Delivery-based trades moderate in April after hitting eight-year high

Market volatility typically influences delivery-based trading volumes, according to experts

Delivery-based trades dipped in April after a sharp 12 per cent rebound in the benchmark Nifty 50 index, which hit an intraday low of 21,744 at the start of the month. As much as 43.53 per cent of the shares traded on the NSE and the BSE in the month were marked for delivery, down from 48.4 per cent in March, which was the highest level since March 2017, when delivery-based trades accounted for 52.6 per cent of the trade.

 

In FY25, delivery-based trades stood at 44.1 per cent of total trade volumes, with the rest being squared off on