Futures & Options (F&O) total turnover stood at Rs 3,02,287.47 crore on March 17 and the total number of contracts traded on the day were 40,33,742.
Of the total turnover, Index Futures contributed Rs 13,297.42 crore, Stock Futures Rs 48,406.49 crore and Index Options Rs 2,09,714.60 crore, while the contribution of the Stock Options was of Rs 30,868.96 crore.
For the day, the total F&O Put Call ratio stood 0.89, while Index Options Put Call ratio was 0.97 and that of Stock Options was 0.46.
The top five scrips with highest PCR on OI were Colgate-Palmolive (India) (2.26), Maruti Suzuki India (1.16), Grasim Industries (1.11),Kotak Mahindra Bank (1.04) and Ultratech Cement (1.02).
Among most active underlying, Reliance Capital witnessed an addition of 0.28 million units of Open Interest in the March month futures contract, followed by ITC witnessing an addition of 1.14 million units of Open Interest in the March month contract, Tata Steel witnessed an addition of 0.11 million units of Open Interest in the March month contract, Reliance Industries witnessed a contraction of 0.24 thousands units of Open Interest in the March month future contract and State Bank of India witnessed an addition of 0.18 million units of Open Interest in the March month future contract.