Nifty July 2011 futures closed at 5,650.00, at a premium of 17.90 point over spot closing of 5,632.10, while Nifty August 2011 futures were at 5,666.40 at a premium of 34.30 points over spot closing. The near month July 2011 derivatives contract expires on Thursday, 28 July, 2011. Nifty July futures saw an addition of 2.84% or 0.61 million (mn) units, taking the total outstanding open interest (OI) to 22.44 mn units.
From the most active underlying, SBI’s July 2011 futures closed at a premium of 7.10 points at 2480.00 compared with spot closing of 2472.90. The number of contracts traded was 31,555.
RIL July 2011 futures were at a premium of 5.75 point at 851.15 compared with spot closing of 845.40. The number of contracts traded was 26,357.
Tata Steel July 2011 futures were at a premium of 2.35 points at 599.15 compared with spot closing of 596.80. The number of contracts traded was 11,368.
ICICI Bank July 2011 futures were at a premium of 6.50 at 1104.50 compared with spot closing of 1098.00. The number of contracts traded was 12,164.
BHEL July 2011 futures were at a premium of 12.50 at 1956.90 compared with spot closing of 1944.40. The number of contracts traded was 11,768.