MUMBAI, June 26 (PTI): The Indian capital markets' turnover today rose to a record high level of more than Rs 7 trillion, as leading bourse NSE witnessed a sharp surge in its trade volumes while BSE also recorded huge volumes.
Both the exchanges recorded huge volumes of futures and option (F&O) trades today on the day of expiry of current month derivative contracts.
The total F&O turnover at BSE rose to Rs 2313.91 billion, up from about Rs 1.71 trillion yesterday. Earlier on Tuesday, BSE had witnessed a sudden surge in its F&O volumes and had also overtaken its larger rival NSE which traditionally commands over 80 per cent share in derivatives market.
With a sudden spike in trade volume of three Sensex option contracts, BSE on June 24 had recorded Futures & Options (F&O) turnover of Rs 3.36 trillion - higher than that of its bigger rival NSE (Rs 3.29 trillion) on that day.
At the end of today's trading, the total F&O turnover on NSE stood at Rs 4.29 trillion -- as against BSE's Rs 2.31 trillion.
The NSE also recorded equity market turnover of over Rs 200 billion, as against about Rs 33 billion of BSE in this segment
Indian market turnover soars to record high
FE Team | Published: June 27, 2014 00:00:00 | Updated: November 30, 2026 06:01:00
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