BSE shares rally up to 7% after FM, SEBI Chairman remarks on F&O segment

Shares of BSE Ltd. surged as much as 7% on Friday, November 7, in response to the Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's remarks on the Futures & Options segment on Thursday, along with the SEBI Chairman Tuhin Kanta Pandey's statement on Friday at the CNBC-TV18 Global Leadership Summit.

Speaking at the 12th SBI Banking and Economics Conclave, 2025 in Mumbai on Thursday, November 6, the Finance Minister remarked that the government is not here to shut the door on the Futures & Options (F&O) segment.

"Govt is here to remove the roadblocks and work on them. It is investors’ responsibility to understand risks," she added.

Capital market stocks have seen volatile trading activity over the last few months, since speculations on the F&O expiries have been on the rise.

"The certainty currently is that it's on and it is working. And next time, if we have to take any further steps, we will come out with a consultation paper, which you will get to see," SEBI Chairman Tuhin Kanta Pandey said at the Global Leadership Summit, when asked whether the proposal to curb weekly expiries is off the table for now.

On October 31, SEBI Chairman had also remarked

that the weekly options expiry provision cannot just be shut down as there are many market participants who use these instruments.

Speaking at the Business Standard BFSI Summit, 2025, the SEBI Chairman said that as regulators, the right way needs to be found to approach the derivatives market. He added further that they have already taken some measures on derivatives and some of them are yet to kick in.

CNBC-TV18 had reported on October 13 that there will be no changes to weekly expiries, unless data shows heightened and unusual trading activity. The market regulator planned on taking a look at the derivative data from July to September 2025.

Shares of Angel One are down 17% so far in 2025, while those of BSE have gained over 35% this year. Motilal Oswal's stock price has remained flat, while CDSL's shares are also down 15% so far this year.