Nifty futures tracked the cash markets and finished with smart gains and saw a trading volume of Rs 324.89 crore arising out of 16,021 contracts.
The backwardation in Nifty futures reduced from seven points to three to five points. June Nifty rose 15.00 points to 1018.70, while the NSE S&P CNX Nifty finished at 1021.05. Meanwhile. July futures climbed 16.00 points to 1019.00.
In Nifty options, June call at 1020 logged 447 trades and topped the list. Other calls among the top traded were June calls at strikes of 1010 and 1030.
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Among puts the highest volume was in the Nifty June put at 1010. Nifty options saw 3,483 contracts getting traded at a notional value of Rs 71.23 crore.
In stock options, top twenty contracts contributed to around 51% of the total traded volume in Options on individual securities.
Reliance was the most active option contracts on individual securities traded today with 3,424 contracts and State Bank of India was the next most active options contracts with 3,399 contracts being traded.
In stocks futures, Infosys Technologies, Satyam Computer, State Bank of India and Reliance Industries were the most active contracts.
The top ten contracts contributed to around 73% of the total traded volume in Futures on individual securities.
Reliance was the most active future contracts on individual securities traded today with 9,214 contracts and State Bank was the next most active futures contracts with 8,700 contracts being traded.