Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday announced an increase in the Securities Transaction Tax (STT) on Futures and ...

Budget 2026 has increased Securities Transaction Tax (STT) on futures and options trading to curb excessive retail ...

The F&O tax hike fits into a broader Budget 2026 theme of promoting financial stability over speculative excess. While the government continues to encourage long-term investment and capital market ...

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman's Budget 2026 proposed raising STT on Futures and Options trading, a move that crashed the stock market on Sunday.

Under the new proposals, STT on futures trades has been raised from 0.02% to 0.05%, while options trading now attracts a flat ...

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What is STT ? Budget 2026 has sparked widespread investor anxiety by hiking the STT on futures to 0.05% and options to 0.15%.

BSE share price and Angel One shares declined as much as 10% each, Groww shares declined 9.6%, and IIFL Finance stock price ...

In the Budget, the government proposed an increase in the Securities Transaction Tax on several derivatives products. The ...

Higher securities transaction tax on futures and options triggers broad sell-off, hits brokerages and benchmarks ...

Union Budget 2026 increases transaction taxes on derivatives and alters buyback taxation, raising concerns over market liquidity and trading costs.

Every F&O trade now costs more. Frequent, high-volume speculative trading becomes less attractive, which is exactly what the ...