Widespread buying lifts Nifty

Widespread buying lifts Nifty and it closed above 8200. FIIs bought in cash for the third successive day. Though the quantum of their purchase is less, they are holding 327k contracts of index puts which is one of the highest in 2016. Nifty’s range for the day is 104.5 points and it closed down 1.79 % compared to Wednesday’s closing value.

Traded Value (Rs. In Crores) 16045.64
Traded Quantity (in Lakhs) 7853.94
Number of Trades 7824210
Total Market Capitalisation (Rs. Crores) 10623207

ADVANCES 1265
DECLINES 348
UNCHANGED 68

In the cash segment FIIs were buyers to the tune of Rs 699 crores and DIIs net buyers to the tune of Rs 64 crores.

Today FIIs bought net 22478 contracts of index futures, bought net 13103 contracts of index calls and bought net 634 contracts of index puts

Now FIIs are holding net long 70715 contracts of index futures, net long 18724 contracts of index calls and net long 327210 contracts of index puts.
Retailers sold net 21055 contracts of index futures, sold net 83644 contracts of index calls and bought net 25155 contracts of index puts

Pros sold net 647 contracts of index futures, bought 70382 net contracts of index calls and sold net 25168 contracts of index puts.

FII positions in Index puts, futures and calls.

Nifty Put Call Ratio (PCR) data shows support at 8200 and resistance at 8300