The derivatives markets finished marginally lower as late selling in technology counters dragged the cash market indices lower. In the National Stock Exchange Nifty futures, the premium turned into marginal discount with the July futures closing negative by 1.75 points at 1070.50 as against a gain of 0.65 points in S&P CNX Nifty at 1070.55.
The August futures also closed lower by 2.20 points at Rs 1074 but September contract closed higher by 3.30 points at 1082.35 points. Open interest nudged up marginally with a small fall in volumes.
Among index options the 1100 June call option was the most active traded paper with 176 trades. Nifty calls at 1080 and 1060 were also active. The most active put options were at strikes of 1080 with 1060 displacing the 1070 put contract. The put call ratio fell to 0.37.
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Trading in the Bombay Stock Exchange sensex futures continued to remain at low ebb. Only the near month futures managed trades. The futures ended at a premium to the underlying but there was a rise in volumes. Contrary to Nifty, the Sensex July futures closed sharply higher by 29.40 points at 3330 as against 6.58 point gain in the Sensex at 3316.77.
Among individual stock derivatives, technology stocks dominated the futures trading with Satyam and Infosys being at the top. Satyam futures was trading at a premium to the underlying and clocked 5757 contracts.
Satyam call option at 240 and 250 was the most traded paper. Digital call option at 720 was also active with 163 trades. Satyam call at 240 and L&T call at 180 had the highest open interest.