India Prop Traders’ Derivatives Profits Fall to $4.7 Billion

Proprietary trading firms’ gross profit from equity derivatives fell to 445 billion rupees ($4.65B) for the year ended in March, as speculative activity cooled following market-regulator curbs. The reported decline signals reduced trading intensity and profitability for equity-derivatives desks, likely tempering near-term risk appetite in related trading strategies.

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Proprietary trading firms’ gross profit from equity derivatives fell to 445 billion rupees ($4.65B) for the year ended in March, as speculative activity cooled following market-regulator curbs. The reported decline signals reduced trading intensity and profitability for equity-derivatives desks, likely tempering near-term risk appetite in related trading strategies.