NOTICE
September
19, 2013
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CIRCULAR
CIR/MRD/DP/ 25 /2013 September 03, 2013
To,
All Stock Exchanges.
Dear Sir / Madam,
Subject: Index
based market-wide circuit breaker mechanism
1.
Please refer to SEBI circular SMDRPD/Policy/Cir-37/2001 dated June 28,2001
directing stock exchanges to implement an index based market wide circuit
breaker system to affect a coordinated trading halt in all equity and equity
derivative markets on index movement either way of 10%, 15% and 20%.
2.
Based on the recommendations of Secondary Market Advisory Committee (SMAC), it
has been decided to partially modify the system of index based market wide
circuit breaker as under:
(i) Daily revision of index based
market-wide circuit breaker limits: Para 2 of the SEBI circular dated June 28,
2001 shall be modified as under:
The stock exchange on a daily basis shall
translate the 10%, 15% and 20% circuit breaker limits of market-wide index
variation based on the previous day's closing level of the index.
(ii) Resumption of trading after the halt
with a pre-open call auction session
(a)
Post-observation of the trading halt, stock exchange shall resume trading in
the Cash Market with a fifteen minutes pre-open call auction session.
(b)
Such pre-open call auction session shall be governed as per the provisions
mandated vide SEBI circulars no. CIR/MRD/DP/21/2010 dated July 15, 2010,
CIR/MRD/DP/32/2010 dated September 17, 2010 and CIR/MRD/DP/6/2013 dated February 14, 2013.
(c) In order to accommodate such pre-open
call auction session, the extant duration of the market halt prescribed vide
SEBI circular June 28, 2001 shall be suitably reduced by fifteen minutes.
(d) With regard to the dynamic price bands mandated in para
6.1 and para 6.2 of the SEBI circular CIR/MRD/DP/34/2012 dated December 13,
2012, the reference price for the dynamic price band in the pre-open session
and subsequent trading sessions shall be previous day's closing price.
3.
All other conditions shall be as per SEBI circular SMDRPD/Policy/Cir-37/2001
dated June 28, 2001.
4.
Stock exchanges are directed to:
(i)
take necessary steps and put in place necessary systems for implementation of
the provisions of this circular with effect from October 01, 2013.
(ii)
make necessary amendments to the relevant bye-laws, rules and regulations for
the implementation of the above decision.
(iii)
bring the provisions of this circular to the notice of their members and also
disseminate the same on their website.
5. This circular is being issued in
exercise of powers conferred under Section 11 (1) of the Securities and Exchange
Board of India Act, 1992 to protect the interests of investors in securities
and to promote the development of, and to regulate the securities market.
Yours faithfully,
Maninder Cheema
Deputy General Manager
email: maninderc@sebi.gov.in
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Trading
Members are requested to take note of the aforesaid SEBI guideline.
General
Manager