May 19, 2009

NSE’S NEWS UPDATE

CURRENCY DERIVATIVES:-

NSE Currency Derivatives Segment surpasses 1 million contracts equivalent to over 1 billion US Dollars

The Currency Derivatives Segment was launched for the first time in India on August 29, 2008 on National Stock Exchange of India (NSE). NSE Currency Derivatives Segment witnessed another milestone on May 18, 2009 by registering trading volumes of more than 1 Million contracts in USD-INR futures, valued at over USD 1 Billion.

The segment clocked USD 1.06 billion (Rs.5090.80 Crs) on May 18, 2009. The open interest also witnessed a growth to close at USD 334 million.

EQUITY SEGMENT:-

NSE crosses 10 million trades in the Equity segment

NSE is the 3rd largest Exchange in the World in terms of number of trades in the Equity Segment. On May 19, 2009 another landmark was reached with record number of trades, volume traded and number of shares traded in this segment at NSE.

The turnover in Cash segment on 19th May was over Rs 40,000 Crs, surpassing the previous high of 28,476 Crs on 1st Nov 2007.

Number of trades touched an all-time high of 11.26 million (1,12,60,392 trades). Similarly number of shares traded was in excess of 1.92 billion.

EQUITY DERIVATIVES SEGMENT:-

Record Turnover in Index Options

NSE is the 8th largest Derivatives Exchange in the World in terms of number of Contracts traded and/or cleared. On May 19, 2009 another landmark was reached with record turnover in Index Options.

The total traded value in Index Options on May 19, 2009 was over Rs.40,000 crores surpassing the previous high of Rs.32782.07 crores on March 24, 2009. Minifty (Mini Nifty) futures have also made record turnover of Rs. 1112.53 Crores surpassing the previous high of Rs. 958.68 Crores on May 13, 2009.