It has been almost one year since exchange-based option trading on individual stocks began in the Indian market. Considering that this is a structural change, it would be interesting to note its impact on the spot market. An analysis suggests that in certain stocks both volatility and returns in...

This project attempts to investigate the effect of the introduction of Futures trading in the National Stock Exchange, India (NSE) and get insights into the effect upon the volatility of the NSE. The underlying spot market volatility is estimated using symmetric GARCH methods. Any increase in...