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Chennai, April 1 Turnover improved to Rs 52,154.14 crore in the F&O segment on the NSE. The Nifty future turned into premium and closed at 3067.1 against the spot close of 3060.5. It added about 28.17 lakh shares in open interest positions.

Among the options, Nifty 3000, 3100 calls and 3000, 2900 and 2800 puts were the most active. While the 3000 call saw some profit-booking, 3100 and 3200 witnessed fresh accumulations. On the other hand, the puts added open positions, but most of them were on the sell side.

Bank Nifty closed in sharp discount at 4185.75 against the spot close of 4211.45 and it added about 72,000 shares (10 per cent) in open interest positions.

Several stock futures witnessed fresh accumulations. Reliance Industries (8.36 lakh shares), ICICI Bank (8.55 lakh shares), Reliance Capital (21.71 lakh shares), Reliance Infra (5.66 lakh shares), DLF (6.24 lakh shares) and RCom (6.59 lakh shares) were some of the counters that accumulated fresh long positions.

However, SBI and HDFC saw a drop in open interest positions.

Thanks to fresh accumulations, Reliance Industries saw its premium widened. It ended at 1586.75 over the spot close of 1581.25.

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