The Nifty futures open interest increased by 3.44% while BankNifty futures open interest is increased by 1.41% as market closed at 5287.45 levels.
The Nifty August future closed at discount of 2.65 point against a discount of 9.40 points. The September series closed at a premium of 14.90 points.
The Implied Volatility of at the money options has increased from 24.38% to 29.65%.
Nifty PCR-OI has decreased from 0.95 to 0.88 levels.
The total OI of the market is Rs. 1,72,943/- cr. and the stock futures OI is Rs. 32,093/- cr.
Few of the liquid counters where we have seen high cost of carry are ASHOKLEY, JPPOWER, INDIACEM, RAYMOND, GMRINFRA.