Turnover in the F&O segment rises
The Nifty August 2019 futures was at 11,045.50, a discount of 12.35 points compared with the Nifty's closing of 11,057.85 in the cash market.
Turnover on the National Stock Exchange's futures & options (F&O) segment was Rs 15.13 lakh crore compared with Rs 10.43 lakh crore reported in the previous session.
In the cash market, the Nifty 50 index rose 228.50 points or 2.11% to settle at 11,057.85.
The NSE's India VIX, a gauge of market's expectation of volatility over the near term, fell 3.90% at 16.67.
On the options front, the Nifty option chain for 29 August 2019 expiry showed maximum call open interest (OI) of 40.04 lakh contracts at the 11,000 strike price. Maximum put OI of 34.72 lakh contracts was seen at 11,000 strike price.
State Bank of India (SBI), HDFC Bank and Reliance Industries (RIL) were the top traded individual stock futures contracts in F&O segment of NSE. SBI August 2019 futures were at 279, compared with spot closing price of 279.55. HDFC Bank August 2019 futures were at 2,252.05 compared with spot closing price of 2,259. RIL August 2019 futures were at 1,265.40, compared with spot closing price of 1,265.
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The August 2019 F&O contracts expire on 29 August 2019.
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