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F&O Update: Nifty futures at 14pts premium

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BS Reporter Mumbai

The Nifty August futures are trading at a premium of 14 points at 4,421 as against the spot Nifty of 4,407. Nifty August futures has seen trades of nearly 85,000 contracts with net addition of over 17.60 lakh shares in open interest (OI) to 3.41 crore shares.

The NSE spot Nifty is up 39 points at 4,407.

CALL ACTION

The Nifty 4,400 and 4,500 calls are the most active counters with trades of around 25,000 and 23,750 contracts, respectively so far. The 4,400 call has seen net addition of over seven lakh shares in open interest to 27.80 lakh shares, and the 4,500 call open interest has increased by nearly three lakh shares to 36.14 lakh shares.

 

The 4,600 call has seen trades of 8,300 contracts and the open interest has gone up by nearly three lakh shares to 36 lakh shares.

PUT ACTION

The 4,400 and 4,300 puts are the most actively traded contracts with trades of around 17,350 and 13,500 contracts, respectively so far. The 4,400 put has seen net addition of 1.67 lakh shares in open interest to 33.85 lakh shares, while the 4,300 put has seen net addition of almost one lakh in open interest to 34 lakh shares.

The 4,200 put has seen trades of around 8,060 contracts and the open interest has declined by 1.27 lakh shares to 24.18 lakh shares.

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First Published: Aug 20 2008 | 11:01 AM IST

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