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.

Source: http://nseindia.com/global/content/market_timings_holidays/market_timings_holidays.htm

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

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:

http://nseindia.com/products/content/derivatives/equities/fo_underlying_home.htm

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)

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,