BSE share price tanks 6% post F&O expiry shift; here’s why

BSE Ltd shares fell 6 per cent in Wednesday’s trade as stock brokers noted that the shift in futures & options (F&O) expiry to Thursdays from Tuesdays is expected to result in a loss of market share for BSE in terms of premium turnover, which stood at 22.6 per cent in May 2025.

BSE shares fell 6.17 per cent to hit a low of Rs 2,500 apiece on NSE. But the stock recovered some ground and was later trading at Rs 2,621.50 apiece, still down 1.61 per cent.

UBS has maintained its ‘Buy’ rating on BSE with target price of Rs 2,633, saying new expiry day can impact BSE’s market share gain momentum and can mathematically hit 15 per cent of volumes on loss of one trading day for BSE.

Stock analysts observed that following the implementation of…

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