Volumes in the derivatives segment continued low. The NSE recorded a turnover of Rs 5,399 crore and the outstanding open interest in the segment at the end of the day's trading was 22.63 crore shares. |
In index futures, the turnover was of the order of Rs 1,384 crore and the open interest at 1.02 crore shares. Individual stock futures saw a turnover of Rs 1,208 crore. A total of 1.83 lakh contracts were traded. |
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In the futures segment, the top traded contracts were those of Tata Motors, Tisco, Reliance Industries, State Bank of India and ACC among others. |
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The outstanding open interest in Tisco was 1.60 crore shares, Tata Motors 93 lakh shares, Reliance 86 lakh shares, Arvind Mills 73 lakh shares and Hind Lever 72 lakh shares. |
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In the options segment, the top traded calls were those of Tata Motors at a strike price of Rs 400, Tisco at 260 and 250, Reliance at a strike of 480 and Satyam at a strike of 360. |
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In the puts, the most traded contracts were those of Tata Steel at strikes of 250 and 260, Tata Motors at a strike of 400, Reliance at a strike of 480 and Satyam at 350 strike. |
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Nifty September futures again were at a discount to the spot value, closing the day's session at 1,650.15, compared to the spot Nifty's closing of 1,656.25. |
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The Nifty October series closed down further at 1,646.05. The put-call ratio in the options segment was of the order of 0.5:1, same as the previous day. |
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