VIX eases for second day
The Nifty October 2019 futures were at 11,614.05, a premium of 31.45 points compared with the Nifty's closing of 11,582.60 in the cash market.
Turnover on the National Stock Exchange's futures & options (F&O) segment was Rs 28.81 lakh crore compared with Rs 12.78 lakh crore reported in the previous session.
In the cash market, the Nifty 50 index fell 21.5 points or 0.19% to settle at 11,582.60.
The NSE's India VIX, a gauge of market's expectation of volatility over the near term, fell 2.72% at 16.0850.
On the options front, the Nifty option chain for 31 October 2019 expiry showed maximum call open interest (OI) of 31.08 lakh contracts at the 12,000 strike price. Maximum put OI of 28.88 lakh contracts was seen at 11,000 strike price. Options data suggested a trading range between 11,000 and 12,000 levels for the Nifty.
State Bank of India (SBI), Bharti Airtel and Reliance Industries (RIL) were the top traded individual stock futures contracts in F&O segment of NSE. SBI October 2019 futures were at 263.7, compared with spot closing price of 263.15. Bharti Airtel October 2019 futures were at 372.95 compared with spot closing price of 372. RIL October 2019 futures were at 1,436, compared with spot closing price of 1434.6.
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The October 2019 F&O contracts expire on 31 October 2019.
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