Turnover hits record high

May 2009 futures of Reliance Industries at premium

After a solid surge in share price during the previous session, today's (19 May 2009), trading session saw a record Rs 157877.29 crore on the bourses. NSE's futures & options segment clocked a turnover of 105985.51 crore. Turnover on the cash segment of NSE totaled Rs 40,130.66 crore and BSE's cash segment clocked turnover of Rs 11761.12 crore. The previous highest turnover was recorded on 18 October 2007.

Turnover was a paltry Rs 2599.35 crore on NSE's F&O segment yesterday, 18 May 2009, as trading was restricted to just a few seconds after a solid surge in the key benchmark indices viz. the Sensex and the Nifty triggered market-wide circuit breakers and shut down the market.

Nifty May 2009 futures were at 4340.95, at a premium of 22.5 points over the spot closing of 4318.45.

Reliance Industries (RIL) May 2009 futures were at a premium at Rs 2242.15 compared to the spot closing of Rs 2230.90.

DLF May 2009 futures were at a discount at Rs 376.60 compared to the spot closing of Rs 380.55.

ICICI Bank May 2009 futures were at discount at Rs 753.70 compared to the spot closing of Rs 756.15.

State Bank of India (SBI) May 2009 futures were at a discount at Rs 1744.70 compared to the spot closing of Rs 1753.95.

In the cash market, the S&P CNX Nifty fell 4.70 points or 0.11% at 4318.45.