Indian brokerages fall as markets regulator proposes curbs on options
BENGALURU, July 31 (Reuters) -Shares of Indian brokerages fell on Wednesday, a day after the markets regulator proposed several measures to curb trading in options.
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) on Tuesday evening proposed raising the minimum trading amount for index options by over three times, reducing the number of contracts expiring each week and hiking margins.
Shares of Angel One ANGO.NS, 5Paisa Capital PAIS.NS, SMC Global Securities SMCG.NS, Motilal Oswal MOFS.NS, Geojit Financial GEOJ.NS, Dolat Algotech DOLA.NS and IIFL Securities IIFS.NS fell between 1%-5%.
"Exchanges and retail focused brokers will be most impacted. Highest impact can come from reduction in the number of weekly option contracts," Jefferies said in a note.
"BSE can offset impact and even gain, if volumes spillover from discontinued products to those which are continued."
Shares of exchange operator BSE BSEL.NS rose 6%.
India has been flagging risks from speculative trading by retail investors, who have been funnelling savings into its booming options market. Last week, the government raised the tax derivative transactions.
In fiscal year 2024, over 9 million individuals and firms dabbled in index derivatives and incurred a loss of 516.89 billion rupees ($6.18 billion), as per a SEBI discussion paper.
Investec expects a 30% drop in number of derivative orders per client for Angel One and sees it raising prices to 25 rupees per order from 20 rupees.
Angel One has slipped more than 39% so far this year, the top loser among brokerages, while Dolat Algotech and Motilal Oswal MOFS.NS are the top gainers, up 117% and 113%, respectively.
India's largest discount brokerage, Zerodha, does not expect a large impact on trading volumes.
"The suggested changes, even with the securities transaction charge increase, won't really change options volumes," Nithin Kamath, CEO and co-founder of Zerodha, said on social media platform X.
($1 = 83.6980 Indian rupees)
Reporting by Sethuraman NR in Bengaluru; Editing by Mrigank Dhaniwala
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