The Nifty futures open interest increased by 2.05% while BankNifty futures open interest is increased by 18.02% as market closed at 5976.70 levels.
The Nifty July future closed at discount of 5.85 point against a premium of 14.45 points. The August series closed at a premium of 22.25 points.
The Implied Volatility of at the money options has increased from 16.96% to 17.67%.
Nifty PCR-OI has decreased from 1.28 to 1.26 levels.
The total OI of the market is Rs. 1,48,443/- cr. and the stock futures OI is Rs. 30,225/- cr.
Few of the liquid counters where we have seen high cost of carry are JPPOWER, ASHOKLEY, SINTEX, GSPL and CIPLA.