December 01, 2010

Press Release No. 1

News about Phillips Carbon Black Limited

The media had reports that Phillips Carbon Black Limited may buy a unit 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, "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 decision in this regard. We shall immediately inform the Stock Exchanges as and when any decision is taken in this regard."

Press Release No. 2

Market-wide Position Limit in ORCHIDCHEM

The derivative contracts in the underlying ORCHIDCHEM have crossed 95% of the market-wide position limit on December 01, 2010. It is hereby informed that all clients/ members shall trade in derivative contracts of ORCHIDCHEM by offsetting their existing positions till the open interest comes down to 80% of the market wide position limit.

Press Release No. 3

NSE completes its 2691^st Settlement

The Exchange has successfully completed its 2691st Normal Settlement (Rolling T+2 following SEBI directive) since inception i.e., Settlement Number N – 2010228 on Dec 01, 2010. The settlement statistics are as follows:

Particulars	Value
	N-2010228
Total traded quantity (lakhs)	8033.04
Total traded value (Rs. In Crores)	14535.94
Total value of the settlement (Securities) (Rs. In Crores)	4013.92
Total value of the settlement (Funds) (Rs. In Crores)	1333.85
Shortages for the settlement	0.11%
% of Delivery ( No. of shares deliverable / No. of shares traded )	25.94%

Retail Debt Market has completed its 1964^th settlement, details of which are as follows:

Settlement No.	Traded Value (Rs.)	Settlement Value (Rs.)
		Securities	Funds
D- 2010228	1061.50	1114.70	1061.50