The modified formula for STT on options will kick in from September 01. The STT is normally levied on both sides of a delivery trade in the market and only on the sell-side of intraday and derivatives trades. Let us look at why this was an anomaly in Read more [...]

The long awaited package from the Finance Minister finally happened post trade on Friday. The impact will be known only on Monday but it surely has enough fuel to fire up the markets. Tax reliefs happen finally   While the super rich tax still stays Read more [...]

As markets go into a long weekend, the markets are likely to remain in a tentative state. There has been heavy selling in the last few days and that is likely to weigh on the market sentiments. With the Fed minutes indicating that there may not Read more [...]

The crisis in the auto sector appears to be getting deeper by the day. Auto companies in India have started cutting more jobs as the slowdown begins to hurt. The impact of the slowdown in the auto sector may be much more widespread than originally anticipated. Read more [...]

An innocuous statement by a top Parle Products official let the cat out of the bag on the consumption slowdown. Markets reacted in panic to Parle’s statement that it was planning to retrench nearly 10,000 of its staff due to slowdown. Tata Motors Read more [...]

Changes in STT on options announced in the Union Budget in July will take effect from September 01st 2019. An important announcement for option buyers was made in the Union Budget 2019 wherein the STT on ITM expiring options was rationalized at 0.125% Read more [...]

Markets have been slightly disappointed over the last few days with nothing concrete coming from the government in the form of announcements to boost the economy or to offer relief to the FPI on the tax front. The inversion of the yield curve continues Read more [...]

There seems to be some good news for corporate India as the Indian government appointed panel has recommended cutting domestic corporate taxes from the current 30% to 25%. The government panel recommendation has been exactly in line with what the CII Read more [...]