Nifty July 2011 futures closed at 5,636.00, at a premium of 10.55 point over spot closing of 5,625.45, while Nifty August 2011 futures were at 5,651.05 at a premium of 25.60 points over spot closing. The near month July 2011 derivatives contract expires on Thursday, 28 July, 2011. Nifty July futures saw an addition of 4.40% or 0.94 million (mn) units, taking the total outstanding open interest (OI) to 22.52 mn units.
From the most active underlying, RIL July 2011 futures closed at a premium of 5.00 points at 857.55 compared with spot closing of 852.55. The number of contracts traded was 29,013.
SBI’s July 2011 futures were at a premium of 5.10 point at 2448.10 compared with spot closing of 2443.00. The number of contracts traded was 19,584.
Titan Industries July 2011 futures were at a discount of 1.45 points at 222.25 compared with spot closing of 223.70. The number of contracts traded was 7,937.
ICICI Bank July 2011 futures were at a premium of 6.50 at 1080.00 compared with spot closing of 1073.50. The number of contracts traded was 15,194.
Bata India July 2011 futures were at a premium of 1.25 at 616.00 compared with spot closing of 614.75. The number of contracts traded was 6,640.