Indian equity benchmark -- Nifty ended lower fifth consecutive session owing to sharp fall in IT and Tech stocks. Index made a flat-to-negative start but soon, extended its losses as elevated crude oil prices and uncertainty over reopening of Strait of Hormuz. Besides, traders were cautious with preliminary data from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) showing that India’s current account deficit stood at $6.2 billion in June, compared with a surplus of $1.2 billion in the year-ago month. However, in second half of the session, the index recovered from the day’s low and traded near the neutral line as market participants found some support from renewed foreign fund inflows. As per exchange data, foreign institutional investors bought Indian equities worth Rs 508.12 crore on August 14. The Index extended its decline towards the end of the session, closing below the 24,300 level.
Traders were seen piling up positions in Realty, Metal and Media stocks, while selling was witnessed in IT, FMCG and Consumer Durables. The top gainers from the F&O segment were Inox Wind, Motilal Oswal Financial Services and Oberoi Realty. On the other hand, the top losers were Voltas, BSE and Vodafone Idea. 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 0.08% and reached 11.30. The 50 share Nifty down by 78.35 point or 0.32% to settle at 24,287.65.
Nifty August 2026 futures closed at 24370.00 (LTP) on Monday, at a premium of 82.35 points over spot closing of 24287.65, while Nifty September 2026 futures ended at 24512.10 (LTP), at a premium of 224.45 points over spot closing. Nifty August futures saw an addition of 1,494 units, taking the total open interest (Contracts) to 1,97,363 units. The near month derivatives contract will expire on August 25, 2026. (Provisional)
From the most active contracts, BSE August 2026 futures traded at a premium of 18.00 points at 3350.00 (LTP) compared with spot closing of 3332.00. The numbers of contracts traded were 22,406. (Provisional)
Reliance Industries August 2026 futures traded at a premium of 4.50 points at 1320.50 (LTP) compared with spot closing of 1316.00. The numbers of contracts traded were 18,544. (Provisional)
Voltas August 2026 futures traded at a discount of 5.00 points at 1262.00 (LTP) compared with spot closing of 1267.00. The numbers of contracts traded were 17,887. (Provisional)
Infosys August 2026 futures traded at a premium of 5.10 points at 1145.00 (LTP) compared with spot closing of 1139.90. The numbers of contracts traded were 15,971. (Provisional)
HDFC Bank August 2026 futures traded at a premium of 2.30 points at 731.30 (LTP) compared with spot closing of 729.00. The numbers of contracts traded were 15,735. (Provisional)
Among, Nifty calls, 24500 SP from the August month expiry was the most active call with an addition of 17,734 units open interests. Among Nifty puts, 24300 SP from the August month expiry was the most active put with an addition of 15,625 units open interests. The maximum OI outstanding for Calls was at 25000 SP (1,62,454 units) and that for Puts was at 24000 SP (1,59,270 units). The respective Support and Resistance levels of Nifty are: Resistance 24356.18 -- Pivot Point 24291.57 -- Support 24223.03.
The Nifty Put Call Ratio (PCR) finally stood at (0.99) for August month contract. The top five scrips with highest PCR
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