduce the lot size for the Nifty50’s F&O contracts and 40 stocks on March 31.

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Accordingly, the F&O lot size of Nifty50 has been slashed to 50 from 75 and that of 40 individual stocks by 50 percent.
The lot size for Nifty Bank at 25 and Nifty Financial Services at 40 has been kept unchanged.
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The reduction in the lot size for the Nifty contracts will reduce the margin requirements for futures trading by one-third, giving relief to retail traders.
The move comes at a time when the third phase of Securities and Exchange Board of India’s (Sebi) peak margin regulations has become effective from June 1.
The new rules mandate brokers to collect margins based on the intraday peak position. From June 1, the upfront margin requirement was raised to 75 percent from 50 percent and it will be eventually be raised to 100 percent from September onwards.
These rules were brought to effect last year in a phased manner.
State Bank of India, Tata Motors, Tech Mahindra, Titan Company, UltraTech Cement, Wipro, Tata Power, Adani Enterprises, Ashok Leyland, Bajaj Finance, BHEL, Apollo Hospitals Enterprise, Cipla, Grasim Industries, Hindalco Industries, Jindal Steel & Power, Mahindra & Mahindra, Mindtree and SAIL are the among 40 stocks whose market lot size has been revised
In the case of Bajaj Finserv and Coforge, the market lot size has been reduced to 75 from 125 and to 200 from 375, respectively.
The lot size for F&O contracts of 114 stocks are unchanged.
Here is the list of 40 stocks whose lot size has been reduced:
Sr NoUnderlyingSymbolPresent Market LotRevised Market Lot
1ADANI ENTERPRISES LIMITEDADANIENT20001000
2ADANI PORTS AND SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE LIMITEDADANIPORTS25001250
3APOLLO HOSPITALS ENTERPRISE LIMITEDAPOLLOHOSP500250
4APOLLO TYRES LIMITEDAPOLLOTYRE50002500
5ASHOK LEYLAND LIMITEDASHOKLEY90004500
6BAJAJ FINANCE LIMITEDBAJFINANCE250125
7BHARAT ELECTRONICS LIMITEDBEL76003800
8BHARAT HEAVY ELECTRICALS LIMITEDBHEL2100010500
9CHOLAMANDALAM INVESTMENT AND FINANCE COMPANY LIMITEDCHOLAFIN25001250
10CIPLA LIMITEDCIPLA1300650
11COLGATE PALMOLIVE (INDIA) LIMITEDCOLPAL700350
12CUMMINS INDIA LIMITEDCUMMINSIND1200600
13GRASIM INDUSTRIES LIMITEDGRASIM950475
14HAVELLS INDIA LIMITEDHAVELLS1000500
15HINDALCO INDUSTRIES LIMITEDHINDALCO43002150
16IDFC FIRST BANK LIMITEDIDFCFIRSTB190009500
17JINDAL STEEL & POWER LIMITEDJINDALSTEL50002500
18JSW STEEL LIMITEDJSWSTEEL27001350
19MAHINDRA & MAHINDRA LIMITEDM&M1400700
20MAX FINANCIAL SERVICES LIMITEDMFSL1300650
21MINDTREE LIMITEDMINDTREE800400
22MOTHERSON SUMI SYSTEMS LIMITEDMOTHERSUMI70003500
23INFO EDGE (INDIA) LIMITEDNAUKRI250125
24PIRAMAL ENTERPRISES LIMITEDPEL550275
25STEEL AUTHORITY OF INDIA LIMITEDSAIL190009500
26STATE BANK OF INDIASBIN30001500
27SHREE CEMENT LIMITEDSHREECEM5025
28SIEMENS LIMITEDSIEMENS550275
29SHRIRAM TRANSPORT FINANCE COMPANY LIMITEDSRTRANSFIN800400
30TATA CHEMICALS LIMITEDTATACHEM20001000
31TATA MOTORS LIMITEDTATAMOTORS57002850
32TATA POWER COMPANY LIMITEDTATAPOWER135006750
33TATA STEEL LIMITEDTATASTEEL1700850
34TECH MAHINDRA LIMITEDTECHM1200600
35TITAN COMPANY LIMITEDTITAN750375
36TORRENT POWER LIMITEDTORNTPOWER30001500
37ULTRATECH CEMENT LIMITEDULTRACEMCO200100
38VEDANTA LIMITEDVEDL62003100
39VOLTAS LIMITEDVOLTAS1000500
40WIPRO LIMITEDWIPRO32001600
 

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