BSE has received approval from the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) to launch derivative contracts for the BSE Sensex Next 30 index. The index tracks the next largest and most liquid companies in BSE 100 that are in the derivative segment and not part of BSE Sensex 30 index.

India’s oldest exchange informed about the development on Wednesday after market hours. It said the exchange will offer cash settled monthly index futures and monthly index options, with expiry date as the last Thursday of the expiry period.

BSE is yet to intimate the exchanges about the launch timing.

Currently, BSE offers Futures & Options contracts for Sensex with weekly and monthly expiries. It also offers derivatives contracts for BANKEX and SENSEX 50 with monthly expiries.

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The Iran-Israel war pulled down the markets. The benchmark Nifty closed with cuts of 1.6% or 385 points at 24,480 while the 30-stock BSE Sensex tanked 1,123 points or 1.4% to settle at 79,116.19.
BSE shares have had a stellar run on the D-Street, rallying 81% in the past 12 months. The multibagger stock, which has delivered a whopping 1,658% returns over a three-year period, has been under consolidation in the past three months, slipping 4% in the said period.It has slipped below its 50-day simple moving average (SMA) of Rs 2,773 while holding its 200-day SMA of Rs 2,582.

BSE reported a 174% jump in its December quarter consolidated net profit at Rs 602 crore compared to Rs 220 crore reported in the year ago period. The profit after tax (PAT) is attributable to the shareholders of the holding company.

The company’s revenue from operations stood at Rs 1,244 crore in Q3FY26, up 62% over Rs 768 crore posted in the corresponding period of the last financial year.

The exchange reported an 8% growth in its PAT on a sequential basis versus Rs 558 crore in Q2FY26 while the topline increased by 16% quarter-on-quarter compared to Rs 1,068 crore in the July-September quarter of FY26.

The operating Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortisation (EBITDA) including core SGF stood at Rs 732 crore versus Rs 680 crore in Q2FY25 and Rs 236 crore in the year ago period. It was up 8% while surging 230% YoY.

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