The Nifty August futures ended with a premium of 32 points at 4,401 as against the spot Nifty which closed at 4,368 (down 25 points). The August futures saw trades of over nearly five lakh contracts. The open interst rose by 29.56 lakh shares to 3.50 crore shares.
CALL ACTION
The Nifty 4,400 and 4,500 calls were the most active counters with trades of around 148,421 and 111,933 contracts, respectively. The 4,400 call saw net addition of 12.07 lakh shares in open interest to 27.63 lakh shares, and the 4,500 call open interest increased by 59,150 shares to 35.63 lakh shares.
The 4,600 call saw trades of 55,971 contracts and the open interest was up by 5.03 lakh shares to 37.12 lakh shares.
While the 4,300 call saw net addition of 94,100 shares in open interest, the 4,700 and 4,800 calls saw the open interest go down by 1.72 lakh and 3.39 lakh shares, respectively.
Interestingly in-the-far month series today, the December Nifty 5,000 call saw a net addition of over four lakh shares in open interest to 14.92 lakh shares.
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PUT ACTION
The 4,400 and 4,300 puts were the most actively traded contracts with trades of 95,044 and 95,636 contracts, respectively. The 4,400 put saw net addition of 2.51 lakh shares in open interest to 36.28 lakh shares, and open interest in the 4,300 put rose by 72,000 to 33.62 lakh shares.
The 4,200 put registered trades of 41,296 contracts and the open interest was down marginally by 4,200 shares to 26.78 lakh shares. The 4,500 put clocked trades of 28,355 contracts and the open interest declined by 7.84 lakh shares to 11.42 lakh shares.
In-the-far month series today, the December Nifty 3,700 and 4,000 puts saw net additions of around four lakh shares each in open interest to 5.52 lakh shares and 9.27 lakh shares, respectively.