Investors Alert: SEBI Takes Action on Jane Street for Bank Nifty Manipulation | Stock Market News
SEBI Takes Action Against Jane Street for Bank Nifty Manipulation India's stock market regulator, SEBI, has issued a temporary order against Jane Street Group, accusing them of unfair trading in the Bank Nifty index. The companies involved include Jane Street Singapore, Jane Street Asia Trading, JSI Investments, and JSI2 Investments. What They Did: SEBI says Jane Street first started buying Bank Nifty stocks very aggressively—both in the cash market and in futures. This made the index go up artificially. At the same time, they secretly took large bearish (downward) bets using options, worth over ₹32,000 crore. After that, they suddenly sold off the stocks they had bought, which caused the index to crash. Since they had already bet that the index would fall, they made a massive profit from the options. The Money Involved: Total Profit Made: ₹36,502 crore Profit from Options: ₹43,289 crore Loss in Stock Futures: ₹7,208 crore Jane Street Singapore Alone Made: ₹...
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