Dalal Street began the May futures & options (F&O) series on Friday, a day after the Nifty50 index ended the April series with a loss of 219.7 points or 1.3 percent. The 30-scrip Sensex index lost 1,047.5 points or 1.8 percent during this period.
Rollovers
The Nifty's April-May rollovers are at 78 percent.
| Month | Rollovers (%) | OI at start of series (crore shares) | FII long exposure in index futures (%) |
| May | 78 | 0.85 | 35 |
| April | 82 | 1.23 | 74 |
| March | 77 | 1.1 | 48 |
| February | 75 | 1.03 | 33 |
| January | 79 | 0.96 | 66 |
| December | 83 | 1.05 | 70 |
| November | 82 | 1.04 | 54 |
Key triggers for May F&O series
Foreign institutional investors' longs are at 35 percent at the beginning of the May F&O series. Here's how the 50-scrip index has fared in the May series in the past:
| Series | Nifty change (absolute) | Change (%) |
| May 21 | +443 | +3 |
| May 20 | -370 | -3.8 |
| May 19 | +304 | +2.6 |
Here's how the 50-index has fared in the past few series:
| Series | Nifty change (absolute) |
| April | -220 |
| March | 1,217 |
| February | -862 |
| January | -94 |
| December 2021 | -332 |
First Published: Apr 29, 2022 9:28 AM IST
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