• Efforts by Exchange-SEBI to curb speculation in stock market
The equity market has witnessed an aggressive boom in recent times. Not only this, strict measures are being taken by the Exchange and SEBI to curb the speculation in the stock market. In particular, more than 90 percent of traders lose money in futures and options, so SEBI is considering increasing the contract from 5 lakhs to 20 lakhs in future options.
One of the main reasons for the boom in the stock market is the small investor in India. Which is increasing investment in the market. SIP investments in mutual funds are increasing steadily every month. More than two lakh new demat accounts are being opened every day in the country. On the other hand, it is real that the future option trading class is making losses. Keeping in view the discussions held by SEBI, in the recently released guidelines, it has been stated that the futures contract of 5 lakhs should be increased to 20 to 30 lakhs due to which more margin will be required and the small investor-trader will move away from this and suffer losses as a result. Do not turn.
Stock market expert Pareshbhai Vaghani said that several steps are being taken by SEBI and exchanges to curb speculation. In the coming time, there are discussions about the future option’s strike price also being limited.
The number of stocks used for margin will also decrease, resulting in a decrease in volume in futures options. The volume of genuine deals in the market will increase and speculation will decrease. Stock market is giving very good returns to those who invest in secondary market especially cash stocks. People who are just starting to invest in the stock market, it is imperative to start with the primary market. In which the amount of risk is very less. The number of retail investors in the country is constantly increasing.
According to Central Depository Service and National Securities Depository data, the number of demat accounts opened in June was over 42.4 lakh, the highest rate of account openings since February 2024. 4.24% new demat accounts opened in June compared to May and 34.66% compared to June 2023. 36 lakh new demat accounts were opened in the country in May 2024 and 23.6 lakh in June a year ago.
SME-IPO listing cannot be done at a premium of more than 90%
In the listing of SME IPOs in the primary market, there was an upper limit of 90 percent to the listing premium through the Bombay Stock Exchange. Even in the National Stock Exchange, no SME IPO will be listed above 90 percent. Listing will be done only with a maximum of 90% premium. In subsequent days a circuit filter of 5 percent per day will be applied.