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
Feb 1: Union Budget
Feb 9: RBI policy
FII flows, Fed speak, inflation data
Remainder of Q3 earnings
2 stocks enter F&O trading
Voting in state elections
COVID-related announcementsForeign 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
