The Nifty August futures are trading at a marginal premium of two points at 4,378. The Nifty August futures has seen trades of over one lakh contracts with net addition of 2.62 lakh shares in open interest (OI) to 3.30 crore shares.
The Nifty September futures are trading at 4,261 (discount of 15 points to the spot Nifty) and have seen trades of 15,230 contracts with net addition of 14.22 lakh shares in open interest to 46.90 lakh shares.
The NSE spot Nifty is down eight points at 4,376.
CALL ACTION
The Nifty 4,300 and 4,400 calls are the most active counters with trades of around 28,500 and 20,100 contracts, respectively so far. The 4,300 call has seen net addition of 10.56 lakh shares in open interest to 22.76 lakh shares, and the 4,400 call open interest has increased by 8.36 lakh shares to nearly 33 lakh shares.
The 4,500 call has seen trades of 9,300 contracts and the open interest has gone up by 3.64 lakh shares to 40.32 lakh shares. The 4,200 call has seen trades of 6,635 contracts and the open interest has gone up by 2.22 lakh shares to 7.69 lakh shares.
PUT ACTION
The 4,200 and 4,300 puts are the most actively traded contracts with trades of around 20,675 and 19,735 contracts, respectively so far. The 4,200 put open interest has increased by 2.36 lakh shares to 27.55 lakh shares, and the 4,300 put has seen net reduction of 2.82 lakh shares in open interest to nearly 30 lakh shares.
The 4,400 put has seen trades of around 8,000 contracts and the open interest has decreased over six lakh shares to 26.90 lakh shares. The 4,400 put has seen trades of around 7,700 contracts and the open interest has increased by 80,000 shares to 13.46 lakh shares.
