NATIONAL STOCK EXCHANGE OF INDIA LIMITED DEPARTMENT : CURRENCY DERIVATIVES Download Ref No : NSE/CD/30368
Date : July 28, 2015
Circular Ref. No : 026/2015 All Members, Launch of trading in Cash Settled Interest Rate Futures (IRF) on 6 year and 13 year Government of India (GoI) Security In accordance with the guidelines pertaining to the selection of underlying for trading in Cash Settled Interest Rate Futures specified by SEBI vide circular No. CIR/MRD/DRMNP/11/2015 dated June 12, 2015; the Exchange hereby notifies the following for trading:
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Contract specification for Contract specification for IRF contract on 6 year IRF contract on 13 year Government of India Government of India (GoI) Security (GoI) Security FUTIRC FUTIRC 827GS2020 - Futures 788GS2030 - Futures contracts based on 8.27% contracts based on 7.88% Central Government Central Government Security having maturity on Security having maturity on June 09, 2020 March 19, 2030 Last Thursday of the Month. In case the last Thursday is a trading holiday, the previous trading day shall be the expiry/last trading day. The FUTIRC contracts shall expire at the normal market closing time on the expiry day or such other time as decided by Exchange. Three Serial monthly contracts followed by three quarterly contracts of the cycle March/June/September/December Near-Mid, Near-Far & Mid-Far All spread orders shall be placed in terms of price difference only. • Regular lot order • Stop loss order • Immediate or cancel • Day Order • Spread order
Market Type
Normal Market ‘N’
Permitted lot size
Rs 2 lakhs face value of GOI securities equivalent to 2000 units. Members shall place orders in terms of number of lots.
Regd. Office : Exchange Plaza, Bandra Kurla Complex, Bandra (E), Mumbai – 400 051
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Price quotation Contract value Price steps for contracts Quantity Freeze Base Price applicable to IRF contracts Daily closing price
Price ranges of contracts
Normal Trading Hours Trade modification / Trade Cancellation request / Give-up Approval of custodian trades
Similar to the quoted price of GOI security Quoted price * 2000 Rs.0.0025 1251 lots or greater i.e. orders having quantity up to 1250 lots shall be allowed. Theoretical price on the first day of the contract. On all other days Daily Settlement Price of the contract. Volume Weighted Average Futures Price of trades in the last half an hour. The operating range shall be +- 3 % of the base price. Whenever a trade in any contract is executed at the highest/lowest price of the band, the Exchange may expand the price band for that contract by 0.5% in that direction after 30 minutes after taking into account market trend. Price band shall be relaxed only twice on any trading day. Monday to Friday 9:00 A.M. to 05:00 P.M. Monday to Friday 9:00 A.M. to 05:30 P.M.
The details of contracts are as per Annexure 1. The contracts shall be made available for trading with effect from July 31, 2015. Kindly download cd_contract.gz and cd_spd_contract.gz files from Extranet path/cdsftp/ cdscommon and update the local database before trading on July 31, 2015, as the use of any older files will result in inability to setup and trade in Interest Rate Futures contracts. For and on behalf of National Stock Exchange of India Limited Khushal Shah Chief Manager
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Regd. Office : Exchange Plaza, Bandra Kurla Complex, Bandra (E), Mumbai – 400 051
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Annexure 1 Details of the contracts are as follows: Futures Contracts: Instrument FUTIRC FUTIRC FUTIRC
Symbol 827GS2020 827GS2020 827GS2020
Expiry 27AUG2015 24SEP2015 29OCT2015
Instrument FUTIRC FUTIRC FUTIRC
Symbol 788GS2030 788GS2030 788GS2030
Expiry 27AUG2015 24SEP2015 29OCT2015
Spread Contracts: Instrument FUTIRC FUTIRC FUTIRC
Symbol 827GS2020 827GS2020 827GS2020
Leg 1 27AUG2015 27AUG2015 24SEP2015
Leg 2 24SEP2015 29OCT2015 29OCT2015
Instrument FUTIRC FUTIRC FUTIRC
Symbol 788GS2030 788GS2030 788GS2030
Leg 1 27AUG2015 27AUG2015 24SEP2015
Leg 2 24SEP2015 29OCT2015 29OCT2015
Quarterly Futures Contracts: Instrument FUTIRC FUTIRC
Symbol 827GS2020 827GS2020
Expiry 31DEC2015 31MAR2016
Instrument FUTIRC FUTIRC FUTIRC
Symbol 788GS2030 788GS2030 788GS2030
Expiry 31DEC2015 31MAR2016 30JUN2016
Regd. Office : Exchange Plaza, Bandra Kurla Complex, Bandra (E), Mumbai – 400 051
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