Nifty December 2011 futures closed at 4,783.00 at a premium of 4.00 points over spot closing of 4,779.00, while Nifty January 2011 futures were at 4,802.00 at a premium of 23.00 points over spot closing. The near month December 2011 derivatives contract expires on Thursday, December 29, 2011. Nifty December futures saw addition of 4.66% or 0.76 million (mn) units taking the total outstanding open interest (OI) to 17.10 mn units.
From the most active contract by contract value, SBI’s December 2011 futures were at a premium of 5.40 point at 1669.90 compared with spot closing of 1664.50. The number of contracts traded was 30,334.
RIL December 2011 futures were at a premium of 2.75 point at 762.20 compared with spot closing of 759.45. The number of contracts traded was 20,921.
ICICI Bank December 2011 futures were at a premium of 1.50 point at 728.50 compared with spot closing of 727.00. The number of contracts traded was 18,201.
SBI’s January 2011 futures were at a discount of 10.10 points at 1654.40 compared with spot closing of 1664.50. The number of contracts traded was 15,731.
L&T December 2011 futures were at a premium of 3.85 point at 1027.35 compared with spot closing of 1023.50. The number of contracts traded was 11,675.
