According to the Union Minister of State for Finance, Namo Narain Meena, the NSE had 30.9 lakh clients in the cash segment and 5.57 lakh clients in the F&O (futures and options) segment during the first quarter of this financial year. In the cash segment, 451 clients contributed to 50 per cent of the turnover of the exchange. Fifty per cent of the turnover in the F&O segment was contributed by 106 clients. Top 25 members contributed to 42 per cent of the turnover in the cash segment and 43 per cent turnover in F&O segment, respectively, during this period.

The put-call ratio (PCR) went up from 1.42 to 1.48. There was still a discount of nearly 10 points, which is there visible on Nifty that was because of cash based buying, which is happening in for the last few days, 25 lakh shares were added on the Nifty front.