- Friday saw broad-based selling — over 400 Nifty 500 stocks declined, with FMCG, auto components and MFIs under pressure. Nifty 50 slipped below its 200-DMA and 25,200, with the monthly trend turning weak and 24,600 seen as the next key support. As per market grapevine, rising promoter supply and IPO focus by large players are keeping cash stocks subdued, leading to cautious retail sentiment.
- SEBI alert: SEBI has issued social media usage norms mandating name and registration disclosure for all regulated entities and their agents. The rules will apply to all new content effective 1st May 2026.
- Ramesh Damani said there is no major fear from AI, but new winners and losers will emerge, and companies adapting to AI-led changes will outperform.
- Big negative/volumes will decline: RBI’s new norms for stock brokers effective 1st April 2026 may tighten liquidity. Stricter collateral-backed funding, higher haircuts and limits on prop trading could impact F&O volumes by 20–30%, raising costs for brokers, operators and HNIs.
- NSE CEO Ashishkumar Chauhan indicated tighter rules to curb speculation will continue. He highlighted the need for minimum eligibility criteria for derivatives participation to protect small investors, with further regulatory tightening likely..
