Nifty Oct futures trade at small premium

Published on Oct 22, 2020 16:59

The Nifty October 2020 futures were at 11,898.85, a premium of 2.40 points compared with the Nifty`s spot closing of 11,896.45.

Turnover on the National Stock Exchange`s futures & options (F&O) segment was Rs 52.74 lakh crore compared with Rs 33.02 lakh crore in the previous session.

In the cash market, the Nifty 50 index slipped 41.2 points, or 0.35% to 11,896.45.

The NSE`s India VIX, a gauge of market`s expectation of volatility over the near term, fell 1.22% to 22.635.

The Nifty option chain for 29 October 2020 expiry showed maximum call open interest (OI) of 35.91 lakh contracts at the 12,500 strike price. Maximum put OI of 39.77 lakh contracts was seen at 10,500 strike price.

Reliance Industries, Bajaj Finance and Dr. Reddy`s Laboratories 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.