Alarmed by sustained losses faced by investors trading derivatives, the regulator is keen to deepen the cash market. A Sebi study of July found that the net loss of individual traders widened by 41% to ₹1.06 trillion in FY25 from ₹748 billion in the preceding fiscal.
It desires to do so by, among others, strengthening the SLBS, which facilitates short selling in cash over a longer period than the intraday period under the T+1 rolling settlement.
