Nifty July 2019 futures at premium

The Nifty July 2019 futures was at 11,603.15, a premium of 6.25 points compared with the Nifty's closing of 11,596.90 in the cash market.

Turnover on the National Stock Exchange's futures & options (F&O) segment was Rs 19.47 lakh crore compared with Rs 10.19 lakh crore reported in the previous session.

In the cash market, the Nifty 50 index fell 90.60 points or 0.78% to settle at 11,596.90.

The NSE's India VIX, a gauge of market's expectation of volatility over the near term, fell 1.12% at 11.6675.

On the options front, the Nifty option chain for 25 July 2019 expiry showed maximum call open interest (OI) of 34.87 lakh contracts at the 12,000 strike price. Maximum put OI of 26.09 lakh contracts was seen at 11,300 strike price. Options data suggested a trading range between 11,300 and 12,000 levels for the Nifty.

State Bank of India (SBI), HDFC and Yes Bank were the top traded individual stock futures contracts in F&O segment of NSE.

State Bank of India (SBI) July 2019 futures were at 365.30, compared with spot closing price of 364.30. HDFC July 2019 futures were at 2,325, compared with spot closing price of 2,338. Yes Bank July 2019 futures were at 85.95, compared with spot closing price of 85.90.

The July 2019 F&O contracts expire on 25 July 2019.

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