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Nifty Oct futures trade at discount

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Turnover jumped in the F&O segment.

The Nifty October 2020 futures were at 11,244.30, a discount of 3.25 points compared with the Nifty's spot closing of 11,247.55.

Turnover on the National Stock Exchange's futures & options (F&O) segment was Rs 22.49 lakh crore compared with Rs 18.39 lakh crore in the previous session.

In the cash market, the Nifty 50 index rose 25.15 points, or 0.22% at 11,247.55.

The NSE's India VIX, a gauge of market's expectation of volatility over the near term, fell 0.42% to 19.69.

The Nifty option chain for 1 October 2020 expiry showed maximum call open interest (OI) of 42.04 lakh contracts at the 11,400 strike price. Maximum put OI of 41.18 lakh contracts was seen at 11,000 strike price.

 

The Nifty option chain for 29 October 2020 expiry showed maximum call open interest (OI) of 18.41 lakh contracts at the 11,500 strike price. Maximum put OI of 37.99 lakh contracts was seen at 10,500 strike price.

Reliance Industries, Dr. Reddy's and BPCL were the top traded individual stock futures contracts in F&O segment of NSE.

The October 2020 F&O contracts will expire on 29 October 2020.

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First Published: Sep 30 2020 | 4:52 PM IST

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