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Cash turnover on the nation’s three stock exchanges — NSE, BSE and MCX-SX — rose 2.59 per cent to Rs 33.41 lakh crore in 2013-14 from a year earlier on account of improvement in the global and domestic economy.
Trading of equity derivatives on the three exchanges surged 20.32 per cent to Rs 466 lakh crore in 2013-14 from the preceding financial year.
Cash segment
A turnover of Rs 32.57 lakh crore was recorded in the cash segment, according to data available with the Securities and Exchange Board of India and the stock exchanges.
The National Stock Exchange of India (NSE) alone accounted for 84 per cent of the cash market turnover with its share rising 3.7 per cent to Rs 28.08 lakh crore in 2013-14.
On the BSE, the turnover declined almost 5 per cent to Rs 5.21 lakh crore from Rs 5.48 lakh crore in the previous year.
MCX Stock Exchange Ltd (MCX-SX), which started operating as a full-fledged bourse in February last year, witnessed trades of Rs 11,183 crore in its cash segment.
According to experts, improvement in global economic conditions lifted the mood among investors in the domestic securities market.
Equity derivatives
Turnover in equity derivatives trading rose to about Rs 466 lakh crore on the three exchanges in 2013-14 from Rs 387 lakh crore in the previous year.
About 159 crore derivative contracts were traded on the exchanges compared with 139.4 crore in 2012-13.
NSE had an 82 per cent share of derivative trades, with a turnover of Rs 382 lakh crore.
Derivatives turnover on the BSE and MCX-SX stood at Rs 82.19 lakh crore and Rs 1.40 lakh crore, respectively.
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