View: Sebi's measures to curtail speculative trading in the index derivatives segment

Late last month, Sebi proposed measures to address the rise in speculative trading in index derivatives, driven by a surge in individual investor activity. Concerns have been raised about the exponential increase in futures and options (F&O) trading volumes, which are now 400 times those in the cash market in India, compared to 5-15 times in most other markets.