| On the National Stock Exchange (NSE) the turnover in the derivatives segment was of the order of Rs 14,561 crore with a total of 3.86 lakh contracts being traded. |
| Index futures recorded a turnover of Rs 4,237 crore while the turnover in stock futures was Rs 8,720 crore. The total outstanding open interest in the market was in excess of 49 crore shares with the open interest in stock futures being in excess of 34 crore shares. |
| The Nifty February futures closed at 2064.10, a premium to the spot Nifty closing value of 2058.40 at the end of the day's trading. |
| In the futures segment, the most active contracts were those of State Bank of India, Tata Steel, Reliance Industries, Infosys Technologies and Tata Motors, among others. |
| The February index series has seen a rollover to the next month series to the extent of one-third of its open outstanding positions. Stock futures have also seen a roll-over of 38 per cent of open positions to the March series. |
| The highest roll-over has been witnessed in the futures of National Thermal Power Company, Hindustan Lever Ltd, Punjab National Bank, GAIL India and Syndicate Bank, among others. |
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