MUMBAI: Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) Chairman Tuhin Kanta Pandey on Friday said that the market regulator will implement any changes to the futures and options (F&O) segment in a phased and calibrated manner, emphasising that a halt to weekly expiries is not under consideration.
“We cannot just shut down weekly F&O expiries. Many market participants are actively using it, ” Pandey said while speaking at an event in Mumbai.
In order to evaluate the wider market impact of F&O trading patterns, the SEBI chief stated that the regulator is now gathering and analysing a large amount of data on these patterns, and the same will be released in the form of a consultation before moving forward.