The Nifty August futures ended with a premium of 26 points at 4,442 as against the spot Nifty which closed at 4,416 (up 48 points). The August futures saw trades of over 4.20 lakh contracts, and the open interst rose by 27 lakh shares to 3.51 crore shares.
The Nifty September futures ended with 24 points premium at 4,440. The open intrest increased by 10.30 lakh shares to 32.55 lakh shares.
CALL ACTION
The Nifty 4,500 and 4,400 calls were the most active counters with trades of around 111,095 and 110,751 contracts, respectively. The 4,500 call saw net addition of nearly 3.70 lakh shares in open interest to 36.88 lakh shares, and the 4,400 call open interest increased by over 4.48 lakh shares to 25.21 lakh shares.
The 4,600 call saw trades of 41,577 contracts and the open interest was up by 2.87 lakh shares to nearly 36 lakh shares.
The 4,700 call saw net the open interest decline by 91,150 shares to 35.72 lakh shares, and the 4,300 call open interest was down 31,700 shares to 12.97 lakh shares.
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PUT ACTION
The 4,400 and 4,300 puts were the most actively traded contracts with trades of 70,653 and 62,606 contracts, respectively. The 4,400 put saw net addition of nearly three lakh shares in open interest to 35.15 lakh shares, and open interest in the 4,300 put rose by 95,150 shares to 33.95 lakh shares.
The 4,200 put registered trades of 31,968 contracts and the open interest increased by 19,350 shares to 25.64 lakh shares. The 4,500 put clocked trades of 25,733 contracts and the open interest declined by 3.88 lakh shares to 12.49 lakh shares.