Finance Minister P Chidambaram issued a statement that there is no plan to ban P-Notes issued by FIIs to their clients and sub accounts. Finance Minister said that there is no reason for alarm. The markets are trading near their all-time highs, but there is nothing to worry. The valuations of Indian Stocks are still looking good as the companies are showing decent growth in numbers.

The recommendation of SEBI caused biggest ever intra-day fall in stock markets. Securities and Exchange Board of India recommended on Tuesday evening that the P-Notes to be removed over a period of time.

Today, the Indian Stock markets could not find any support. The markets were down by nearly 10% and NSE Nifty touched a low of 5107. The markets were closed for one hour. As 51% of FII investment was through P-Notes, it was very obvious for the markets to witness a downfall.

After the crash markets witnessed today, the stock market analysts suggest small investors to stay away from markets for next few days. Finance Minister has issued a statement regarding the market crash and has said that aim of market regulator is to keep markets safe. Stock markets have seen very quick rise in recent two months and valuations seem to be over-stretched.

As reported earlier that the move of Stock Market Watchdog SEBI to curb stock market rise by hot-money invested by some FIIs, the stock markets have reacted very badly to the news. SEBI proposed a ban on P-Notes after the recent rally in stock markets. FIIs investments through P-Notes accounts for nearly 51% of their total investment as per the August 2007 records. The Stock markets opened with a huge gap and immediately went down to touch the lowest level of 5107 for NSE Nifty.

Stock Exchange Watchdog SEBI has proposed that some urgent measures need to be taken to curb the use of some categories of derivates instruments by FIIs. SEBI may ban the use of Participatory notes which are issued using stock futures or options. Finance minister recently expressed his concerns regarding over-stretched Indian Stock Markets. Indian Stock markets are trading at all-time highs. The SEBI move to ban P-notes may have negative impact on Stock Markets.

As per SEBI records, 34 FIIs issue Participatory notes. In August 2007, the value of Participatory notes was nearly 51% of total assets under FIIs in India. As SEBI allowed P-Notes, the exposure of FIIs in P-Notes increased of 20% in March, 2004 to 51% during August, 2007.