Indian equity benchmark -- Nifty -- extended its gaining streak for fourth straight session and ended higher on Monday. Index made a positive start and continued its trade in green terrain, driven by upbeat quarterly results from heavyweights such as Reliance Industries and HDFC Bank. Traders took some support of Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal’s statement that despite global uncertainties due to the US tariffs, India's exports will register a positive growth in 2025-26. Further, he stated that during the first six months (April-September) of this fiscal, the country's goods and services exports have recorded growth. It grew by about 5 per cent to $413.3 billion during April-September 2025-26. India's merchandise shipments too rose by 3 per cent to $220.12 billion during the period. In afternoon session, index continued its firm trade till the end of the session and closed above 25800 mark. 

Most of the sectorial indices ended in Green except Auto, Metal and FMCG stocks. The top gainers from the F&O segment were AU Small Finance Bank, RBL Bank and The Federal Bank. On the other hand, the top losers were Dixon Technologies (India), ICICI Bank and JSW Energy. In the index option segment, maximum OI continues to be seen in the 25900 - 26100 calls and 25400 - 25600 puts indicating this is the trading range expectation.

India Volatility Index (VIX), a gauge for market’s short-term expectation of volatility decreased by 2.32% and reached 11.36. The 50 share Nifty up by 133.30 point or 0.52% to settle at 25,843.15.

Nifty October 2025 futures closed at 25930.20 (LTP) on Monday, at a premium of 87.05 points over spot closing of 25843.15, while Nifty November 2025 futures ended at 26060.70 (LTP), at a premium of 217.55 points over spot closing. Nifty October futures saw an addition of 9,396 units, taking the total open interest (Contracts) to 2,32,308 units. The near month derivatives contract will expire on October 28, 2025. (Provisional)

From the most active contracts, Reliance Industries October 2025 futures traded at a premium of 2.70 points at 1470.60 (LTP) compared with spot closing of 1467.90. The numbers of contracts traded were 65,300. (Provisional)

ICICI Bank October 2025 futures traded at a premium of 2.80 points at 1395.80 (LTP) compared with spot closing of 1393.00. The numbers of contracts traded were 50,836. (Provisional)

IndusInd Bank October 2025 futures traded at a premium of 0.10 points at 758.60 (LTP) compared with spot closing of 758.50. The numbers of contracts traded were 32,861. (Provisional)

State Bank of India October 2025 futures traded at a premium of 0.40 points at 907.40 (LTP) compared with spot closing of 907.00. The numbers of contracts traded were 31,054. (Provisional)

Infosys October 2025 futures traded at a discount of 21.70 points at 1441.00 (LTP) compared with spot closing of 1462.70. The numbers of contracts traded were 29,898. (Provisional)

Among, Nifty calls, 26000 SP from the October month expiry was the most active call with an addition of 41,945 units open interests. Among Nifty puts, 25800 SP from the October month expiry was the most active put with an addition of 29,398 units open interests. The maximum OI outstanding for Calls was at 26000 SP (1,24,709 units) and that for Puts was at 25500 SP (1,00,413 units). The respective Support and Resistance levels of Nifty are: Resistance 25916.73 -- Pivot Point 25852.62 -- Support 25779.03.

The Nifty Put Call Ratio (PCR) finally stood at (1.03) for October month contract. The top five scrips with highest PCR on ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company (1.34), AU Small Finance Bank (1.32), Persistent Systems (1.21), SRF (1.13) and Sammaan Capital (1.11).

Among most active underlying ICICI Bank witnessed an addition of 10,375 units of Open Interest in the October month future, Reliance Industries witnessed a contraction of 7,012 units of Open Interest in the October month future, HDFC Bank witnessed an addition of 4,770 units of Open Interest in the October month futures, The Federal Bank witnessed an addition of 1,002 units of Open Interest in the October month futures and State Bank of India witnessed an addition of 7,274 units of Open Interest in the October month futures. (Provisional).