The new rules also consider a stock's valuation-price to earnings ratio, client concentration and gyration in the stock price over a period of one month and one year
According to Sebi data, the total value of P-note investments in Indian markets - equity, debt, and derivatives - slumped to a low of Rs 934.97 billion
The government will also explore ways to utilise non-budgetary instruments
The decision was taken after a joint surveillance meeting of exchanges and Sebi last week
Experts say key decisions by Sebi and other factors helped spur growth, improving liquidity and depth in the market
Among sectoral indices, the Nifty PSU Bank index ended around 2% lower led by a fall in the shares of Allahabad Bank, Union Bank of India and Canara Bank.
The stock locked in lower circuit of 20% at Rs 373 after the media report suggested that ED arrested former director Gautam Khaitan in Agusta scam.
Thus far in the calendar year 2018, the S&P BSE PSU index has slipped 18%, against 4.6% rise in Sensex.
The stock slipped nearly 7% to Rs 56 on the BSE on concerns of likely delay in Vodafone merger as the telecom department is looking to raise a fresh demand of around Rs 47 billion.
The stock dipped 5% to Rs 292, trading close to its 52-week low of Rs 582 touched on May 31, 2018 on the BSE in intra-day trade.
Thus far in the current calendar year 2018, Bajaj Finserv has outperformed the market by surging 20% as compared to 4.5% rise in the S&P BSE Sensex.
HEG was locked in upper circuit at Rs 3,270, while Graphite India was trading 4.5% higher at Rs 817, after hitting an upper circuit of Rs 821 in intra-day trade.
The stock was trading 2% higher at Rs 587 on the BSE in otherwise subdued market, trading nears to 52-week high of Rs 609 touched on February 12, 2018.
With elevated price-earnings ratios, we recommend investors avoid risk in Indian equities, says Sanjay Mookim
Short-term outlook for the market remains positive till Nifty trades above 10,417 levels, says Devang Shah
Nifty outlook and few trading ideas by Vaishali Parekh, Research Analyst - Technical Research at Prabhudas Lilladher
Rising bond yields, improved economic outlook and strengthening currency have acted as a tailwind for the US equities
The UP government's enthusiasm to 'reward' cane growers and win opinions (before the 2019 votes) proved lose-lose for stakeholders
The sharp fall came after auditor Deloitte, Haskins & Sells resigned due to lack of information provided by the company
Volume-led growth, benign input costs and a strong pipeline have made it the second-best performing FMCG stock in 2018