Dalal Street began the February futures & options (F&O) series on Friday, a day after the Nifty50 index ended the January series with a loss of 93.8 points or half a percent. The 50-scrip index moved within a range of 1,514 points in the monthly series gone by. The 30-scrip index Sensex lost 517.4 points — or 0.9 percent — during this period.
Rollovers
The Nifty's January-February rollovers are at 74.6 percent as against a three-month average of 81.3 percent.
Month | Rollovers (%) | OI at start of series (crore shares) | FII long exposure in index futures (%) |
February | 75 | 1.03 | 33 |
January | 79 | 0.96 | 66 |
December | 83 | 1.05 | 70 |
November | 82 | 1.04 | 54 |
October | 75 | 1.17 | 57 |
Key triggers for February F&O series
Foreign institutional investors' longs are at 33 percent at the beginning of the February series -- the lowest start to a series since March 2020. Here's how the 50-scrip index has fared in the December series in the past:
Series | Nifty change (absolute) | Change (%) |
Feb-21 | +1,280 | 9.3 |
Feb 20 | -480 | -3.3 |
Feb 19 | -39 | -0.4 |
The Nifty has lost a total of 747 points in three back-to-back monthly series. Here's how the index has fared in the recent series:
Series | Nifty change (absolute) |
Jan 22 | -94 |
Dec 21 | -332 |
Nov 21 | -321 |
Oct 21 | 239 |
Sept 21 | 981 |
(Edited by : Ajay Vaishnav)
First Published: Jan 28, 2022 3:26 PM IST
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