Media Release
Sensex and Bankex derivatives contracts post Rs 17,345 crores turnover on its second Friday weekly expiry
Mumbai, 26th May 2023: The S&P BSE Sensex and S&P BSE Bankex derivatives contracts, which were recently relaunched, witnessed a significant turnover of Rs 17,345 crores (Rs 17,316 crore in options and Rs 29 crore in futures) during the second weekly expiry at BSE today.
BSE Ltd. has been witnessing a consistent rise in both turnover and open interest for these contracts, which have a unique expiry on Fridays.
Today, totally 2,78,341 contracts traded in the exchange through 98,242 trades. Prior to expiry, the total open interest stood at 20,700 contracts with a value of Rs 1,280 crores.
``The activity being witnessed in these contracts stands testimony to the fact that there is a growing interest and utility of these new products for market participants,’’ said Shri Sundararaman Ramamurthy, MD & CEO of BSE.
BSE (previously Bombay Stock Exchange) reintroduced its Sensex and Bankex futures contracts with lower lot sizes and a Friday expiry on May 15th, 2023. The revisions were based on market feedback and aimed at providing a wider ranges of investment options to investors and other market participants.
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Indian Clearing Corporation Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of BSE, acts as the central counterparty to all trades executed on the BSE and other exchanges trading platform and provides full novation, guaranteeing the settlement of all bonafide trades executed. BSE Institute Ltd, another fully owned subsidiary of BSE runs one of the most respected capital market educational institutes in the country. Central Depository Services Ltd. (CDSL), associate company of BSE, is one of the two Depositories in India.
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