Punters find new casino after Sebi ramps up equity F&O trading

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Long dismissed as volatile and impractical, the commodity is gaining popularity again as Indian stocks slump. Traders are shifting to commodity derivatives as gold and silver hit record highs, MSCI India lags behind global peers and foreign investors exit. Meanwhile, brokers are restructuring their products and revenues based on this new momentum.

“When stock markets zig, commodities tend to zig as well.” — Jim Rogers For years, fund managers used volatility itself as a reason to steer investors away from commodities. Too cyclical. Too unpredictable. They are too difficult to trade compared to stocks that are suitable for a proper spreadsheet. Gold and silver in particular were ignored as terminal assets. It had no real “use case” in peacetime and was only useful when the world was falling apart. Fast forward to today,

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