MCX-SX Day 1: 23 stocks traded, NHPC top gainer

Total traded value (in cash segment) of the contracts was not even touched Rs 1 crore mark while in case of F&O segment, it (traded value represents premium) was Rs 11.82 crore. 

More than 11,900 equity shares worth nearly Rs 69 lakh traded on exchange. Meanwhile, 524 shares traded in stock futures and 4 in stock options.
 
Reliance Industries was the top traded counter (in terms of value as well as volume) with 6,164 equity shares worth Rs 53.7 lakh followed by Tata Steel with 1,364 shares worth Rs 5.26 lakh. State Bank of India was the highly traded counter (in terms of value) with 164 shares worth Rs 3.8 lakh.

Top five gainers were NHPC (up 6.43%), Reliance Capital (3.4%), Axis Bank (2.7%), Cipla (2.46%) and Kotak Mahindra Bank (1.72%). However, NTPC (down 3.75%), ACC (2.13%), TCS (1.45%), McDowell Holdings (0.75%) and L&T (0.6%) were top losers.

Twenty three shares traded on exchange on day 1; out of which 13 shares advanced while 10 shares declined.

MCX-SX launched its first benchmark index called SX40 , which is similar to other exchanges like BSE Sensex 30 and NSE Nifty 50.

Out of 40 stocks, five shares advanced while 8 shares declined, but 27 shares remained unchanged.

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