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While the ban is focused on a single player, many believe it may have wider effects on liquidity, trading volumes, investor confidence, and even foreign investor behaviour.

The Securities and Exchange Board of India last week accused Jane Street of a “sinister scheme” to manipulate Indian stocks and derivatives, temporarily banned its activities in the country and impounded more than $550mn of “illegal gains” — the most draconian penalty it has ever levied.