Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX) said on Monday it will launch successor products to its flagship Indian equity index derivatives before the bourse's licence agreement with the National Stock Exchange of India (NSE) expires in August 2018.

The move comes days after India's three main bourses unexpectedly announced they would stop licensing their indexes to overseas exchanges, news which hit SGX's shares as brokers cut the bourse's earnings estimates.

India’s biggest stock exchange is keen to buy a 25 percent stake in Dhaka Stock Exchange, rivaling an offer from a Chinese bourse. “We are well positioned to help grow the Bangladesh market and the exchange, given our experience and track record,” Vikram Limaye, chief executive officer of the National Stock Exchange, said in a phone interview on Thursday. The Shenzhen Stock Exchange has offered 22 taka per share to buy 25 percent of the Dhaka Stock Exchange, Rakibur Rahman, a director at the DSE, said by phone last week.

The benchmark BSE Sensex advanced by over 196 points in early trade today on buying by institutional and retail investors in IT, banking and FMCG stocks.

Asian markets were trading in the green following positive lead from Wall Street as investors continued to shun inflation worries.

Benchmark Sensex succumbed to fag- end profit-booking to end 144 points lower today after banking stocks tumbled on RBI's new norms for recognising stressedassets.

Punjab National Bank (PNB) plunged 9.81% after the state-owned lender said it has detected fraudulent transactions worth USD 1.77 billion (about Rs 11,335 crore). In a bid to hasten the resolution of bad loans, the RBI has tightened rules to make banks identify and tackle any non-payment of loans rapidly.

The benchmark BSE Sensex gained 173 points to 34,473.43 in early trade rising for the second straight session on back of positive macroeconomic data and sustained buying by domestic institutional investors (DIIs) amid appreciating rupee.

Besides, a mixed trend in other Asian markets following positive lead from Wall Street buoyed sentiment here.

Key indices on Monday opened in green. The benchmark BSE Sensex opened 200 points higher to open at 34203.34 while the NSE Nifty gained over 70 points to trade above 10,500.

The BSE market breadth was bullish as 1,028 stocks advanced as against 224 declines.

With Nasdaq, Nikkei and other global indices suffering heavy losses, BSE started 500 points down on Friday Morning.

At opening trade, Sensex opened 526 points down and Nifty started 177.50 points in the red. At 9.50 AM, Sensex has recovered partially, still down by 458 points (-1.32%). Nikkei is currently down 629 points. Similarly Hang Seng has seen heavy selling with index tumbling 3%, over 1000 points.

The benchmark BSE Sensex opened on positive note today, the 30-share BSE Sensex was up 253.58 points or 0.74 per cent at 34,336.29 and the 50-share NSE Nifty rose 71.60 points to 10,548.30.

Key indices on Thursday extended gains in morning driven by index heavyweights like Infosys, HDFC twins and Reliance Industries.

The benchmark Sensex rose by over 470 points in opening trade on Wednesday, February 7, 2018, breaking its six-session long losing streak on value-buying in select blue-chips by domestic investors triggered by a recovery in global markets.

The 30-share BSE index gained 470.39 points, or 1.37 per cent, at 34,666.33 in opening trade. Also, the NSE Nifty rose by 115.75 points, or 1.10 per cent, to 10,614.

The Sensex lost over 1,000 points in opening trade on Tuesday on global cues to come down below 34,000-mark. While the 30-share index tanked 1,200 points in opening trade, it was trading at 33,866.27, below 890.89 points (2.56%), at 09:30 am.

The 50-share NSE Nifty is trading at 10,404.30, below 262.25 points or (2.46%).

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