BSE lowers circuit limit for MCX shares to 5%

Change will be effective from August 8

Press Trust of India Mumbai
Last Updated : Aug 07 2013 | 7:33 PM IST
Leading stock exchange BSE today decided to halve the circuit limit for the shares of Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX), capping its maximum movement in a day at 5%.

The change will be effective from August 8 and follows a plunge in the share price of the company in the past one week, where it has fallen over 50%.

In a circular, the exchange said, "The circuit filter has been changed from their existing levels in the scrip (of MCX) with effect from August 8, 2013.

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Earlier, MCX shares were allowed an upward or downward movement of 10% in a day.

BSE, last week, had announced to reduce the circuit limit for the shares of MCX to 10% from 20%.

The exchanges generally lower the circuit filter of a stock as part of their surveillance mechanism to avoid excessive volatility in the share price.

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MCX shares today plunged by nearly 10% to close on its 52-week low of Rs 298.70 apiece on the BSE.

Shares of Financial Technologies-promoted MCX took a beating due to payment crisis faced by another group company National Spot Exchange Ltd.

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First Published: Aug 07 2013 | 7:30 PM IST

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