Snapping its three-day losing streak, Indian equity benchmark -- Nifty -- ended higher on Monday. Index made a slightly positive start following positive cues from other Asian markets. Soon, index gained traction and continued to trade in green amid renewed foreign fund inflow. As per exchange data, the Foreign institutional Investors’ (FII’s) were net buyer on Friday’s session, with a net buying of equities worth Rs 4,581.34 crore. Market participants opted to buy fundamentally strong stocks at lower levels. Besides, some optimism came as Chief Economic Advisor V Anantha Nageswaran exuded confidence that economic growth would be upwards of 6.8% in FY26 driven by consumption boost provided by GST rate cut and income tax relief.  In afternoon session, index continued its firm trade. However, in last leg of the trade, index trimmed some of its gains but continued its trade in green till the end of the session. Finally, index ended above 25,550 mark.

Traders were seen piling up positions in IT, Pharma and Metal stocks, while selling was witnessed in Media, Realty and FMCG. The top gainers from the F&O segment were National Aluminium Company, UNO Minda and Torrent Pharmaceuticals. On the other hand, the top losers were Trent, NCC and Max Healthcare Institute. In the index option segment, maximum OI continues to be seen in the 25900 - 26100 calls and 24900 - 25100 puts indicating this is the trading range expectation.

India Volatility Index (VIX), a gauge for market’s short-term expectation of volatility decreased by 2.05% and reached 12.30. The 50 share Nifty up by 82.05 point or 0.32% to settle at 25,574.35.

Nifty November 2025 futures closed at 25696.90 (LTP) on Monday, at a premium of 122.55 points over spot closing of 25574.35, while Nifty December 2025 futures ended at 25885.00 (LTP), at a premium of 310.65 points over spot closing. Nifty November futures saw an addition of 742 units, taking the total open interest (Contracts) to 2,48,042 units. The near month derivatives contract will expire on November 25, 2025. (Provisional)

From the most active contracts, Trent November 2025 futures traded at a premium of 21.50 points at 4305.50 (LTP) compared with spot closing of 4284.00. The numbers of contracts traded were 56,523. (Provisional)

Infosys November 2025 futures traded at a discount of 16.00 points at 1499.00 (LTP) compared with spot closing of 1515.00. The numbers of contracts traded were 22,737. (Provisional)

National Aluminium Company November 2025 futures traded at a discount of 2.71 points at 254.58 (LTP) compared with spot closing of 257.29. The numbers of contracts traded were 21,644. (Provisional)

HDFC Bank November 2025 futures traded at a premium of 4.90 points at 989.50 (LTP) compared with spot closing of 984.60. The numbers of contracts traded were 20,771. (Provisional)

Bharti Airtel November 2025 futures traded at a premium of 4.50 points at 2025.00 (LTP) compared with spot closing of 2020.50. The numbers of contracts traded were 17,482. (Provisional)

Among, Nifty calls, 26000 SP from the November month expiry was the most active call with a contraction of 2,706 units open interests. Among Nifty puts, 25500 SP from the November month expiry was the most active put with an addition of 941 units open interests. The maximum OI outstanding for Calls was at 26000 SP (93,914 units) and that for Puts was at 25000 SP (62,803 units). The respective Support and Resistance levels of Nifty are: Resistance 25650.70 -- Pivot Point 25577.10 -- Support 25500.75.

The Nifty Put Call Ratio (PCR) finally stood at (0.99) for November month contract. The top five scrips with highest PCR on AU Small Finance Bank (1.28), Shriram Finance (1.23), L&T Finance (1.17), Petronet LNG (1.15) and Canara Bank (1.09).

Among most active underlying Trent witnessed an addition of 19,737 units of Open Interest in the November month future, National Aluminium Company witnessed a contraction of 559 units of Open Interest in the November month future, Infosys witnessed an addition of 1,427 units of Open Interest in the November month futures, Bharti Airtel witnessed an addition of 4,648 units of Open Interest in the November month futures and BSE witnessed an addition of 47 units of Open Interest in the November month futures. (Provisional).