BSE derivatives segment volume touches Rs 2,850 cr

The country's premier bourse Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) said its derivatives segment clocked more than Rs 2,850-crore turnover today.

The derivatives trading volume touched Rs 2,850.70 crore with 1,16,442 total contracts traded today, the BSE said in a statement here.

In the futures segment, Sensex (future contracts-current month) stood at Rs 1,926.12 crore and Nifty (futures contracts-current month) at Rs 6,567.58 crore, it said.

The index futures registered Rs 1,929.14-crore turnover with 80,711 contracts traded on BSE. Among others index option (call) registered a turnover of Rs 638.35 crore, index option (put) at Rs 103.75 crore and equity futures at Rs 179.45 crore, the release said.