Indian Options Grow Fastest in World as Sensex Tops BRICs
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India’s options market is growing at the fastest pace in the world, helping restore investor confidence in a stock market yet to recover from a 52 percent plunge during the global financial crisis.
Equity options traded on the National Stock Exchange of India Ltd. rose 36 percent in the first half, the most among the 10 largest bourses, according to the World Federation of Exchanges. The BSE India Sensitive Index’s volatility has dropped below measures in Brazil, Russia and China to the lowest level since at least 1993, data compiled by Bloomberg show.