Futures OI was down Rs 3973 crore and Options OI was up Rs 1261 crore. Nifty Futures shed 14 lakh shares in OI and were at 20-points premium. Nifty OI Put-Call ratio stood at 0.87 Vs 0.94. Nifty Puts added 1 lakh shares while Calls added 31 lakh shares in OI. Nifty 3900 Put added 8 lakh shares, 4000 Put adds 7 lakh shares in OI. Nifty 3800 Put added 5.5 lakh shares in OI; Nifty 4200 Put sheds 9 lakh shares, Nifty 4300 Put sheds 7 lakh shares in OI; nifty 4000 Call added 11 lakh shares in OI; Nifty 4100 Call added 9 lakh shares in OI; Nifty 4200 Call added 8.6 lakh shares in OI. Stock Futures shed 6 crore shares in OI.

On September 15, net buy by the FIIs in Nifty Futures were Rs 240 crore, net buy in Nifty Options were Rs 322 crore and net buy in Stock Futures were Rs 580 crore.

Nifty April 2008 futures were at 4775, at a premium of 13.80 points as compared to spot closing of 4761.20.

The NSE’s futures & options (F&O) segment turnover was Rs 32,302.80 crore, which was lower than Rs 33,723.32 crore on Friday, 4 April 2008.

Reliance Industries (RIL) April 2008 futures were at premium at 2421 compared to the spot closing of 2404.90.

Bharat Heavy Electricals (Bhel) April 2008 futures were at premium at 1653 compared to the spot closing of 1636.

In the cash market, the S&P CNX Nifty gained 114.20 points or 2.46% at 4761.20.