Nifty ends lower amid surge in crude oil prices

11 Aug 2026 Evaluate

Indian equity benchmark -- Nifty ended lower on Tuesday owing to surge in crude oil prices as persistent uncertainty over US-Iran developments and reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. Index made a flat-to-negative start following weak cues from other Asian markets. Soon, index extended its losses and continued its pessimistic trade till the end of session. Besides, market participants were cautious with the Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation’s (MoSPI) report stating that the pace of joblessness as well as the ratio of workers' population in India stayed almost flat year-on-year during the April-June quarter of this fiscal, reflecting no sign of expansion or contraction in the country's job market. Meanwhile, depreciation in Indian rupee against dollar also weighed down market sentiments. Finally, Nifty ended lower with cut of 0.46%.

Most of the sectorial indices ended in red led by Cement, FMCG, and Realty stocks. The top gainers from the F&O segment were Zydus Lifesciences, PB Fintech and Info Edge (India). On the other hand, the top losers were Godrej Properties, Vedanta and Hitachi Energy India. In the index option segment, maximum OI continues to be seen in the 24900 - 25100 calls and 23900 - 24100 puts indicating this is the trading range expectation.

India Volatility Index (VIX), a gauge for market’s short-term expectation of volatility decreased by 3.73% and reached 11.79. The 50 share Nifty down by 112.10 point or 0.46% to settle at 24,471.70.

Nifty August 2026 futures closed at 24525.10 (LTP) on Tuesday, at a premium of 53.40 points over spot closing of 24471.70, while Nifty September 2026 futures ended at 24670.10 (LTP), at a premium of 198.40 points over spot closing. Nifty August futures saw an addition of 853 units, taking the total open interest (Contracts) to 1,87,316 units. The near month derivatives contract will expire on August 25, 2026. (Provisional)

From the most active contracts, Life Insurance Corporation of India August 2026 futures traded at a premium of 1.25 points at 407.25 (LTP) compared with spot closing of 406.00. The numbers of contracts traded were 29,271. (Provisional)

Infosys August 2026 futures traded at a premium of 0.80 points at 1191.50 (LTP) compared with spot closing of 1190.70. The numbers of contracts traded were 21,784. (Provisional)

Multi Commodity Exchange of India August 2026 futures traded at a premium of 18.00 points at 2913.00 (LTP) compared with spot closing of 2895.00. The numbers of contracts traded were 21,174. (Provisional)

HDFC Bank August 2026 futures traded at a premium of 4.20 points at 733.20 (LTP) compared with spot closing of 729.00. The numbers of contracts traded were 18,827. (Provisional)

Siemens August 2026 futures traded at a premium of 40.10 points at 4051.10 (LTP) compared with spot closing of 4011.00. The numbers of contract

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