The Nifty August futures ended at a marginal premium of four points at 4,287 as against the spot Nifty which closed at 4,284 (down 132 points). The August futures saw trades of over six lakh contracts, and the open interst rose by over 30 lakh shares to nearly 3.61 crore shares.
The Nifty September futures ended at 4,283, and the open intrest increased by 25.63 lakh shares to 51.81 lakh shares.
CALL ACTION
The Nifty 4,400 call was the most active counter with trades of 1.85 lakh contracts, and the open interest rose by 8.28 lakh shares to 35.20 lakh shares. It was followed by the 4,500 call which saw trades of around 1.17 lakh contracts, and the open interest increased by 7.55 lakh shares to 42.29 lakh shares.
The 4,300 call saw trades of 77,800 contracts and the open interest rose by 6.92 lakh shares to 20.60 lakh shares. The 4,600 call open interest went up by 1.30 lakh shares to 36.89 lakh shares on the back of 39,068 contracts traded today.
PUT ACTION
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The 4,300 and 4,400 puts were the most actively traded contracts with trades of 1.25 lakh and 98,516 contracts, respectively. The 4,300 put open interest declined by 75,750 shares to 32.40 lakh shares, and open interest in the 4,400 put reduced by nearly five lakh shares to 28.23 lakh shares.
The 4,200 put registered trades of 69,884 contracts and the open interest increased by 1.84 lakh shares to 26.39 lakh shares.
The 4,500 and 4,100 puts clocked trades of 21,040 and 19,208, contracts respectively. While the 4,500 put open interest went down by 53,850 shares to 10.95 lakh shares, the open interest in 4,100 put was down by 1.15 lakh shares to 12.88 lakh shares.