Archive · 10 Oct 2026
SEBI to Issue Closing Auction Guidelines Within a Week
India’s markets regulator, SEBI, is preparing new guidance about how some trades are priced at the end of a trading day.
Its chairman said the guidance should come within a week.
SEBI is also considering ways to make India’s cash markets work better and help prices reflect information more clearly.
It is reviewing rules for brokers and depositories, which help people hold and trade securities.
The regulator wants to make it easier for people living outside India to open accounts online.
It is also planning rules for using artificial intelligence safely, including human oversight.
Some changes to clearing arrangements are targeted for the end of November 2026.
SEBI also wants colleges and universities to offer more investor education.
SEBI chairman Tuhin Kanta Pandey said guidance on closing auction session changes is expected within a week.
The regulator is reviewing feedback on a consultation paper about derivatives expiry-day settlement prices.
SEBI plans to deepen India’s cash markets and improve liquidity and price discovery over the next decade.
Proposed work includes simpler rules for depositories, graded broker compliance, and updated clearing arrangements targeted for November 2026.
SEBI is also developing responsible AI guidelines, simplifying digital onboarding for people outside India, and expanding investor education.
- Who
- SEBI chairman Tuhin Kanta Pandey and the Securities and Exchange Board of India.
- What
- SEBI plans to issue guidelines on closing auction session changes and is reviewing several other market regulations and initiatives.
- When
- Pandey said the closing auction guidelines would be issued within a week; clearing changes are targeted for implementation by the end of November 2026.
- Where
- The announcement was made in Mumbai at an event organised by the BSE Brokers’ Forum.
- Why
- The initiatives aim to address concerns about settlement prices, deepen cash markets, improve price discovery, simplify compliance, and strengthen safeguards.
- Regulator
- Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)
- Chairman
- Tuhin Kanta Pandey
- Closing auction guidelines
- Expected within a week, according to Pandey
- Consultation comments
- More than 400 comments received on simplifying digital onboarding for people residing outside India
- Clearing changes target
- By the end of November 2026
- AI and machine-learning framework
- Planned tiered approach with accountability, data controls, kill switches, and human oversight
- Investor education
- SEBI aims to expand programmes to universities and colleges across India