The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) is considering a plan to ease restrictions on short-selling – a trading strategy betting on a decline in prices of an asset– on most stocks. reports Economic Times.
The new recommendations, if implemented, could allow short-selling in all stocks, barring those in the trade-to-trade, or T2T, segment, said sources with direct knowledge of the matter. Sebi officials, during the discussions, agreed to give the plan another thought, they said.