Nifty August 2011 futures closed at 5,467.45, at a premium of 10.90 point over spot closing of 5,456.55, while Nifty September 2011 futures were at 5,485.00 at a premium of 28.45 points over spot closing. The near month August 2011 derivatives contract expires on Thursday, August 25, 2011. Nifty August futures saw addition of 11.21% or 2.25 million (mn) units, taking the total outstanding open interest (OI) to 22.39 mn units.
From the most active contract by contract value, SBI’s August 2011 futures closed at a premium of 10.80 points at 2290.45 compared with spot closing of 2279.65. The number of contracts traded was 19,018.
RIL August 2011 futures were at a premium of 1.45 point at 839.00 compared with spot closing of 837.55. The number of contracts traded was 20,218.
JSW Steel August 2011 futures were at a premium of 3.90 at 673.90 compared with spot closing of 670.00. The number of contracts traded was 23,903.
ICICI Bank August 2011 futures were at a premium of 5.20 at 1030.20 compared with spot closing of 1025.00. The number of contracts traded was 12,242.
Tata Steel August 2011 futures were at a discount of 1.00 at 565.00 compared with spot closing of 566.00. The number of contracts traded was 9,659.
