What is a contract note and how to read it?

Modified on Fri, 9 Jan at 1:00 PM

A Contract note is a document sent by your broker on your registered email ID within 24 hours from your trade execution time. This is the summary which comprises of your trade details, brokerage and other exchange/government charges. 

Below are the components of the contract note and their interpretation: Order No: It is your exchange order number which is unique 

Order Time: Time when you placed the order into the system Trade No: This is an exchange trade number that is unique 

Trade Time: Time when your order was executed on the exchange 

Security/contract description: Name of the share/scrip or the contract in which you conducted the trade 

Buy(B)/ Sell(S): This is the type of your transaction Quantity: Number of shares bought/sold 

Gross Rate/ Trade Price Per Unit (in foreign currency): This is the price at which your order is executed 

Brokerage Per Unit (Rs.): Amount of brokerage you paid per share 

Net Rate Per Unit (Rs.): The net rate per unit and the gross rate per unit shows the same value since we have mentioned brokerage charges separately 

Closing rate per unit is applicable to carried over derivative contracts: This indicates the price at which the contract closed for the day 

Net Total: This is the amount due to you or from you excluding the brokerage and other charges 

Remarks: Segment in which you executed your trade

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