Any country's economy performance is partly based on the strength and success of financial or capital markets. The important financial markets which are responsible for the development of any country's economy includes capital market consisting of stock market and bond market, commodity market, money market, derivatives market, Insurance market and foreign exchange market.
In the last few years, a series of widely publicized losses related to derivatives activities has focused public attention on derivatives risks.
Since the introduction of derivatives in India there has been tremendous growth along with this the risk factor on trading is also growing the market. With the assessment of financial derivatives it is concluded that these markets contributed a lot in managing the economic and financial risks.
This paper focuses and analyzes the role of financial derivatives in the Indian Capital Market. The efforts are also made by the researchers to test its impact on Indian Capital Market.
Financial Derivatives, Capital Market, Future Index, S&P CNX Nifty, NSE etc