With a view to improving liquidity in the futures and options (F&O) segment and in response to the feedback from market participants, the BSE has decided to make certain changes in the expiry of Index-based monthly futures and options as well as all weekly options contracts, the Exchange said.
The expiry of all monthly index futures and options from last Thursday of the month to the third last Thursday of each contract month. Further, expiry date of all weekly options contracts will also be changed from cycle of Monday-Friday to cycle of Friday-Thursday, that is expiry on Thursday instead of Friday,” the Bombay Stock Exchange said in an official statement here.
Published 18 October 2009, 16:10 IST