Mid-cap: Mid-cap & small-cap fall raises volatility, margin call concerns

Mumbai: Mid- and small-cap stocks tumbled on Monday as heightened concerns that the recent run-up in several of them – especially public sector companies – has been excessive, and prompted investors to aggressively cut their bets. If the decline in share prices continues, it could result in margin calls by brokers – a situation where …

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Have stocks to lend? Here’s how SLB allows you to earn more

Over time, the National Stock Exchange (NSE) and BSE launched a stock lending and borrowing (SLB) mechanism that offered similar flexibility, but with tighter rules. SLB is not used widely these days as traders mostly rely on the equity derivative market—the futures and options (F&O) segment—for leveraged bets, bearish trades (buy put-sell call options/sell futures), …

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