Market Activity on 10th March 2008

Source : NSE India

Equity

High volatility was witnessed in the market today as the Nifty opened on a weak note, moved on both sides before recovering towards the end of the trading session. The S&P CNX Nifty closed at 4800.40; up by 28.80 points.

Futures and Options

1.The total turnover of the Futures & Options segment of the Exchange was around Rs.42402.30 crores.

[Options on Individual contracts]
2.The top twenty contracts contributed to around 43% of the total traded volume in Options on individual securities.
3.RELIANCE was the most active option contracts on individual securities traded today with 8743 contracts and RPL was the next most active options contracts with 3543 contracts being traded

[Futures on Individual contracts]
4.The top ten contracts contributed to around 49% of the total traded volume in Futures on individual securities
5.RELIANCE was the most active future contracts on individual securities traded today with 110450 contracts and REL was the next most active futures contracts with 63276 contracts being traded

[Index Futures]
6.Index futures saw a trading volume of Rs.19129.53 crores arising out of 844162 contracts

[Index Options]
7.Index options saw 233406 contracts getting traded at a notional value of Rs.5822.87 crores.