February 01, 2011

Press Release No. 1

News about Phillips Carbon Black Limited

The media had reports that Phillips Carbon Black Limited may buy carbon black division of Germany's Evonik Industries.

The Exchange, in order to verify the accuracy or otherwise of the information reported in the media and to inform the market place so that the interest of the investors is safeguarded, had written to the officials of the company.

Phillips Carbon Black Limited has vide its letter inter-alia stated, “We inform you that the Company is always exploring opportunities for growth both organic and inorganic. We are also aware of the divestment process of Evonik's Carbon Black operations. We have not taken any conclusive decision in this regard. We shall immediately inform the Exchange as and when any conclusive decision is taken in this regard."

Press Release No. 2

NSE completes its 2733^rd Normal Settlement

The Exchange has successfully completed its 2733^rd Normal Settlement (Rolling T+2 following SEBI directive) since inception i.e., Settlement Number N – 2011019 on Feb 01, 2011. The settlement statistics are as follows:

Particulars	Value
	N-2011019
Total traded quantity (lakhs)	7497.56
Total traded value (Rs. In Crores)	15030.70
Total value of the settlement (Securities) (Rs. In Crores)	4472.53
Total value of the settlement (Funds) (Rs. In Crores)	1303.65
Shortages for the settlement	0.14%
% of Delivery ( No. of shares deliverable / No. of shares traded )	30.37%

Retail Debt Market has completed its 2006^th settlement, details of which are as follows:

Settlement No.	Traded Value	Settlement Value
		Securities	Funds
D- 2011019	NIL	NIL	NIL