Nifty December 2011 futures closed at 4,769.00 at a premium of 4.40 points over spot closing of 4,764.60, while Nifty January 2011 futures were at 4,794.15 at a premium of 29.55 points over spot closing. The near month December 2011 derivatives contract expires on Thursday, December 29, 2011. Nifty December futures saw addition of 9.75 per cent or 1.92 million (mn) units taking the total outstanding open interest (OI) to 21.71 mn units.
From the most active contract by contract value, SBI’s December 2011 futures were at a discount of 6.00 point at 1766.00 compared with spot closing of 1772.00. The number of contracts traded was 44,461.
L&T December 2011 futures were at a premium of 3.80 point at 1197.00 compared with spot closing of 1193.20. The number of contracts traded was 14,843.
ICICI Bank December 2011 futures were at a premium of 2.90 at 709.45 compared with spot closing of 706.55. The number of contracts traded was 23,941.
Infosys December 2011 futures were at a premium of 3.00 points at 2741.00 compared with spot closing of 2738.00. The number of contracts traded was 12,473.
RIL December 2011 futures were at a premium of 3.25 point at 730.05 compared with spot closing of 726.80. The number of contracts traded was 21,276.
