Sebi has not announced any measures to curb the surge in derivatives trading following its board meeting on Monday. Market participants were anticipating some action related to the futures and options market.
Among the proposed measures that were expected include limiting the number of options with weekly expirations and raising the minimum contract size. However, it was not to be the case this time.
The regulator has been trying to arrest the massive surge in F&O trading, which is being used for speculative bets, resulting in heavy losses for retail investors.
A recent Sebi study found that 1.13 crore retail F&O traders incurred a combined net loss of Rs 1.81 lakh crore in the last three financial years of FY22-FY24.
Despite no new measures for F&O, Sebi board has approved a series of changes, including new asset class for high networth individuals, MF Lite regulations, reducing timeline for rights issue, raising scrips for T+0 cycle among others.
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