Derivatives and Quantitative Strategist

Gaudenz Schneider

Event-Driven

NSE Nifty Bank Index (NSEBANK INDEX EQUITY)

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<li>The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will announce its monetary policy decision on Friday, June 6, 2025. Market consensus expects a rate cut to 5.75%.</li>
<li>Analysis of the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/nse-nifty-bank-index" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:26811:1" rel="noopener">NSE Nifty Bank Index</a> over the past decade shows consistent negative returns on rate decision days when a cut is expected—regardless of whether the cut is delivered.</li>
<li>This Insight highlights actionable insights for traders by revealing historical patterns in the Nifty Bank Index’s behavior on RBI rate decision days and breaking down market reactions by scenario.</li>
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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will announce its monetary policy decision on Friday, June 6, 2025. Market consensus expects a rate cut to 5.75%.
Analysis of the NSE Nifty Bank Index over the past decade shows consistent negative returns on rate decision days when a cut is expected—regardless of whether the cut is delivered.
This Insight highlights actionable insights for traders by revealing historical patterns in the Nifty Bank Index’s behavior on RBI rate decision days and breaking down market reactions by scenario.


This Friday’s RBI Decision: Nifty Bank Slips Either Way, History Suggests

External broker reports(aggregated public sources), Axis Direct

Axis Direct

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<ul><li>MFI asset quality recovery in sight – IDFCFB continued to report elevated slippages in the MFI portfolio, while the fresh stress accretion in the secured portfolios continued to remain under control.</li><li>The bank has seen a gradual recovery in collection efficiency (CE), which bounced back to 99.2% (~99.4% ex-Karnataka) vs 96.9% in Dec’24.</li><li>Moreover, the bank has seen a significant reduction in SMA pool in absolute terms (% SMA continued to increase on a de-growing portfolio), indicating lower incremental stress formation. </li></ul>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

MFI asset quality recovery in sight – IDFCFB continued to report elevated slippages in the MFI portfolio, while the fresh stress accretion in the secured portfolios continued to remain under control.The bank has seen a gradual recovery in collection efficiency (CE), which bounced back to 99.2% (~99.4% ex-Karnataka) vs 96.9% in Dec’24.Moreover, the bank has seen a significant reduction in SMA pool in absolute terms (% SMA continued to increase on a de-growing portfolio), indicating lower incremental stress formation. Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

IDFC First Bank Ltd - MFI Stress Continues to Dent Earnings, Recovery from Q1FY26 in Sight!

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One, Periscope Analytics

Brian Freitas

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One

Periscope Analytics

Periscope Analytics focuses on event-driven trades across Asia Pacific and provides comprehensive, timely and systematic coverage of index changes to major Asia Pacific indices in a structured manner.

The analysis includes forecasted inclusions and exclusions to all major Asian indices that have significant amount of tracking assets, including estimates of passive buy/sell flow on the stocks. The service also provides commentary and impact of market consultations, ground rule changes, and other events (IPOs, spin-offs, M&A) that could lead to index changes and passive flow.

Periscope Analytics works with multi-strategy hedge funds, proprietary trading firms, stat arb trading groups and long-only investors that invest and trade in the Asia Pacific region with the data being used to trade index rebalances, avoid pre-positioning and passive flow, and to time entry into and exit from stocks.

Event-Driven Trades Across Asia Pacific

Index Rebalance

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<li>The <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/nifty-index" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:23617:1" rel="noopener">NIFTY Index</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/nse-nifty-next-50-index" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36053:1" rel="noopener">Nifty Next 50 Index</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/nse-nifty-bank-index" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:26811:1" rel="noopener">Nifty Bank Index</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/nifty-it-index" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36059:1" rel="noopener">Nifty IT Index</a>, Nifty Midcap 150 Index, Nifty100 Low Volatility30 Index and the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/cpse-etf" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:28191:1" rel="noopener">CPSE ETF</a> rebalance at the close today.</li>
<li>The round-trip trade across the indices is US$2.6bn and there are 26 stocks with over 1 day of ADV to trade from passive trackers.</li>
<li>Stocks with the largest impact are <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/britannia-industries-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:16495:1" rel="noopener">Britannia Industries</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/bharat-petroleum-corp-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:10222:1" rel="noopener">Bharat Petroleum</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/adani-total-gas-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:28352:1" rel="noopener">Adani Total Gas</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/indian-hotels-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:5774:1" rel="noopener">Indian Hotels</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/jio-financial-services-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:40042:1" rel="noopener">Jio Financial</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/indian-railway-catering-and-tourism-corporation-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:33951:1" rel="noopener">IRCTC</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/zomato-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:28820:1" rel="noopener">Zomato</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/federal-bank-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:11784:1" rel="noopener">Federal Bank</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/union-bank-of-india" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:546:1" rel="noopener">Union Bank Of India</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/crompton-greaves-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:6248:1" rel="noopener">Crompton Greaves</a>.</li>
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The NIFTY Index, Nifty Next 50 Index, Nifty Bank Index, Nifty IT Index, Nifty Midcap 150 Index, Nifty100 Low Volatility30 Index and the CPSE ETF rebalance at the close today.
The round-trip trade across the indices is US$2.6bn and there are 26 stocks with over 1 day of ADV to trade from passive trackers.
Stocks with the largest impact are Britannia Industries, Bharat Petroleum, Adani Total Gas, Indian Hotels, Jio Financial, IRCTC, Zomato, Federal Bank, Union Bank Of India and Crompton Greaves.


NIFTY Indices: Flows (Post Capping) At the Close Today; Round-Trip US$2.6bn

Equity Derivatives

NSE Nifty Bank Index / Equity Derivatives

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<li>
<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/nse-nifty-bank-index" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:26811:1" rel="noopener">NSE Nifty Bank Index</a> implied volatility could be seen as rich when compared to its own history and in comparison to realized volatility.</li>
<li>Putting implied volatility into context with the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/nse-nifty-bank-index" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:26811:1" rel="noopener">NSE Nifty Bank Index</a> 200 day moving average will lead to a different conclusion. Selling volatility might not be the opportunity it seems.</li>
<li>This Insight provides a quantitative indication at which level implied volatility can be assessed as rich.</li>
</ul>



NSE Nifty Bank Index implied volatility could be seen as rich when compared to its own history and in comparison to realized volatility.
Putting implied volatility into context with the NSE Nifty Bank Index 200 day moving average will lead to a different conclusion. Selling volatility might not be the opportunity it seems.
This Insight provides a quantitative indication at which level implied volatility can be assessed as rich.


EQD | NSE Nifty Bank Index - Implied Volatility Not (Yet) Rich Enough.

External broker reports(aggregated public sources), Motilal Oswal Financial Services Limited

Motilal Oswal

Motilal Oswal Financial Services Limited

Motilal Oswal Financial Services Limited is an Indian diversified financial services firm offering a range of financial products and services. 

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<ul><li>IDFC First Bank (IDFCFB) reported a 3QFY25 PAT of INR3.4b (53% YoY decline, 32% miss to MOFSLe) due to an increase in opex (5% vs. our est) and elevated provisions.</li><li>NII grew 14% YoY to INR49b (in line), while NIM moderated 14bp QoQ to 6.04%, amid a decline in MFI business, an increase in the composition of wholesale business, and an increase in CoF.</li><li>Opex grew 16% YoY/8% QoQ to INR49.2b, while the C/I ratio increased to 73.7% from 69.9% in 2QFY25.</li></ul>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

IDFC First Bank (IDFCFB) reported a 3QFY25 PAT of INR3.4b (53% YoY decline, 32% miss to MOFSLe) due to an increase in opex (5% vs. our est) and elevated provisions.NII grew 14% YoY to INR49b (in line), while NIM moderated 14bp QoQ to 6.04%, amid a decline in MFI business, an increase in the composition of wholesale business, and an increase in CoF.Opex grew 16% YoY/8% QoQ to INR49.2b, while the C/I ratio increased to 73.7% from 69.9% in 2QFY25.Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

IDFC First Bank - Elevated Provisioning/Opex Drive Earnings Miss

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IDFC First Bank is an Indian private sector universal bank offering a comprehensive suite of products and services across retail, MSME, rural, startups, corporate banking, cash management, credit cards, and wealth management. The bank provides savings and current accounts, fixed deposits, various loans, and investment solutions. It is headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, and was founded in October 2015.

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This Friday’s RBI Decision: Nifty Bank Slips Either Way, History Suggests

RBI set to announce rate decision on June 6, with expectations of a cut to 5.75%. Analysis shows negative returns in the Nifty Bank Index on rate...

Gaudenz Schneider

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MFI asset quality recovery in sight – IDFCFB continued to report elevated slippages in the MFI portfolio, while the fresh stress accretion in the...

Axis Direct

NIFTY Indices: Flows (Post Capping) At the Close Today; Round-Trip US$2.6bn

The March rebalance of the Nifty family of indices takes place at the close today. The round-trip trade is US$2.6bn and there are 26 stocks with...

Brian Freitas

EQD | NSE Nifty Bank Index - Implied Volatility Not (Yet) Rich Enough.

Implied volatility for the NSE Nifty Bank Index may seem high historically, but seen in context with the index's 200 day moving average suggests...

Gaudenz Schneider

IDFC First Bank - Elevated Provisioning/Opex Drive Earnings Miss

IDFC First Bank (IDFCFB) reported a 3QFY25 PAT of INR3.4b (53% YoY decline, 32% miss to MOFSLe) due to an increase in opex (5% vs. our est) and...

Motilal Oswal

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This Friday’s RBI Decision: Nifty Bank Slips Either Way, History Suggests

​RBI set to announce rate decision on June 6, with expectations of a cut to 5.75%. Analysis shows negative returns in the Nifty Bank Index on rate...

Gaudenz Schneider

IDFC First Bank Ltd - MFI Stress Continues to Dent Earnings, Recovery from Q1FY26 in Sight!

MFI asset quality recovery in sight – IDFCFB continued to report elevated slippages in the MFI portfolio, while the fresh stress accretion in the...

Axis Direct

NIFTY Indices: Flows (Post Capping) At the Close Today; Round-Trip US$2.6bn

The March rebalance of the Nifty family of indices takes place at the close today. The round-trip trade is US$2.6bn and there are 26 stocks with...

Brian Freitas

EQD | NSE Nifty Bank Index - Implied Volatility Not (Yet) Rich Enough.

​Implied volatility for the NSE Nifty Bank Index may seem high historically, but seen in context with the index's 200 day moving average suggests...

Gaudenz Schneider

IDFC First Bank - Elevated Provisioning/Opex Drive Earnings Miss

IDFC First Bank (IDFCFB) reported a 3QFY25 PAT of INR3.4b (53% YoY decline, 32% miss to MOFSLe) due to an increase in opex (5% vs. our est) and...

Motilal Oswal

RBI set to announce rate decision on June 6, with expectations of a cut to 5.75%. Analysis shows negative returns in the Nifty Bank Index on rate...

Implied volatility for the NSE Nifty Bank Index may seem high historically, but seen in context with the index's 200 day moving average suggests...