Market regulator SEBI has allowed companies to increase their exposure to the currency derivatives market by raising position limits for clients and non-bank trading members. In a statement on its website on Tuesday,the Securities and Exchange Board of India said the limit on the gross open position of a client across all contracts is now 6 per cent of the total open interest or $10 million whichever is higher. The earlier limit was 6 per cent of total open interest or $5 million. For non-bank trading members,the gross open position limit is 15 per cent of total open interest or $50 million whichever higher,up from 15 per cent of total open interest or $25 million previously. The position limits are specific to an exchange and not to the exchange traded derivatives market as a whole,the statement said. Currency futures in India are currently offered by three exchanges including the National Stock Exchange,the Bombay Stock Exchange and the MCX-SX,a unit of the Multi-Commodity Exchange of India,the country's largest commodity trading bourse. Volumes have steadily picked up since trading began in late August last year. At 10:40 a.m. on Wednesday,the most traded near-month contracts on the National Stock Exchange and MCX-SX were quoting at 50.9525 and 50.95 respectively,with the total traded volume on both exchanges at about $280 million.
