First-half turnover rockets 36 per cent

 The combined turnover of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) and National Stock Exchange (NSE) increased 36.1 per cent to Rs 6,14,724 crore in the first half of the current fiscal (April-September) compared with the same period last year on the back of an across-the-board rally.

 Incidentally, the aggregate market turnover in the first six months is almost two-third of the Rs 9,31,880 crore turnover clocked during the whole of 2002-03.

 The NSE once again dominated volumes, with its share in the total market turnover increasing from 65.6 per cent in April-September 2002 to 70.4 per cent in the first half of the current fiscal. BSE