The Nifty September futures ended at a marginal premium of four points at 4,364 as against the spot Nifty of 4,360 (up 146 points). The counter recorded trades of over six lakh contracts today and the open interest (OI) increased by 1.21 crore shares to 3.34 crore shares.
CALL ACTION
The Nifty September 4,400 and 4,500 calls were the most active counters with trades of around 84,700 and 76,700, contracts, respectively. The 4,400 call added 7.65 lakh shares in open interest to 20.66 lakh shares, and the 4,500 call open interest rose by 8.45 lakh shares to 18.95 lakh shares.
The 4,300 and 4,600 calls saw trades of around 64,500 and 40,230, contracts, respectively. The open interest for the 4,300 call rose by 8.93 lakh shares to 18.66 lakh shares, and the 4,600 call saw net addition of 4.71 lakh shares to its open interest of 14.54 lakh shares.
PUT ACTION
The Nifty September 4,300 put was the most active counter with trades of over one lakh contracts, and the open interest surged by over 17 lakh shares to over 33 lakh shares. It was followed by the 4,200 put with trades of over 75,000 contracts, and the open interest increased by 24.49 lakh shares to 37.68 lakh shares.
The 4,000 and 4,100 puts saw trades of around 29,280 and 23,300 contracts, respectively. The 4,000 put open interest was up by six lakh shares to 29.52 lakh shares, and the 4,100 put open interest increased by 5.66 lakh shares to 14.92 lakh shares.