Expansion of Currency Futures Trading

Currently, only US Dollar-Indian Rupee (INR) currency futures contracts can be traded on Indian stock exchanges. It has been decided to expand the market by introducing trading on currency futures in 3 other currencies: Euro-INR, Japanese Yen (JPY)-INR and Pound Sterling (GBP)-INR. Both SEBI as well as RBI have issued notifications to that effect.

OTC Derivatives: On the OTC side, there have been developments of a different nature, as reported here.