MCX gets Sebi nod for gold options.

The Multi Commodity Exchange of India Ltd (MCX) has received the regulator Sebi’s approval for the launch of gold option contracts with 1 kg gold futures the underlying commodity.

The exchange said in its circular that the date for launching options in gold would be announced separately but traders expect it to start trading around Diwali time. 

The regulator has allowed only one commodity option per exchange on a pilot basis. Non-agri commodities want to have an average turnover of Rs. 1,000 crore and the commodity needs to be in the top five list in terms of daily turnover.

Nifty closes at 9274, Sensex closes at 29,974 up 64 points from previous close

The benchmark indices Nifty closed at 9274.24, up by 27 points. BSE Sensex closed at 29,974.24 levels, up by 64.02 points with just one left for RBI policy announcement. The BSE Midcap rose 0.46% at 14,256 and BSE Smallcap indices rose 1% at 14,785.

The overall market breadth was positive. There were 1965 advances against a 956 declines and a total of 136 shares were unchanged.

Maruti Suzuki and Adani Ports rose above 4 percent each and topped the majors, whereas, HDFC and HCL Tech were the top losers.

Shankara Building Products shares listed at Rs 555 on the NSE, a 21% premium against its issue price of Rs. 460. The stock extended intraday gains to settle 39% higher at Rs. 638 against its Initial Public Offering. 

European and Asian stocks were higher. U.S stock markets closed with small gains yesterday ahead of a key meeting between President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping on 6 & 7 April 2017.

Equity Benchmarks Rising High, Gold Silver Down

Equity Benchmarks extended rally in the morning session. Market has risen more than 1 percent till yet. Sensex is up 281 points to 28141 and Nifty is up 78 points to 8670. Currently Rupee is trading at 66.81 with 3 paise hike against US Dollar. Bullion Market dropped in the early sessions. MCX Gold with 167 points down trading at 31160 and Silver dropped 280 points to 46475. Natural Gas with minor drop is trading at 169.70 and Crude Oil has hiked a good amount of 38 points to 2950. Asian market indices are trading high in the positive zone. Nikkei has hiked 191 points to 16926, Hang Seng with 164 points lead trading at 22745 and Shanghai Composite is trading low with just 7 points up at 3009. 

Indian Sectors are showing high movements positive leads. BSE Auto is trading highest with 308 points lead to 21486, BSE Bankex hiked 195 points to 21519 and Bank Nifty with 152 points up trading at 18792. BSE Small Cap with 80 points lead trading at 12270, BSE Mid Cap has risen 129 points to 12777 and Nifty MidCap with 115 points up trading at 14858.

Stock And Commodity Market Slips Down, Infosys Drops 8 Percent

Indian Stock Market opened flat today, could not hold its early gains and deviated to red. Sensex live at 27815 with 126 points down or 0.45 percent while Nifty dropped 0.33 points or 0.39 percent to 8531. Indian sectors are trading mixed with Consumer Durables sector at 12504 with 205 points up and Auto sector at 20404 with 175 points at top. BSE Small Cap trading at 12028 with 40 points down, BSE Mid-Cap at 12144 with 29 points up and Nifty Mid-Cap live at 14334 with 4 points down. Infosys dropped 8.96 percent in the early sessions which is depicted as a major loss, NTPC and TCS dropped 2.5 percent. Rupee opened marginally higher but declined 0.04 paise or 0.06 percent to 66.95. Bullion Market drops in the early session, Gold with 63 points down trading at 30,887 and Silver dropped 64 points at 47,445. Energy sector is trading low minor loss. NCDEX Market is trading marginally down. Charjddel and Sybeanidr with minor losses trading respective at 9000 and 3650. Rmseed with 11 points hike at 4924, Tmcfgrnzm with 18 points hike at 8104 and Dhaniya with 24 points lead at 7809. Asian market Indices are trading high on global cues. Japan's benchmark index Nikkei with 114 points hike trading at 16500, Hong Kong's Index Hang Seng with 30 points up trading at 21591 and China's benchmark index Shanghai Composite declined 1.54 points at 3052.48.