Although the open interest for the Nifty Bank hit its lowest since February, technical analysts expect a flat-to-positive movement on the index with a support of 23,000 level.
The Nifty Bank ended at 23,352, up 0.6%. The index is down nearly 3% from its all-time high of 23,897.85 hit on June 22, and has shed nearly 1% in the last one month.
"One of the important observations for Bank Nifty is that the total open interest in this rate-sensitive index plunged around 28% in the June series," said brokerage Angel Broking in a technical note.
The brokerage advised traders