New Delhi, July 14 -- US-based proprietary trading firm Jane Street has deposited the amount demanded by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) into an escrow account to resume trading, but will continue to contest the regulator's order, according to a person familiar with the matter. It has put its options trading on hold for now.

With the payment of Rs.4843.57 crore, Jane Street can recommence trading in the markets, per the Sebi's interim order of 3 July.

Sebi's investigation of Jane Street's trading on other indices is ongoing. The interim order on 3 July pertained to 21 instances of trading-18 on Bank Nifty and three on Nifty weekly contracts-between August 2023 and May 2025. According to the person aware of the developm...