The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) registered a 3.96 per cent decline in its profit after tax for the quarter ended September, 2009 at Rs 55.48 crore as compared to Rs 57.77 crore in the corresponding period last year.
Total income of the exchange during the period, increased 35.64 per cent to Rs 140.48 crore from Rs 103.57 crore last year.
The average daily turnover of the exchange rose to Rs 6,024 crore from Rs 5,186 crore last year, up 16.16 per cent.
The income from its trading members scaled up to Rs 39.04 crore during the September quarter which in the corresponding previous quarter stood at Rs 35.39 crore.
Similarly, income from the investment and deposits jumped to Rs 77.73 crore from Rs 50.14 crore, up 55.03 per cent. The exchange spent more on IT related expenses as its expenditure on computer technology more than doubled to Rs 21.75 crore from Rs 10.75 crore last year in the same quarter.
The earning per share for the quarter stood at Rs 4.7 against Rs 5.37 last year.
