TOKYO — Options, futures and different derivatives are shortly gaining momentum in India and the remainder of the Asia-Pacific, with the area’s commerce quantity doubling in 2023 on the rise of choices that expire on their buying and selling day.

Derivatives buying and selling within the Asia-Pacific elevated to 103.5 billion contracts, Futures Industry Association information exhibits. The determine accounted for 75% of the 2023 international tally of 137.2 billion contracts, up from a 60% share within the prior yr.