April 08, 2009

Press Release no.1

NSE completes its 2279^th Normal Settlement

The Exchange has successfully completed its 2279^th Normal Settlement (Rolling T+2 following SEBI directive) since inception i.e., Settlement Numbers N – 2009061 on Apr 08, 2009. The settlement statistics is as follows:

Particulars	Values
	N-2009061
Total traded quantity (lakhs)	10272.73
Total traded value (Rs. In Crores)	14598.68
Total value of the settlement (Securities) (Rs. In Crores)	3422.02
Total value of the settlement (Funds) (Rs. In Crores)	1460.25
Shortages for the settlement	0.18%
% of Delivery ( No. of shares deliverable / No. of shares traded )	24.19%

Retail Debt Market have completed its 1553^th settlements detail of which are as follows:

Settlement No.	Traded Value	Settlement Value
		Securities	Funds
D- 2009061	NIL	NIL	NIL

Press Release no.2

News about Essar Oil Limited

The media had reports on April 07, 2009 that Essar Oil Limited may delist its securities. Further, it may take over 50% of the management control of KRPL refinery in Mombasa.

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.

Essar Oil Limited has vide its letter inter-alia stated, "There is currently no proposal under consideration for delisting of equity shares of the company from the Stock Exchanges. Regarding acquisition of 50% equity in Kenya Petroleum Refinery Ltd. (KRPL) as informed vide our letter dated 15th January, 2008 regarding entering into an agreement to acquire 50% stake in KRPL subject to certain conditions, we would like to clarify that discussions are still going on with Authorities of Kenya Government to obtain their approval for the above transaction."