Aug 29, 2011

Holidays on NSE India for 2011

Market Timings:
Trading on the equities segment takes place on all days of the week (except Saturdays and Sundays and holidays declared by the Exchange in advance). The market timings of the equities segment are:
Normal Market Open : 09:15 A.M.
Normal Market Close : 15:30 P.M.
The Closing Session is held between 15.50 P.M. and 16.00 P.M.
Limited Physical Market Open : 09:15 A.M.
Limited Physical Market Close : 15:30 P.M.
Holidays for the calendar year 2011:
·         Trading holidays
·         Clearing Holidays
S No
Date
Day
Description
1
26-Jan-2011
Wednesday
Republic Day
2
02-Mar-2011
Wednesday
Mahashivratri
3
12-Apr-2011
Tuesday
Ram Navmi
4
14-Apr-2011
Thursday
Dr. Ambedkar Jayanti
5
22-Apr-2011
Friday
Good Friday
6
15-Aug-2011
Monday
Independence Day
7
31-Aug-2011
Wednesday
Ramzan ID
8
01-Sep-2011
Thursday
Ganesh Chaturthi
9
06-Oct-2011
Thursday
Dasara
10
26-Oct-2011
Wednesday
Laxmi Puja*
11
27-Oct-2011
Thursday
Diwali - Balipratipada
12
07-Nov-2011
Monday
Bakri Id
13
10-Nov-2011
Thursday
Gurunanak Jayanti
14
06-Dec-2011
Tuesday
Moharum

The holidays falling on Saturday / Sunday are as follows:
S No
Date
Day
Description
1
01-Jan-2011
Saturday
New Year
2
20-Mar-2011
Sunday
Holi
3
16-Apr-2011
Saturday
Mahavir Jayanti
4
01-May-2011
Sunday
May Day
5
02-Oct-2011
Sunday
Gandhi Jayanti
6
25-Dec-2011
Sunday
Christmas
*Muhurat Trading will be conducted. Timings of Muhurat Trading shall be notified subsequently.
Note: The Exchange may however close the market on days other than the above schedule holidays or may open the market on days originally declared as holidays. The Exchange may also extend, advance or reduce trading hours when its deems fit and necessary.

NOTE: ON THE ABOVE LINK, YOU WILL FIND THE LATEST LIST OF HOLIDAYS FOR DIFFERENT MARKET TYPES ON NATIONAL STOCK EXCHANGE.

Aug 24, 2011

List of Derivatives/futures and options on NSE National Stock Exchange of India Ltd./List of NSE Stock Futures

So many people ask us about the list of Stock Futures on NSE/securities and indices in derivatives/futures and options list on NSE.
We request all investors/traders and students of markets to thoroughly visit websites of nseindia and bseindia. You will find so many useful information on these sites itself, including latest data and tools of analysis as well.


Below is the link from where you can get currently updated LIST OF DERIVATIVES/FUTURES AND OPTIONS ON NSE/NATIONAL STOCK EXCHANGE:

The list is updated regularly by the exchange. Also all the information about contract specification is also given for each security. Detail of indices futures and options is also given. You will also find NSE Symbols for each security so that you can easily find them on your trading terminal or on nse site. You will also find past trading data, and current open interest and activity in respective contracts.
You will find the date of last update of this list at the bottom of the page of which the link is given.
We are also writing an article in which a full guide for navigating and using NSEINDIA and BSEINDIA will be given. Thanks to suggestions from readers.

(This post is published at repeated request from Anil Dar, Rajesh Kakad, VK Parthsarthi, and other 25 odd persons who emailed us in this respect at different times)

Aug 8, 2011

Warren Buffett against downgrading USA Rating and Positive on USA Economy

After landing into controversy on going agains Kraft for buying Cadbury, and his response and comment on one of his top executive David Sokol doing insider trading on his buy-out target Lubrizol; the Oracle of Omaha and 'investment saint' as we also many times refer him in our talk, Warren Buffett has only spurred criticism from intellectuals of many parts of world. 
Warren Buffett commenting on the last week's downgrade of USA from AAA rating to AA+ by S&P, said that the rating agancy has erred and the USA deserves the AAA rating still and he would give quadruple A rating if there existed. He also commented that the USA economy is not going down and there is no double dip recession.
Mr.Buffett's comment has spurred many attacks from media-blogging community mainly and anti-USA intellectuals. People wrote Mr.Buffett has vested interest of piles of US treasuries, and USDollar cash pile apart from most of the holding of USA corporations. The critics also doubted Mr.Buffett's comments had to do with his stake in rival rating company Moody's.
Whatever it may be, but Mr.Buffett, beginning with his Phillip Conoco bet to late last David Sokol fiasco, had dimmed the halo from over the head of the Omaha Oracle, if not completely removed. The damage to his holy-grail personality can result in damage in more precious ethics of value investing that he has pioneered.  
Below is a news report by Fox on same,