Delivery Percentage
Delivery Percentage is the share of a stock's total traded quantity on a given day that was settled by actual delivery of shares into demat accounts, rather than squared off intraday. In the NSE cash (equity) segment, every buy and sell within the same trading day by the same client nets off and does not require delivery, while the remaining quantity is taken to delivery. The figure is published by the exchange as part of end-of-day bhavcopy/security-wise delivery data and is expressed as a percentage of that day's traded volume.
Also called: Delivery %, Delivery Percent, Delivery Volume Percentage, Deliverable Percentage, % Deliverable Quantity to Traded Quantity, Delivery to Volume Ratio, Del %
Formula
Delivery Percentage = (Deliverable Quantity / Total Traded Quantity) × 100
How it is read
It is commonly read as a rough gauge of how much of the day's activity reflected positions carried beyond the session versus intraday churn. A higher delivery percentage is often described as more shares changing ownership and being held, which some readers associate with investment-style or conviction-led participation. A lower delivery percentage is generally described as more intraday or speculative turnover, where buyers and sellers closed out the same day. Many observers look at the figure alongside volume and price changes rather than on its own, and compare a day's reading to the stock's own typical range.
What it does not tell you
The percentage does not reveal who took delivery, their intent, or whether the holding is short-term or long-term, and it cannot distinguish accumulation from distribution since both buyers and sellers settle the same delivered shares. A high reading on thin volume can be misleading, so it is usually read together with the absolute traded and deliverable quantity, not in isolation. It is a cash-segment, end-of-day statistic and does not apply to the F&O (derivatives) segment, which is cash-settled or settled separately; intraday delivery figures are provisional until the exchange finalises them. It says nothing by itself about future price direction.
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