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What is the meaning of equity futures?
An Equity futures contract traded on an organized exchange. In this contract parties commit to buy or sell a specified amount of an individual equity or a basket of equities or an equity index at an agreed contract price on a specified date. ... Index Future: This type of equity future has a index as its underlying.

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