Market regulator brakes slow retail race on options street
Hindustan Times Haryana|December 31, 2024
The Securities and Exchange Board of India's (Sebi) recent measures to cool the retail frenzy in derivatives trading are already bearing fruit, even as more curbs aimed at preventing investor losses kick in next month.
Ram Sahgal

MUMBAI:

Retail and proprietary traders accounted for nearly three-quarters of the drop in premium turnover in index options trading on the National Stock Exchange, signalling the impact of the Sebi's tightened curbs on derivatives trading.

Analysts anticipate a further decline in turnover as the increased contract size mandated by Sebi as part of its curbs will become effective in early January.

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