On June 4, benchmark Nifty 50 index fell nearly 6 percent, wherein investors lost around Rs 31 lakh crore on the stock markets.
Indian stock markets witnessed the biggest fall in four years on June 4 when Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) received a smaller mandate in 2024 elections, compared to exit poll estimates.
With this market crash, many publications in their reports suggested that many mutual fund investors tried to buy units on election results day, but they ended up losing money because their orders got delayed.
Broking platforms alleged the possibility of a glitch in the mutual fund system of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), which caused the orders to go through the next day, after the markets had already recovered some of their losses. However, BSE denied it was at fault.
"There was no technical glitch at the exchange end on 04 June. However, there was some lag in receiving payments from UPI channel for a few customers," said a BSE spokesperson.
Many users have posted on social media site "X" formerly known as Twitter that they purchased a mutual fund through online Apps on June 4 but NAV showed for June 5.
Several investors of apps like Zerodha, Groww, Upstox, and Angel One vented their anger on social media platforms about their inability to square off their positions in equities or F&O.
On June 4, benchmark Nifty 50 index fell nearly 6 percent, wherein investors lost around Rs 31 lakh crore in the stock markets. The combined market-cap of BSE-listed firms also retreated to Rs 394 lakh crore on the day, from Rs 425 lakh crore.
With heavy fall in equity, NAVs of Mutual funds also dropped, leading many investors to place purchase orders to take advantage of the low prices. However, many of these orders were processed the next day, when the market had bounced back by 3 percent.
When asked about the issue, RBI refused to comment on it during the monetary policy press conference. But the central banks said they are making efforts to reduce downtime for UPI transactions. Daily UPI transactions are between 40 to 45 crore so there is a lot of pressure. RBI said, there is no delay from NPCI end, but there may be some delay at the banking end which the central bank is trying to resolve in coordination with specific banks.
Reports suggest this delay caused many investors to lose money in many cases by up to 3 percent on their mutual fund purchases on June 4. Meanwhile, those who invested in exchange-traded funds (ETFs) also faced issues, as ETFs were trading at a much higher price than their actual value. (ANI)
