NATIONAL STOCK EXCHANGE OF INDIA LIMITED

FUTURES AND OPTIONS SEGMENT

 

CIRCULAR

 

Circular No.: NSE/F&O/010/2007                                                                   Date: February 6, 2007

Download No. NSE/FAOP/8483

 

Dear Members,

Subject: Revision of Market Lot of Derivative Contracts

 

Exchange reviews on a periodic basis the contract size/value of derivative contracts based on prescribed minimum value of INR 200,000 as per SEBI circular no. SEBI/DNPD/CIR-20/2004/02/23 dated February 23, 2004.   It is proposed to carry out revision of market lots for derivatives contract as given below:

 

Sr No

 

Underlying whose Derivative contract size /value is

Revising methodology

Effective date

Annexure Number for list of underlying

1

Higher than INR 800,000

Dividing existing lot by 4

February 23, 2007

(for all contracts)

1

2

Higher than INR 400,000

Dividing existing lot by 2

February 23, 2007

(for all contracts)

2

3

Higher than INR 800,000 but lot size not exactly divisible by  4

Dividing existing lot by 4 & rounding off to nearest integer.

February 23, 2007

 (for May 2007 & later expiries)

3

4

Higher than INR 400,000 but lot size not exactly divisible by  2

Dividing existing lot by 2 & rounding off to nearest integer.

February 23, 2007

 (for May 2007 & later expiries)

4

5

Lower  than INR 200,000

Multiplying existing lot by 2

February 23, 2007

 (for May 2007 & later expiries)

5

 

To avoid operational complexities, in cases 3, 4 & 5 above, only the far month contract i.e. May 2007 expiry contracts will be revised for market lots. Contracts with maturity of March 2007 and April 2007 would continue to have the existing market lots. All subsequent contracts (i.e., May 2007 expiry and beyond) will have revised market lots.

 

For any clarifications, members are advised to contact the following officials:

Mr. Arvind Goyal, Mr. Sachin Dhar & Ms. Shalini Rebeiro at 26598151 or 26598152

 

Yours faithfully,

For National Stock Exchange of India Ltd.

 

 

T S Jagadharini

Vice President


Annexure-1

 

List of underlying in which market lot is being revised downwards:

Sr No

Underlying

Symbol

Present Market Lot

Revised market Lot

1

IFCI Ltd                     

IFCI

31500

7875

 

Annexure-2

 

List of underlying in which market lot is being revised downwards:

Sr No

Underlying

Symbol

Present Market Lot

Revised market Lot

1

NSE 50 Index        

NIFTY

100

50

2

BANK Nifty Index             

BANKNIFTY

100

50

3

Allahabad Bank               

ALBK

4900

2450

4

Alok Industries Ltd          

ALOKTEXT

6700

3350

5

Andhra Bank Ltd

ANDHRABANK

4600

2300

6

Ashok Leyland Ltd            

ASHOKLEY

9550

4775

7

Bank Of India                

BANKINDIA

3800

1900

8

Bharti Airtel Limited        

BHARTIARTL

1000

500

9

Century Textiles Ltd         

CENTURYTEX

850

425

10

CESC Ltd

CESC

1100

550

11

Cummins India Ltd            

CUMMINSIND

1900

950

12

Escorts India Ltd            

ESCORTS

4800

2400

13

Gail (India) Ltd             

GAIL

1500

750

14

HCL Technologies Ltd         

HCLTECH

650

325

15

HDFC Ltd                     

HDFC

300

150

16

HDFC Bank Ltd                

HDFCBANK

400

200

17

ICICI Bank Ltd.              

ICICIBANK

700

350

18

Indus Dev Bank Of Ind Ltd    

IDBI

4800

2400

19

Infra. Dev. Fin. Co. Ltd     

IDFC

5900

2950

20

I-Flex Solutions Limited     

I-FLEX

300

150

21

Indusind Bank Limited        

INDUSINDBK

7700

3850

22

Infosys Technologies Ltd     

INFOSYSTCH

200

100

23

IVRCL Infrast & Proj Ltd.    

IVRCLINFRA

1000

500

24

J & K Bank Ltd.              

J&KBANK

600

300

25

Jindal Steel & Power Ltd     

JINDALSTEL

250

125

26

Jaiprakash Hydropow Ltd.     

JPHYDRO

12500

6250

27

Jindal Stainless Ltd         

JSTAINLESS

4000

2000

28

Karnataka Bank Limited       

KTKBANK

2500

1250

29

Maharashtra Seamless Ltd     

MAHSEAMLES

1200

600

30

Mphasis Limited              

MPHASIS

1600

800

31

Nagarjuna Fertilizers Ltd     

NAGARFERT

28000

14000

32

NDTV Ltd                     

NDTV

2200

1100

33

Nicolas Piramal India Ltd    

NICOLASPIR

2090

1045

34

NTPC Ltd                     

NTPC

3250

1625

35

Oil And Natural Gas Corp.    

ONGC

450

225

36

Punjab National Bank          

PNB

1200

600

37

Polaris Software Lab Ltd     

POLARIS

2800

1400

38

Reliance Industries Ltd      

RELIANCE

300

150

39

State Bank Of India          

SBIN

500

250

40

Sun Pharmaceuticals Ind.     

SUNPHARMA

450

225

41

Sun TV Limited                

SUNTV

250

125

42

Syndicate Bank               

SYNDIBANK

7600

3800

43

Tata Power Co Ltd            

TATAPOWER

800

400

44

Union Bank Of India          

UNIONBANK

4200

2100

45

UTI Bank Ltd                 

UTIBANK

900

450

 

Annexure-3

 

List of underlying in which market lot is being revised downward and rounded off to nearest integer:

Sr No

Underlying

Symbol

Present Market Lot

Revised market Lot

1

Divis Lab Ltd

DIVISLAB

250

62

 

Annexure-4

 

List of underlying in which market lot is being revised downward and rounded off to nearest integer:

Sr No

Underlying

Symbol

Present Market Lot

Revised market Lot

1

Grasim Industries Ltd        

GRASIM

175

88

2

Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd      

M&M

625

312

3

Siemens Ltd                  

SIEMENS

375

188

4

Sterlite Inds (Ind) Ltd      

STER

875

438

5

Titan Industries Ltd

TITAN

411

206

 

 

Annexure-5

 

List of underlying in which market lot is being revised upwards:

Sr No

Underlying

Symbol

Present Market Lot

Revised market Lot

1

Bajaj Hindustan Ltd           

BAJAJHIND

950

1900

2

Balrampur Chini Mills Ltd    

BALRAMCHIN

2400

4800

3

Cairn India Limited          

CAIRN

1250

2500

4

Chennai Petroleum Corp Lt    

CHENNPETRO

900

1800

5

Colgate Palmolive (I) Ltd    

COLGATE

525

1050

6

Gateway Distriparks Ltd.     

GDL

1000

2000

7

The GeShpg.Ltd              

GESHIP

600

1200

8

ITC Ltd                      

ITC

1125

2250

9

Shree Renuka Sugars Ltd      

RENUKA

500

1000

10

Tata Tea Ltd                 

TATATEA

275

550

11

Triveni Engg. & Inds. Ltd     

TRIVENI

3850

7700

12

Voltas Ltd                   

VOLTAS

1800

3600