Summary of Contents
DARING DERIVATIVES
Derivatives Summary
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The Nifty (October) futures' premium decreased marginally from 65.05 points to 54.95 points.
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The total open interest in the market was Rs100,803 crore and Rs4,350 crore was added in open interest.
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The Nifty call options added 19.38 lakh shares in open interest, whereas the Nifty put options added 28.28 lakh shares in open interest.
Market commentary
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The very first day of October series witnessed a sluggish start on a set of mixed cues from the global markets. Sustained weakness in the banking, metal, capital goods, realty and automobile stocks since the early hours of trade supported the bears to dominate the trend for the day.
Daily view
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Around 0.27 lakh shares were reduced in open interest with a marginal decrease in the cost of carry, indicating closure of long positions today by the market participants led to a sell off across the Street.
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On the options front, the implied volatility increased marginally by 50-100 basis points, indicating the overall bias for the market is negative and selling may continue to emerge at higher levels.
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