October 29, 2010

Press Release No. 1

Currency Options

Trading in Currency Options on the Currency Derivatives Segment was launched today. Near month contracts of Rs 45 call and Rs.44.50 put witnessed maximum liquidity and tight bid-ask spreads of 0.25 paise (1 tick). More than 3 lac contracts (about USD 300 million) were traded during the day with an Open Interest of about 95,000 contracts (about USD 95 million). Put call ratio of 2.8 : 1 was observed.

The first trade in the currency options was executed by East India Securities Ltd. About 130 members including State Bank of India, Axis Bank, IDBI Bank, Standard Chartered Bank and IndusInd Bank actively participated in the trading. Amongst the Bank participants Standard Chartered Bank executed the first trade.

Active participation was observed from across all major centers of the country.

Press Release No. 2

NSE completes its 2669th Normal Settlement

The Exchange has successfully completed its 2669^th Normal Settlement (Rolling T+2 following SEBI directive) since inception i.e., Settlement Number N – 2010206 on Oct 29, 2010. The settlement statistics are as follows:

Particulars	Value
	N-2010206
Total traded quantity (lakhs)	8316.31
Total traded value (Rs. In Crores)	16764.18
Total value of the settlement (Securities) (Rs. In Crores)	4659.30
Total value of the settlement (Funds) (Rs. In Crores)	1094.28
Shortages for the settlement	0.15%
% of Delivery ( No. of shares deliverable / No. of shares traded )	26.69%

Retail Debt Market has completed its 1942^nd settlement, details of which are as follows:

Settlement No.	Traded Value	Settlement Value
		Securities	Funds
D- 2010206	NIL	NIL	NIL