The Nifty August futures are trading with a premium of 16 points at 4,342. Nifty futures has seen trades of over three lakh contracts with net addition of over 26 lakh shares in open interest (OI). The current OI now stands at 3.46 crore shares.
The Nifty 4,400 and 4,500 calls are the most active counters with trades of around 86,000 and 73,500 contracts, respectively so far. The 4,400 call has seen net addition of 10.87 lakh shares in open interest to 26.43 lakh shares, and the 4,500 call open interest has increased by 74,650 shares to 35.78 lakh shares.
The 4,600 call has seen trades of 38,500 contracts and the open interest has gone up by 3.56 lakh shares to 35.65 lakh shares.
The 4,400 and 4,300 put are the most actively traded contracts with trades of around 63,650 and 61,000 contracts, respectively so far. The 4,400 put has seen net reduction of 90,150 shares in open interest to 32.88 lakh shares, while the 4,300 put has seen net addition of 13,500 shares in open interest to 33 lakh shares.
The 4,200 put has seen trades of around 27,200 contracts and the open interest has declined by 35,000 shares to 26.47 lakh shares.