Mumbai: The Indian capital markets' turnover on Thursday rose to a record high level of about Rs 8.2 lakh crore amid monthly expiry of derivative contracts.
BSE recorded total daily turnover of Rs 2,93,526.31 crore, while that of NSE rose to Rs 5,32,612 crore, taking the combined total for the entire Indian capital markets to Rs 8,26,138.31 crore.
National Stock Exchange (NSE) said its total futures and options (F&O) turnover scaled a record high of Rs 5,32,612 crore on this day, surpassing its previous high of Rs 441,534.45 crore touched on July 10, 2014.
Nearly 1.36 crore derivative contracts were traded on NSE amounting to a F&0 turnover of Rs 5.32 lakh crore, record high for a day, the bourse said.
Index options touched a record high of Rs 410,992.69 crore as a part of the total derivative turnover on NSE on Thursday.
On July 10, index options turnover had touched a high of Rs 3.32 lakh crore.
Total turnover at BSE rose to Rs 2,93,526.31 crore at the end of trade, up from Rs 2,24,870.16 crore on Wednersday.
In the equity market, the BSE benchmark Sensex as well as NSE's Nifty closed with sharp losses.
Meanwhile, NSE also said that the total Bank Nifty turnover touched Rs 65,470 crore, while the turnover for Bank Nifty Options hit a record of Rs 55,250 crore. Bank Nifty turnover is a subset of total equity derivative turnover on the exchange.
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