Adani Power to Cochin Shipyard: NSE announces 8 new stocks for F&O trading from April 1; check lot size, other details here

The National Stock Exchange (NSE) announced that it has added eight new stocks for trading under the futures & options (F&O) contract segment, effective to trade from April 1, 2026, according to an exchange circular released on March 30.

Adani Power, Force Motors, Cochin Shipyard, Godfrey Phillips India, and Hyundai Motor India are among the eight stocks which investors will be able to trade under the NSE’s F&O segment from Wednesday.

Stock market investors and traders should examine the newly added stocks, their limits and the lot size ahead of the opening bell on April 1.

New F&O stocks & lot size

The stock will have a market-wide position limit of 48,29,06,787 shares with a cumulative stock limit of 4,82,90,650 shares for the individual clients trading in the F&O market.

Force Motors' stock will have a market-wide position limit of 7,36,885 shares with a cumulative stock limit of 73,675 shares for the individual clients.

The company’s stock will have a market-wide position limit of 1,26,61,431 shares with a cumulative stock limit of 12,66,000 shares for the individual client segment.

The company’s stock will have a market-wide position limit of 63,29,596 shares with a cumulative stock limit of 6,32,775 shares for the individual clients.

Hyundai stock will have a market-wide position limit of 2,13,29,205 shares with a cumulative stock limit of 21,32,900 shares for the individual clients.

The company’s stock will have a market-wide position limit of 2,91,96,111 shares with a cumulative stock limit of 29,19,425 shares for the individual clients.

Nippon Life India stock will have a market-wide position limit of 2,67,09,548 shares with a cumulative stock limit of 26,70,625 shares for the individual client segment.

The company shares will have a market-wide position limit of 32,18,28,727 shares with a cumulative stock limit of 3,21,79,750 shares for the individual client segment.

“It is hereby informed that the applicable, market-wide position limit, trading member-wise position limits, FII/FPI (Category I & II), mutual fund position limits, trading member proprietary limits and client level limits will be reckoned as below and same shall be effective from the trade date April 01, 2026,” the exchange informed the investors through its filing.

What is NSE’s F&O inclusion criteria?

To qualify for F&O inclusion, the capital markets regulator, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), rules mandate that the company's stock falls under the guidelines approved for the average daily market capitalisation, average daily traded value, the market-wide position limit in the security, the quarter sigma values, and the average daily deliverable value.

The company stock will be chosen from the top 500 stocks in terms of average daily market capitalisation and average daily traded value in the previous six months on a rolling basis, according to NSE data.

The stock should also have a median quarter-sigma order size over six months of not less than ₹75 lakh, which means the order size of the stock in value terms.

To be eligible for the F&O segment, the stock should also have a market-wide position limit of not less than ₹1,500 crore on a rolling basis. The market-wide position limit is determined by considering the closing prices of stocks in the underlying cash market on the date of expiry of the contract in the month.

The stock should also have a daily average delivery trade value of not less than ₹35 crore in the last six months on a rolling basis. And if a stock complies with all the above-mentioned criteria, then the exchange determines the listing of the new F&O security for investors.