Indian equity benchmark -- Nifty -- ended higher on Monday amid value buying. Index made a flat-to-positive start following mostly positive cues from other Asian markets. Soon, index turned volatile amid persistent concerns over US President Donald Trump’s tariff imposition on India. However, soon index gained traction in green terrain. Some support came amid fresh foreign fund inflows. Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) bought equities worth Rs 1,932.81 crore on Friday, according to exchange data. Besides, market participants took note of sixteenth Finance Commission Chairman Arvind Panagariya’s statement that the Indian economy is growing at 7 per cent and more than that in dollar terms. Talking about India's trade protectionism, he said that there may be protectionist measures but the country is substantially open. In afternoon session, index extended its gains and ended near day’s high.

Most of the sectorial indices ended in green except Consumer Durables stocks. The top gainers from the F&O segment were PB Fintech, One 97 Communications and Supreme Industries. On the other hand, the top losers were PG Electroplast, Amber Enterprises India and Voltas. In the index option segment, maximum OI continues to be seen in the 24900 - 25100 calls and 23900 - 24100 puts indicating this is the trading range expectation.

India Volatility Index (VIX), a gauge for market’s short-term expectation of volatility increased by 1.53% and reached 12.22. The 50 share Nifty up by 221.75 point or 0.91% to settle at 24,585.05.

Nifty August 2025 futures closed at 24614.00 (LTP) on Monday, at a premium of 28.95 points over spot closing of 24585.05, while Nifty September 2025 futures ended at 24741.90 (LTP), at a premium of 156.85 points over spot closing. Nifty August futures saw a contraction of 1,685 units, taking the total open interest (Contracts) to 2,28,244 units. The near month derivatives contract will expire on August 28, 2025. (Provisional)

From the most active contracts, PG Electroplast August 2025 futures traded at a premium of 0.85 points at 515.00 (LTP) compared with spot closing of 514.15. The numbers of contracts traded were 43,266. (Provisional)

State Bank of India August 2025 futures traded at a premium of 4.00 points at 824.80 (LTP) compared with spot closing of 820.80. The numbers of contracts traded were 40,823. (Provisional)

Tata Motors August 2025 futures traded at a premium of 2.35 points at 656.35 (LTP) compared with spot closing of 654.00. The numbers of contracts traded were 27,735. (Provisional)

Reliance Industries August 2025 futures traded at a discount of 3.20 points at 1381.40 (LTP) compared with spot closing of 1384.60. The numbers of contracts traded were 18,874. (Provisional)

Voltas August 2025 futures traded at a discount of 5.50 points at 1234.50 (LTP) compared with spot closing of 1240.00. The numbers of contracts traded were 18,203. (Provisional)

Among, Nifty calls, 25000 SP from the August month expiry was the most active call with an addition of 248 units open interests. Among Nifty puts, 24000 SP from the August month expiry was the most active put with an addition of 2,657 units open interests. The maximum OI outstanding for Calls was at 25000 SP (88,300 units) and that for Puts was at 24000 SP (57,302 units). The respective Support and Resistance levels of Nifty are: Resistance 24674.78 -- Pivot Point 24511.12 -- Support 24421.38.

The Nifty Put Call Ratio (PCR) finally stood at (0.98) for August month contract. The top five scrips with highest PCR on Zydus Lifesciences (1.00), Bank of Baroda (0.99), Ashok Leyland (0.97), APL Apollo Tubes (0.96) and Petronet LNG (0.95).

Among most active underlying State Bank of India witnessed a contraction of 4,451 units of Open Interest in the August month future, PG Electroplast witnessed an addition of 9,131 units of Open Interest in the August month future, Tata Motors witnessed a contraction of 2,621 units of Open Interest in the August month futures, Reliance Industries witnessed an addition of 2,571 units of Open Interest in the August month futures and HDFC Bank witnessed a contraction of 859 units of Open Interest in the August month futures. (Provisional).