The Union Finance Minister, Shri Arun Jaitley launches the country’s First Agri-commodity Options Contracts in Guar Seed on the occasion of Makar Sankranti; FM: A significant step in the direction of agricultural trade as this will ensure that the farmers will receive a better price for their commodities https://www.taxtmi.com/news?id=19365 Launch of Agri-Options on guar seed creates European-style options linked to guar seed futures, with initial expiries in February-April 2018 and trading from mid-January 2018. Key contract features include tick size, DPR determined by the underlying futures DPR and volatility, expiry set to the last Wednesday preceding the futures expiry with holiday adjustments, and a rule that options launch follows the launch of the underlying futures; exact expiry dates will be notified in advance. The instrument aims to enable farmers and FPOs to hedge price risk and improve price realization. en-us Mon, 15 Jan 2018 09:53:51 +0530 Mon, 15 Jan 2018 09:53:51 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator The Union Finance Minister, Shri Arun Jaitley launches the country’s First Agri-commodity Options Contracts in Guar Seed on the occasion of Makar Sankranti; FM: A significant step in the direction of agricultural trade as this will ensure that the farmers will receive a better price for their commodities https://www.taxtmi.com/news?id=19365 Launch of Agri-Options on guar seed creates European-style options linked to guar seed futures, with initial expiries in February-April 2018 and trading from mid-January 2018. Key contract features include tick size, DPR determined by the underlying futures DPR and volatility, expiry set to the last Wednesday preceding the futures expiry with holiday adjustments, and a rule that options launch follows the launch of the underlying futures; exact expiry dates will be notified in advance. The instrument aims to enable farmers and FPOs to hedge price risk and improve price realization. News - Mon, 15 Jan 2018 09:53:51 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/news?id=19365