According to the data released by the World Federation of Exchanges (WFE), a total of 24.71 million contracts were traded on the BSE currency option segment in March.
In the month of February 2015, the BSE had traded a total of 19.11 million contracts. The bourse recorded a growth of nearly 30 per cent in the number of contracts traded on the segment in March, a statement issued here said.
BSE MD & CEO Ashish Chauhan said, "BSE launched the currency derivatives segment on its new trading platform to "Bolt" and traders can now place in around 5,00,000 orders in a second adding a completely new dimension to trading in the history of Indian stock markets. This technology has made BSE the fastest exchange in India and one of the fastest exchanges in Asia".