Sebi chief Ajay Tyagi confirmed that the regulator has come to know of instances wherein price-sensitive financial data of reputed companies was leaked. Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) chairman Ajay Tyagi on Tuesday confirmed that the regulator has come to know of instances wherein price-sensitive financial data of reputed companies was leaked to right before the earnings were formally made public. As reported by PTI earlier, Sebi and the exchanges are examining trade details of over two dozen stocks as part of a probe into the alleged leak of key financial details through social media platform WhatsApp. The regulator is also considering seeking call data records of the persons involved. The regulator has powers to seek call data records, excluding the exact content of the communication, from telecom service providers.

Source: Mint December 12, 2017 08:15 UTC