Announcements

A new index called the Nifty Financial Services is now available for derivatives trading from today, 11th January 2021.

Like Nifty and Nifty Bank index contracts on the Upstox platform, we will also have the Nifty Financial Services index for derivatives trading from today, 11th January 2021. Read on, to know more -

What is an index?
A stock index is a tool that measures the overall trend in the stock market, and its value is calculated based on the stock prices of a select group of companies.

What is the Nifty Financial Services Index?
The Nifty Financial Services Index comprises 20 stocks, listed on the National Stock Exchange (NSE), it measures the behavior and performance of the Indian financial sector that includes banks, financial institutions, housing finance, insurance companies, and other financial services companies. To know more about this index, click here.

How does this benefit F&O traders?

More options to trade-in: Currently, NSE offers index derivatives only on two equity indices – The Nifty50 and the Nifty Bank. After approval from SEBI to launch derivatives on the Nifty Financial Services Index, F&O traders have a new index to trade-in.

More volatility: Up until now, the Exchange only allowed monthly contracts in futures and allowed weekly and monthly contracts in options, but now the Exchange will allow weekly contracts in futures as well.

As per this futures trading in this index will be allowed in 7 serial weekly, monthly, and 3 serial monthly contracts, and traders can expect more volatility in futures!

What do Upstox traders need to know about this new index?
To provide you with a seamless and smooth experience while trading in this index, currently, we will not be able to provide weekly futures in the Nifty Financial Services index.

However, weekly and monthly options trading will be available, and monthly futures trading in the index will be available.

Please allow us approximately two weeks to roll out weekly futures in the Nifty Financial Services index so that you can enjoy state-of-the-art trading in weekly futures contracts as well, with Upstox.

That’s all about the Nifty Financial Services index. We will keep you updated on more info related to this index, stay tuned.

Zero exchange transaction charges: NSE has decided to waive-off all exchange transaction charges for all trades placed in the Nifty Financial Services index for the next 6 months, effective from today. 

The Wipro buy-back offer of Rs. 400 per share goes live on 29th December 2020 and you can apply for it on or before 11th January 2021.

Read on to know what this means and how you can apply for it quickly and easily -

What is a buy-back and why should you opt for it?
It’s a corporate action where a company offers to buy-back its shares from the existing shareholders usually at a higher price than the market price. To learn more about a buy-back, click here.

What does this offer mean for Wipro shareholders?
Existing Wipro shareholders holding Wipro shares as of 11th December 2020 (which is the Record date) can offer to sell their shares back to Wipro for Rs. 400 per share by applying to their buy-back offer on or before 11th January 2021.

How to apply for a buy-back?
Just follow these steps:

1. Login into keystone.upstox.com with your client code and back-office password
2. Click on “Account” on the top of the header line
3. Click on “Buy Back/ Takeover” from the drop-down
4. Click on “Apply” and enter the quantity
5. Submit the request

Note: Non-POA holders will need to enter a valid pin to authenticate the buy-back via EDIS to proceed.

When can you apply?
Apply for this buy-back on or before 11th January 2021.

What to keep in mind while applying?

1. You can only apply for this buy-back if you hold shares of Wipro in your Demat account as of 11th December 2020.

2. You shouldn’t sell these shares on or before 11th January 2021 if you’re interested to take part in the buy-back offer.

3. After applying and offering your shares up for a buy-back, you cannot sell them in the market and modify or cancel your original bid.

4. You can only sell these shares in the market If the company cancels the buy-back and you receive your shares back from the company.

5. You will receive the buy-back amount for the shares from Wipro / Registrar & Transfer Agent (RTA) directly into your bank account (this will be updated in the records of the depository as well).

6. A total of 23,75,00,000 shares will be accepted by Wipro for the buyback and the remaining shares not accepted by Wipro will be returned back to shareholders in their Demat account. The percentage of shares accepted will be decided based on the number of retail investors who have applied for the buyback. 

That’s all about the Wipro buy-back, stay tuned for more buy-back updates from Upstox!

The TCS (Tata Consultancy Services) buy-back offer of Rs. 3000 per share opens on 18th December 2020 and closes on 1st January 2021.

Read on to know how you can apply for it quickly and easily -

What is a buy-back and why should you opt for it?
It’s a corporate action where a company offers to buy-back its shares from the existing shareholders usually at a higher price than the market price. To learn more about a buy-back, click here.

What does this offer mean for TCS shareholders?
Existing TCS shareholders holding TCS shares as of 28th November 2020 (which is the Record date) can offer to sell their shares back to TCS for Rs. 3000 per share by applying to their buy-back offer on or before 1st January 2021.

How to apply for a buy-back?
Just follow these steps:

1. Login into keystone.upstox.com with your client code and back-office password
2. Click on “Account” on the top of the header line
3. Click on “Buy Back/ Turnover” from the drop-down
4. Click on “Apply” and enter the quantity
5. Submit the request

Note: Non-POA holders will need to enter a valid pin to authenticate the buy-back via EDIS to proceed.

When can you apply?
Apply for this buy-back before 1st January 2021.

What to keep in mind while applying?

1. You can only apply for this buy-back if you hold shares of TCS in your Demat account as of 28th November 2020.
2. You shouldn’t sell these shares on or before 1st January 2021 if you’re interested to take part in the buy-back offer.
3. After applying and offering your shares up for a buy-back, you cannot sell them in the market and modify or cancel your original bid.
4. You can only sell these shares in the market If the company cancels the buy-back and you receive your shares back from the company.
5. You will receive the buy-back amount for the shares from TCS/ Registrar & Transfer Agent (RTA) directly into your bank account (this will be updated in the records of the depository as well).
6. A total of 5,33,33,333 shares will be accepted by TCS for the buyback and the remaining shares not accepted by TCS will be returned back to shareholders in their Demat account. On 12.01.2021 TCS will credit the payment for the accepted shares and the unaccepted shares will be returned to the user's demat accounts. The percentage of shares accepted will be decided based on the number of retail investors who have applied for the buyback.

That’s all about the TCS buy-back, stay tuned for more buy-back updates from Upstox! 

The deadline to apply for the NTPC (National Thermal Power Corporation) buy-back offer of Rs. 115 per share is 18th December 2020 before 2 PM.

Read on to know what this means and how you can apply for it quickly and easily -

What is a buy-back and why should you opt for it?
It’s a corporate action where a company offers to buy-back its shares from the existing shareholders usually at a higher price than the market price. To learn more about a buy-back, click here.

What does this offer mean for NTPC shareholders?
Existing NTPC shareholders holding NTPC shares as of 13th November 2020 (which is the Record date) can offer to sell their shares back to NTPC for Rs. 115 per share by applying to their buy-back offer on or before 18th December 2020, 2 PM.

How to apply for a buy-back?
Just follow these steps:

 1. Login into keystone.upstox.com with your client code and back-office password
2. Click on “Account” on the top of the header line
3. Click on “Buy Back/ Turnover” from the drop-down
4. Click on “Apply” and enter the quantity
5. Submit the request

Note: Non-POA holders will need to enter a valid pin to authenticate the buy-back via EDIS to proceed.

When can you apply?
Apply for this buy-back by 18th December 2020, 2 PM.

What to keep in mind while applying?

• You can only apply for this buy-back if you hold shares of NTPC in your Demat account as of 13th November 2020. 
• You shouldn’t sell these shares on or before 18th December 2020 if you’re interested to take part in the buy-back offer.
• After applying and offering your shares up for a buy-back, you cannot sell them in the market and modify or cancel your original bid.
• You can only sell these shares in the market If the company cancels the buy-back and you receive your shares back from the company.
• You will receive the buy-back amount for the shares from NTPC / Registrar & Transfer Agent (RTA) directly into your bank account (this will be updated in the records of the depository as well).
• A total of 19,78,91,146 shares will be accepted by NTPC for the buyback and the remaining shares not accepted by NTPC will be returned back to shareholders in their Demat account. The percentage of shares accepted will be decided based on the number of retail investors who have applied for the buyback. 

That’s all about the NTPC buy-back, stay tuned for more buy-back updates from Upstox! 

The Government of India has announced a 20% stake sale in IRCTC via an Offer-for-Sale and  here are some details: 

Floor price: Rs. 1,367 per equity share

Application date for retail investors (investment limit up to Rs 2 Lakhs): Friday, 11th December, 2020

Click here to get more details on this offer 

What is Offer-for-sale (OFS)?

OFS is an investment opportunity for all types of investors to own shares of a listed company, where a promoter wants to sell off part of their investment. This is conducted on a specific date, via a process that is separate from the normal market trading process.

How is OFS different from normal market trading?

• Unlike normal market trading, OFS is based on a bidding platform provided by the Exchange. 
• All orders placed must be above the base price called floor price set up by the company.
• Investors can bid for even a single share and can also place multiple order bids. 
• All shares allotted to investors via a OFS are settled on T+1 day 

For more information on OFS, click here

Why choose OFS over buying shares directly through the exchange?
The floor price set by a company is usually lower than the current market price at which the stock is being traded. Thus, buying shares via an OFS gives an investor the opportunity to purchase shares of that company at a lower price.
However, since this a bidding-based system, there may be some occasions where the OFS allotment price crosses the current market price of the company. 

How to apply for a OFS on Upstox?
Applying for an OFS is quick and easy. You can do this via our Call-N-Trade facility. 

All you need to do is call us on 022-61309998 / 022-71309998 and place your order bids by quoting the quantity and price at which you wish to buy the shares at. Please make sure you have sufficient funds in your account, to enable your order bid to be accepted by Upstox. In order to successfully place your order, you need to have your Call-N-Trade TPIN handy. You can find your T-PIN find here. 

Note: For IRCTC, the floor price is Rs 1,367 so remember to place your bids at or above this price. The cut-off price as determined on the first day of the IRCTC OFS (10 Dec 2020) for the general category is Rs 1377.55 per equity share.