Foreign investors, considered to be the movers of the market, managed to offset some of their share losses by having purchased the very bets that HNIs and pro desks sold.
With the US and global markets having their worst month in years, here is a breakdown on how bad the damage has been since the declines started last week.
The Sebi board on Monday approved a host of proposals for commodity derivatives exchanges and their members, tweaked rules for anchor investors in public issues.
The sharp slump in US stocks on opening on Monday threw US options markets out of gear as a dearth of liquidity made it extremely difficult for traders to make trades.
After the rout in Asian equity markets, the valuation of the MSCI Asia ex Japan index is just 6% away from the lows hit during the global financial crisis in 2008.
Should investors dare to catch a falling knife? That is the question market participants are asking after the broad-based carnage on Dalal Street on Monday.
US stocks staged a stunning recovery off their lows on Monday, helped by a sharp turnaround in Apple's shares, but were still down about 2 per cent in afternoon trading.