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Chennai, Feb. 26 Turnover improved further to Rs 56,515.59 crore in the F&O segment on the NSE on Tuesday against Monday’s turnover of Rs 51,314 crore. Rollover was healthy at 54 per cent for Nifty future while the market-wide rollover was seen at 53-55 per cent.

While Nifty February future ended in premium at 5275.3 with respect to the spot close of 527005, the Nifty March future ended in discount at 5250.35. This indicates that more short positions were rolled over to March series while fresh long positions were added in February contracts to gain on pre-Budget rally. While Nifty 5200-strike and 5300-strike of call options were actively traded, among the puts 5200-strikes was the most active.

Reliance Energy was the most active among individual stock futures followed by Reliance Industries, RNRL, Reliance Capital and JP Associates. The futures of Reliance Energy and JP Associates gained the most while Reliance Industries saw a healthy rollover of 58 per cent in open interest positions.

Foreign investors have stepped up their activity on Tuesday and remained net buyers to the tune of Rs 1,199.11 crore. Their net buying stood at Rs 646.57 crore in index futures, Rs 325.75 crore in index options and at Rs 225.79 crore stock futures.

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