Quantity Freeze Limits for Indices · NSE/FAOP/76693

National Stock Exchange of India Limited

Circular

All Members,

Quantity Freeze Limits for Indices

This is w.r.t chapter 1.9 Quantity freeze for futures & options contracts in F&O consolidated circular no. NSE/FAOP/73928 dated April 28, 2026. Members are required to note that the computation methodology mentioned in the aforesaid circular will no longer be applicable on indices and the below mentioned quantity freeze limits for indices shall be applicable w.e.f. October 05, 2026

Further members are required to note the below additional points:

• Members are advised to load the updated contract.gz and NSE_FO_contract_ddmmyyyy.csv.gz file in the trading application before trading on the effective date. This file can be obtained from the directory faoftp/faocommon on the Extranet server.
• Additionally, members can access the contract file - NSE_FO_contract_ddmmyyyy.csv.gz on the website path - https://www.nseindia.com/all-reports-derivatives
• Details of quantity freeze in respect of each underlying is also available on the website on this path - https://www.nseindia.com/products-services/equity-derivatives-contract-information.

For and on behalf of
National Stock Exchange of India Limited

Khushal Shah
Associate Vice President