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Invest in Akita Drilling stock from India
Indian and foreign residents can buy Akita Drilling (AKT) shares directly through Paasa.
By Paasa · Updated
Akita Drilling at a glance
- Price
- CA$3.66+CA$0.00 (0.00%)
- Market cap
- CA$210.09M
- Day range
- CA$3.66 – CA$3.85
- P/E
- —
- Dividend yield
- None
- Volume
- 71.13K
- 1 month
- -4.69%
- 6 months
- -13.48%
- YTD
- +70.23%
- 1 year
- +70.23%
- 5 years
- +83.00%
How to invest in Akita Drilling from India
Step 1
Open your Paasa account
KYC takes a few minutes: PAN, Aadhaar and address proof. Your brokerage account is opened in your own name with Interactive Brokers.
Step 2
Add funds from your Indian bank account
Remit up to $250,000 a year under the RBI's Liberalised Remittance Scheme. Your bank converts the rupees to US dollars at its rate on the day you remit, and Interactive Brokers converts the dollars to CAD when you buy.
Step 3
Search AKT and buy
Find Akita Drilling by name or by its ticker, AKT, and place your order.
Why invest in Akita Drilling from India
What Akita Drilling does
AKITA Drilling Ltd. provides contract drilling services to the oil and gas industry in Canada and the United States. It is also involved in the drilling related to potash mining and the development of storage caverns. Akita Drilling operates in the Oil & Gas Drilling industry within the Energy sector.
Paasa handles the paperwork
Investing abroad brings paperwork with it: remittance filings, capital gains reporting, foreign asset disclosure. Paasa prepares all of it for you. Your India-ready tax reports arrive at year end, ready to file.
Frequently asked questions
Can I buy Akita Drilling stock from India?
Yes. Indian residents and NRIs can buy Akita Drilling (AKT) shares directly through Paasa. Akita Drilling is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange, in the Oil & Gas Drilling industry. Your money leaves India under the RBI's Liberalised Remittance Scheme and the shares are held in your own name at Interactive Brokers.
What tax do I pay in India when I sell Akita Drilling shares?
In India, gains on shares held for more than 24 months are long-term and taxed at 12.5%, and gains on shares held for 24 months or less are short-term and taxed at your income-tax slab rate. Both are worked out in rupees at the CAD/INR rate on the day you bought and the day you sold, so the currency move is part of the gain. Paasa's capital-gains statement gives you the figures for your return.