What if I don’t have shares for delivery on the last day of physical settlement?

If you have insufficient stock in your for physically settled F&O contracts on the expiry day, you’ll be granted the option to purchase the required on the same day. Such purchases are deemed valid for fulfilling obligations and comply with regulatory requirements regarding obligation netting between the F&O and capital market segments on corresponding trading dates.

For delivery , you should have stocks in the demat account on the expiry day. If sufficient stocks in the demat account are unavailable, then this will lead to short delivery and penalties.