The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) has posted a 3.96 per cent decline in profit after tax for the quarter ended September 2009 at Rs 55.48 crore compared with Rs 57.77 crore in the corresponding period last year. The exchange’s total income during the period rose to Rs 140.48 crore from Rs 103.57 crore last year, up 35.64 per cent.
The average daily turnover increased to Rs 6,024 crore from Rs 5,186 crore last year, up 16.16 per cent. The income from trading members rose to Rs 39.04 crore. It was Rs 35.39 crore in the corresponding quarter of previous year.
Similarly, income from investments & deposits rose to Rs 77.73 crore from Rs 50.14 crore, up 55.03 per cent. The exchange’s expenditure on computer technology more than doubled to Rs 21.75 crore from Rs 10.75 crore in the same quarter last year.
The earning per share for the quarter stood at Rs 4.7 as against Rs 5.37 last year.