Five Indian stocks including Punjab National Bank, Hindustan Aeronautics, L&T Finance Holdings and RBL Bank have been banned from trade on 26 June 2023 due to their futures and options contracts surpassing open interest caps. The ban reverses when open interest falls below 80%. The ban does not impact those who trade in index. On Friday, Indian indices the S&P BSE Sensex and Nifty50 finished with declines, while Nifty Bank ended lower by 0.23% at 43,622.90. Technical Analyst Rajesh Bhosale advised that investors should consider buying opportunities after any short-term corrections.
Six stocks, including Punjab National Bank, Delta Corp, L&T Finance Holdings, Bharat Heavy Electricals, Hindustan Copper and Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, are under the futures and options ban for trading on June 22, 2023. However, the stocks will be available for trading in the cash market. F&O contracts enter the ban period when open interest exceeds 95% of market-wide position limits and are only reversed if open interest falls below 80%. S&P BSE Sensex and Nifty50 ended positively on June 21, with Nifty expected to reach the milestone of 19,000 and beyond in near future.
Eight stocks will not be available for F&O trade on Tuesday June 20. Indiabulls, India Cements, Manappuram Finance, Delta Corp, Zee Entertainment, Tata Chemicals, and L&T Finance Holdings were all banned. Moreover, Indiabulls has been restricted since June 6th. There may be ban periods on F&O contracts if the open interest on it exceeds 95% of the market wide positions limits and is only lifted if open interest falls below 80%. Bharat Heavy Electricals (BHEL) is no longer banned.