BackBSE, NSE turnover soars to record Rs8.2 lakh crore level
BSE recorded total daily turnover of Rs2.93 lakh crore, while that at NSE rose to Rs5.32 lakh crore
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Mumbai: The Indian capital markets’ turnover on Thursday rose to record high level of about Rs8.2 lakh crore, amid monthly expiry of derivative contracts.
BSE recorded total daily turnover of Rs2,93,526.31 crore, while that at NSE rose to Rs5,32,612 crore—taking the combined total for the entire Indian capital markets to Rs8,26,138.31 crore.
The National Stock Exchange (NSE) said its total futures and options (F&O) turnover scaled a record high of Rs5,32,612 crore on Thursday, surpassing the previous high of Rs441,534.45 crore that it had touched on 10 July, 2014. Nearly 1.36 crore derivative contracts were traded on the NSE amounting to a F&O turnover of Rs5.32 lakh crore, record high for a day, the bourse said.
Index options touched a record high of Rs410,992.69 crore as a part of the total derivative turnover on NSE on Thursday. On 10 July, index options turnover had touched a high of Rs3.32 lakh crore. The total turnover at BSE rose to Rs2,93,526.31 crore at the end of trade up from Rs2,24,870.16 crore on Wednesday.
In the equity market, the BSE benchmark Sensex as well as NSE’s Nifty closed with sharp losses. Meanwhile, NSE also said that the total Bank Nifty turnover touched Rs65,470 crore, while the turnover for Bank Nifty Options hit a record of Rs55,250 crore. Bank Nifty turnover is a subset of total equity derivative turnover on the exchange. PTI
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