The Nifty August futures are trading at a premium of 10 points at 4,432. Nifty futures has seen trades of around 1.90 lakh contracts with net addition of nearly 14 lakh shares in open interest.
The Nifty 4,500 and 4,600 calls are the most active counters with trades of around 47,250 and 29,700 contracts, respectively. The 4,600 and 4,700 contracts too are seeing trades of around 20,000 contracts each. However, there is no significant change in the open interest in either of the contracts.
The 4,400 put is the most actively traded contract with over 53,000 trades so far. The 4,400 put has seen net addition of 2.16 lakh shares in open interest with more sellers (writers) than buyers. While the 4,500 put is seeing some cut down (15,650 shares) in open interest, the 4,300 put is also witnessing fresh addition (1.62 lakh shares) in open interest.