July futures expired today at a marginal discount to the cash market on both the exchanges amid a dull market.
July Nifty closed with a loss of 6.80 points at 1001.25 against a loss of 2.50 points in S&P CNX Nifty at 1001.55. The contract matured amid a volume of 4,992 contracts and open interest of 2,549 contracts.
August Nifty futures, which will be the near-term contract from tomorrow, closed substantially at a premium to the cash market at 1,008 points amid a volume of 3,935 contracts and a high open interest position of 6,488 contracts.
September futures, which will be a mid-term contract from tomorrow, closed at 1013. Nifty futures logged a volume of Rs 181.89 crore out of 8,974 contracts.
Among index options, Nifty registered 819 contracts at a notional value of Rs 16.98 crore. The highest volumes with 103 contracts was in the Nifty August call at 1040. Other calls in the top were at strikes at 1030 and 1020. Among puts, the Nifty August put at 1010 logged the highest volumes.
The put/call ratio in Nifty options declined to 0.47 from 0.64 previously.
