By Malvika Gurung
Investing.com -- The National Stock Exchange has added one stock to its Futures and Options (F&O) ban list for trade on April 17, 2023, while retaining one stock from the previous sessions.
The leading sugar manufacturing company Balrampur Chini Mills (NS:BACH) is the latest addition to the domestic bourse’s F&O ban list on Monday, while the small-cap gaming and hospitality company Delta Corp (NS:DELT) continues to remain under the list in the session.
The aforementioned securities have exceeded 95% of the market-wide position limit (MWPL), thereby banned for trade under the futures and options segment in the day, and shall continue remaining on the list until their positions fall below 80%.
While on the Futures and Options ban list, no new/fresh F&O positions can be bought or sold for the stock(s), else that trader gets penalised. Traders with existing positions in that security can unwind their positions.
Moreover, the market-wide position limit is set by the stock exchanges.
The NSE directs all clients/members to trade in the derivative contracts of the aforementioned securities only to decrease their positions through offsetting positions.
The leading stock exchange updates the list of securities in the F&O ban for trade every day.