BSE creates history by closing 46.5 crore orders intra-day

Asia's first stock exchange BSE Ltd (formerly Bombay Stock Exchange) today created history by closing 46.5 crore orders, highest number ever of order received in a day.
The BSE has registered a total of 46,48,46,957 orders today, an exchange statement said here.
The orders include 37.13 crore equity orders, 8.97 crore equity derivatives orders and 37.44 lakh currency and interest rate orders.
The market capitalisation of BSE listed company stood at Rs 93,80,648 crore with 3,120 scrips traded on the exchange today.
Earlier this year in April 2014, BSE launched its equity trading platform software 'BOLT Plus'. The BSEtrading system (Bolt Plus) is based on T7, the global trading architecture of Deutsche Bourse AG.

One of the key features of the system is its response time of approximately 200 micro seconds, making it the fastest trading platform in the country. BSE's new technology, which is open source and low cost can handle 5 lakh orders per second.
BSE in its endeavour to bring transparency and accuracy to the market has taken several initiatives and has been increasing its market share both in cash and derivatives segment. It has also gained leadership in many other products like BSE SME platform, BSE Star MF, etc, the release said.