Nifty ends lower; HDFC spoils the show

Nifty edges lower on profit booking after hitting 18 months high. Profit booking in HDFC twins dragged the Nifty down. Nifty’s range for the day is 55.35 points and it closed down by 0.28% compared to Tuesday’s closing value.

Traded Value (Rs. In Crores)    25427.22
Traded Quantity (in Lakhs)    14841.26
Number of Trades    9313674
Total Market Capitalisation (Rs. Crores)    11048615

ADVANCES    806
DECLINES    816
UNCHANGED    70

In the cash segment Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) were net buyers to the tune of Rs 854 crores and Domestic institutional investors (DIIs) net sellers to the tune of  Rs 769 crores.

In FNO segment, FIIs sold 341 contracts of Index Futures and bought  9,217 contracts of Index calls.
They also bought 2,518  contracts of Index puts.
DIIs  are net short by 20,900 (-30) in Index Futures contracts.

FII positions in Index puts, futures and calls

Nifty Put Call Ratio (PCR) data shows support at Support at 8800 and resistance at 9000