Recent reports indicated BSE overtook NSE in derivatives trading. However, a closer look reveals this was a technical shift. Notional turnover, a misleading metric, inflated BSE’s figures. NSE continues to lead in premium turnover, the true measure of trading activity. Holiday distortions affected NSE’s volumes, not BSE’s. The overall market saw a decline, not a structural change.
Bets on US Federal Reserve rate hike in October fall as job market cools
Last month, the US economy added only 29,000 jobs, significantly below the economists’ forecast of 90,000 jobs. The unemployment rate rose to 4.2%, indicating a