July 21, 2009

Press Release no. 1

NSE completes its 2349^th Normal Settlement

The Exchange has successfully completed its 2349^th Normal Settlement (Rolling T+2 following SEBI directive) since inception i.e., Settlement Numbers N – 2009131 on Jul 21, 2009. The settlement statistics is as follows:

Particulars	Values
	N-2009131
Total traded quantity (lakhs)	9174.70
Total traded value (Rs. In Crores)	18113.52
Total value of the settlement (Securities) (Rs. In Crores)	3918.80
Total value of the settlement (Funds) (Rs. In Crores)	1381.21
Shortages for the settlement	0.16%
% of Delivery ( No. of shares deliverable / No. of shares traded )	20.34%

Retail Debt Market have completed its 1623^rd settlements detail of which are as follows:

Settlement No.	Traded Value	Settlement Value
		Securities	Funds
D- 2009131	NIL	NIL	NIL

Press Release no. 2

News about Hindustan Zinc Limited

The media had reports on July 20, 2009 that Vedanta may buy 29.5 percent stake in Hindustan Zinc Ltd.

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.

Hindustan Zinc Ltd. has vide its letter inter- alia stated, " The Group Chairman Mr. Anil Agarwal, in an interview with the media on query from the journalist, expressed the willingness to purchase the residual stake in Hindustan Zinc Limited from Goverment of India."