In a volatile trading session, Indian equity benchmark -- Nifty ended above 25,750 mark on Monday. Market made a negative start amid foreign fund outflows. Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) were net sellers of shares worth Rs 6,769.34 crore. Traders were concerned as RBI said that India's forex reserves dropped by $6.925 billion to $695.355 billion during the week ended October 24. Index wavered between green and red in late morning session. Investors were cautious about India-US trade development. Traders overlooked the report that the HSBC India Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index, compiled by S&P Global, rose to 59.2 in October from 57.7 in September, higher than a preliminary estimate of 58.4. However, in second half of the session, market traded in green till the end of the session as traders preferred to buy stocks. Finally, Nifty ended in green. 

Most of the sectorial indices ended in green except FMCG, IT and Consumer Durables stocks. The top gainers from the F&O segment were Shriram Finance, Tata Consumer Products and Apollo Hospitals Enterprise. On the other hand, the top losers were TCS, ITC and Maruti Suzuki. In the index option segment, maximum OI continues to be seen in the 25900 - 26100 calls and 25900 - 26100 puts indicating this is the trading range expectation.

India Volatility Index (VIX), a gauge for market’s short-term expectation of volatility increased by 4.22% and reached 12.66. The 50 share Nifty up by 41.25 point or 0.16% to settle at 25,763.35.

Nifty November 2025 futures closed at 25904.40 on Monday, at a premium of 141.05 points over spot closing of 25763.35, while Nifty December 2025 futures ended at 26087.70, at a premium of 324.35 points over spot closing. Nifty November futures saw a contraction of 607 million (mn) units, taking the total outstanding open interest (Contracts) to 2,24,756 units. The near month derivatives contract will expire on November 25, 2025. (Provisional)

From the most active contracts, Vodafone Idea November 2025 futures traded at a premium of 0.07 points at 9.65 (LTP) compared with spot closing of 9.58. The numbers of contracts traded were 38,263. (Provisional)

Shriram Finance November 2025 futures traded at a discount of 2.15 points at 793.00 (LTP) compared with spot closing of 795.15. The numbers of contracts traded were 34,476. (Provisional)

Maruti Suzuki India November 2025 futures traded at a premium of 82.00 points at 15716.00 (LTP) compared with spot closing of 15634.00. The numbers of contracts traded were 27,417. (Provisional)

State Bank of India November 2025 futures traded at a premium of 4.90 points at 953.50 (LTP) compared with spot closing of 948.60. The numbers of contracts traded were 22,678. (Provisional)

Indus Towers November 2025 futures traded at a premium of 1.55 points at 384.30 (LTP) compared with spot closing of 382.75. The numbers of contracts traded were 22,528. (Provisional)

Among, Nifty calls, 26000 SP from the November month expiry was the most active call with an addition of 3,048 units open interests. Among Nifty puts, 25500 SP from the November month expiry was the most active put with a contraction of 1,614 units open interests. The maximum OI outstanding for Calls was at 25000 SP (57,173 units) and that for Puts was at 26000 SP (74,029 units). The respective Support and Resistance levels of Nifty are: Resistance 25,829.13 --- Pivot Point 25,737.32 -- Support -- 25,671.53.

The Nifty Put Call Ratio (PCR) finally stood at (1.12) for November month contract. The top five scrips with highest PCR on Petronet LNG (1.33), Bharat Heavy Electricals (1.25), Alkem Laboratories (1.13), Canara Bank (1.10) and IOC (1.08).

Among most active underlying Vodafone Idea witnessed an addition of 3,106 units of Open Interest in the November month future, Shriram Finance witnessed an addition of 3,122 units of Open Interest in the November month future, Maruti Suzuki India witnessed an addition of 3,431 units of Open Interest in the November month futures, State Bank of India witnessed an addition of 1,758 units of Open Interest in the November month futures and Bank of Baroda witnessed an addition of 442 units of Open Interest in the November month futures. (Provisional).