Nifty ends flat on eve of Christmas Day

24 Dec 2015 Evaluate
Market ended on flat note on Thursday on eve of Christmas Day amid lackluster participation from traders and investors in wake of the truncated week and caution ahead of the expiry of December derivative contracts next week. Sentiments remained down-beat with minister of State for Finance Jayant Sinha’s stated that 2016-17 would be a challenging term with headwinds from low farm sector growth, the global slowdown, and implementation of the Seventh Pay Commission report and the One Rank One Pension. On the global front, Asian markets ended mixed. European counters were trading mostly in green terrain in early deals, boosted by a rise in the shares of commodity companies which climbed on the back of a further rebound in oil prices.
 
After getting a positive opening, Nifty pared its gains and entered into negative territory and continued to trade lackluster till noon, as the Reserve Bank of India in the twelfth issue of the Financial Stability Report (FSR), expressed concerns on the debt servicing capability of large borrowers which, in turn, was affecting the health of the banking. Thereafter, bout of selling was witnessed but index recovered from intraday low level and ended near neutral line.
 
The top gainers from the F&O segment were Reliance Infrastructure, Biocon and Sun TV Network. On the other hand, the top losers were Glenmark Pharmaceuticals, Zee Entertainment Enterprises and TVS Motor Company. In the index options segment, maximum OI was being seen in the 7800-8300 calls and 7200-8000 puts. In today's session, while the traders preferred to exit 7600 put, heavy buildup was seen in the 7800 put. On the other hand, traders exited from 7800 Call, while 7950 call witnessed considerable OI addition.





The India Volatility Index (VIX), a gauge for market's short term expectation of volatility increased by 0.68% and reached 13.74. The 50-share Nifty was down by 4.90 points or 0.06% to settle at 7,861.05.  
 
Nifty December 2015 futures closed at 7871.75 on Thursday at a premium of 10.70 points over spot closing of 7,861.05, while Nifty January 2016 futures ended at 7902.15 at a premium of 41.10 points over spot closing. Nifty December futures saw contraction of 0.71 million (mn) units, taking the total outstanding open interest (OI) to 16.40 million (mn) units. The near month derivatives contract will expire on December 31, 2015.            

From the most active contracts, SBI December 2015 futures traded at a premium of 0.40 points at 228.90 compared with spot closing of 228.50. The number of contracts traded were 10,987.        

ICICI Bank December 2015 futures traded at a discount of 0.05 points at 258.45 compared with spot closing of 258.50. The number of contracts traded were 10,969.               

Axis Bank December 2015 futures traded at a premium of 0.15 points at 450.85 compared with spot closing of 450.70. The number of contracts traded were 9,032.                

Tata Motors Industries December 2015 futures traded at a premium of 1.30 points at 383.65 compared with spot closing of 382.35. The number of contracts traded were 7,726.             

Reliance Industries December 2015 futures traded at a premium of 0.45 points at 1002.85 compared with spot closing of 1,002.40. The number of contracts traded were 11,791.

Among Nifty calls, 7900 SP from the December month expiry was the most active call with an contraction of 0.52 million open interests. Among Nifty puts, 7800 SP from the December month expiry was the most active put with a addition of 0.01 million open interests. The maximum OI outstanding for Calls was at 8000 SP (7.50 mn) and that for Puts was at 7500 SP (5.22 mn).  The respective Support and Resistance levels of Nifty are: Resistance 7888.03 --- Pivot Point 7861.77 --- Support --- 7834.78.  

The Nifty Put Call Ratio (PCR) finally stood at 0.96 for December month contract.  The top five scrips with highest PCR on OI were Lupin (1.27), JSW Steel (1.24), Bajaj Finance (1.19), Sun TV (1.15), and Zee Entertainment (1.12).    

Among most active underlying, Reliance Infrastructure witnessed an contraction of 0.19 million of Open Interest in the December month futures contract, followed by Reliance Industries witnessing an contraction of 1.54 million of Open Interest in the December month contract; Aurobindo Pharma witnessed a contraction of 1.42 million of Open Interest in the December month contract, Reliance Capital  witnessed an contraction of 0.84 million of Open Interest in the December month contract and Reliance Communications witnessed a contraction of 5.16 million units of Open Interest in the December month's future contract.   

 

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