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Contract Specifications Monthly INDIA50 INDEX Futures
Symbol SENSEX50
Product Name INDIA50 Futures
Underlying BSE SENSEX 50 INDEX
Trading Hours Monday to Friday
Session 1 - 04:30:00 Hours to 17:00:00 Hours
Session 2 - 17:00:01 Hours to 02:30:00 Hours
Size of the Contract BSE SENSEX 50
Quotation BSE SENSEX 50 Index quoted in US Dollars (e.g. Bid 8420.05 / Ask 8420.10)
Minimum Price Movement (Tick Size) USD 0.05
Contract Months INDIA50 futures contracts have a maximum of 3-month trading cycle - the near month (one), the next month (two) and the far month (three). A new contract is introduced on the trading day following the expiry of the near month contract. The new contract will be introduced for a three month duration. This way, at any point in time, there will be 3 contracts available for trading in the market i.e., one near month, one mid-month and one far month duration respectively
Settlement mechanism The contracts would be settled in cash in US Dollar
Contract value The contract value shall be = (Quoted Price*1) USD (Example: 8420*1 = 8420 USD)
Daily Settlement Price The daily settlement price of INDIA50 Index contracts shall be the last half an hour volume weighted average price of the contract

In the absence of last half an hour trading, volume weighted average futures price of trades in the entire day, subject to a minimum of 5 trades in the day will be taken for the computation
Last Trading Day/Final Settlement Day Last Thursday of the Contract month. If it is a holiday in India INX, then the immediate preceding Business Day
Settlement Daily Settlement: The daily contracts for each session would be settled as follows:
Trading Session1 04:30:00 Hours to 17:00:00 Hours - Settlement on next working day by 08.30 Hours
Trading Session2 17:00:01 Hours to 02:30:00 Hours - Settlement on the same day by 16.30 Hours
Final Settlement: Along with daily settlement cycle for the respective contracts
Final Settlement Price Official closing price of the BSE SENSEX 50 Index as published by BSE Limited on the Last Day of trading
Position limits Eligible market participants are allowed to take positions in INDIA50 Index Futures contracts as prescribed below:
  • Position limits for stock brokers (Trading Members): Gross open position across all contracts shall not exceed 5000000 contracts
  • Position limits for Clients: Gross open position across all contracts shall not exceed 3000000 contracts
Price Bands Initial Price Band will be +/-10%.
Relaxation upto 15% after breaching 10% limit
Relaxation by 5% and thereafter continue in multiple of 5%
Risk Management The margins shall be collected in USD
Initial Margin Initial Margin would be calculated using SPAN; the margining framework of India ICC shall be compliant with the PFMI including a margin model that provides coverage of at least a 99% single-tailed confidence interval of the estimated distribution of future exposure. India ICC shall conduct daily stress testing, back testing and reverse stress testing for credit risk to ascertain the impact of failures of members and adequacy of its financial resources in meeting any shortfall arising out of such failures
Extreme Loss Margin The clearing corporation may impose an extreme loss margin to provide additional risk coverage. The extreme loss margin shall be deducted from the liquid assets of the clearing member on an online, real time basis
Real-Time Computation The computation of worst scenario loss would have two components. The first is the valuation of the portfolio under the various scenarios of price changes. At the second stage, these scenario contract values would be applied to the actual portfolio positions to compute the portfolio values and the initial margin. The scenario contract values shall be updated at the start of the business day, then every 1.5 hours and finally at the end of the business day. The latest available scenario contract values would be applied to member/client portfolios on a real time basis
Mark-to-Market (MTM) Settlement The MTM settlement shall be done at least twice in a business day, at settlement times as specified by the clearing corporation from time to time


Contract Specifications Weekly INDIA50 INDEX Future
Symbol SENSEX50
Product Name INDIA50 Futures
Underlying S&P BSE SENSEX 50 INDEX
Trading hours Monday to Friday
Session 1 04:30:00 Hours to 17:00:00 Hours
Session 2 17:00:01 Hours to 02:30:00 Hours
Size of the Contract USD 1 x Futures price quoted in Index points
Quotation INDIA50 Index Futures quoted in Index points (e.g. Bid 10703.05 / Ask 10703.10)
Premium Premium quoted in USD
Minimum Price Movement (Tick Size) Tick size is 0.05 of an Index point (Tick value is USD 0.05)
Contract Available 7 serial weekly Futures contracts excluding the expiry week of the monthly Futures contract shall be available for trading. The new farthest serial weekly Futures contract shall be launched on the Business Day following the maturity date of the nearest weekly Futures contract.
Settlement Mechanism The contracts shall be cash-settled in US Dollars (USD).
Contract Value The contract value shall be = USD 1 x Quoted Futures Price in index points (e.g. USD 1 x Futures price of 10703.25 index points = USD 10703.25)
Daily Settlement Price The Daily Settlement Price (DSP) of INDIA50 Index Futures shall be the Volume Weighted Average Price (VWAP) of all trades executed in the last 30 minutes of the Trading Session.
Last Trading Day The Last Trading Day or Expiry Date of the Futures contracts shall be on the Thursday of each week at 15:30 Hours (IST) aligned with the underlying reference markets. In the event that the Last Trading Day is not a Business Day due to holiday in the reference markets, then the Last Trading Day shall be the preceding Business Day.
Settlement Daily Settlement: Daily Settlement for each Trading Session shall be as per the following schedule:
Trading Session1 04:30:00 Hours to 17:00:00 Hours - Settlement on next working day by 08.30 Hours
Trading Session2 17:00:01 Hours to 02:30:00 Hours - Settlement on the same day by 16.30 Hours
Final Settlement:
Along with Daily Settlement cycle for the respective Futures contracts.
Final Settlement Price Final Settlement Price (FSP) for a Futures contract shall be the Official Closing Price of the Underlying Index (S&P BSE SENSEX 50 Index) of BSE Limited on the Last Trading Day.
Position limits Eligible market participants are allowed to take positions in INDIA50 Index Futures contracts as prescribed below:

  • Position limits for stock brokers (Trading Members):
    Gross open position across all contracts shall not exceed 5000000 contracts.
  • Position limits for Clients:
    Gross open position across all contracts shall not exceed 3000000 contracts.
Price Bands Initial Price Band will be +/-10% of base price & relaxation in the multiple of 5%.
Risk Management The margins shall be collected in USD.
Initial Margin Initial Margin would be calculated using SPAN; the margining framework of India ICC shall be compliant with the PFMI including a margin model that provides coverage of at least a 99% singletailed confidence interval of the estimated distribution of future exposure. India ICC shall conduct daily stress testing, back testing and reverse stress testing for credit risk to ascertain the impact of failures of members and adequacy of its financial resources in meeting any shortfall arising out of such failures
Extreme Loss Margin The clearing corporation may impose an extreme loss margin to provide additional risk coverage. The extreme loss margin shall be deducted from the liquid assets of the clearing member on an online, real time basis.
Real-Time Computation The computation of worst scenario loss would have two components. The first is the valuation of the portfolio under the various scenarios of price changes. At the second stage, these scenario contract values would be applied to the actual portfolio positions to compute the portfolio values and the initial margin. The scenario contract values shall be updated at the start of the business day, then every 1.5 hours and finally at the end of the business day. The latest available scenario contract values would be applied to member/client portfolios on a real time basis.
Mark-to-Market (MTM) Settlement The MTM settlement shall be done at least twice in a business day, at settlement times as specified by the clearing corporation from time to time.
Calendar Spread Margin A futures position at one expiry month which is hedged by an offsetting position at a different maturity would be treated as a calendar spread. The benefit for a calendar spread would continue till expiry of the near month contract. The calendar spread margin shall be deducted from the liquid net worth of the clearing member on an online, real time basis.
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