Indian equity benchmark -- Nifty -- ended near all-time highpoints on Thursday. Index made a gap-up start following firm cues from globalmarkets. Further, market continued to trade in green during the morning sessionamid fresh foreign fund inflow. As per exchange data, FIIs bought equitiesworth Rs 1,580.72 crore on Wednesday. Besides, sentiments remained upbeat asCommerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal stated that India offers hugeinvestment opportunities for Israeli businesses and the industries of bothsides can enhance cooperation in areas like infrastructure development,manufacturing and artificial intelligence.

In afternoon session, index added more points to touch 52-weekhigh. Traders took support as government has released the 21st instalment ofthe Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) scheme on November 19, 2025.Under this instalment, nearly 9 crore farmers across the country receivedapproximately Rs 18,000 crore in direct financial assistance through the DirectBenefit Transfer (DBT) system, ensuring transparency and eliminating anyintermediary involvement. Market remained in green till the end of the session.Positive cues from US-India trade developments supported market sentiments.Finally, index ended above 26,150 mark.

Traders were seen piling up positions in Oil & Gas , Auto and Chemicals stocks, while selling was witnessed in Media, PSU Bank and Consumer Durables. The top gainers from the F&O segment were Indian Energy Exchange, Hitachi Energy India and Eicher Motors. On the other hand, the top losers were Vodafone Idea, Biocon and Aurobindo Pharma. In the index option segment, maximum OI continues to be seen in the 26400 - 26600 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 1.35% and reached 12.14. The 50 share Nifty up by 139.50 point or 0.54% to settle at 26,192.15.

Nifty November 2025 futures closed at 26235.40 (LTP) on Thursday, at a premium of 43.25 points over spot closing of 26192.15, while Nifty December 2025 futures ended at 26424.00 (LTP), at a premium of 231.85 points over spot closing. Nifty November futures saw a contraction of 1,466 units, taking the total open interest (Contracts) to 2,22,474 units. The near month derivatives contract will expire on November 25, 2025. (Provisional)

From the most active contracts, HDFC Bank November 2025 futures traded at a premium of 1.70 points at 1010.30 (LTP) compared with spot closing of 1008.60. The numbers of contracts traded were 106,004. (Provisional)

Reliance Industries November 2025 futures traded at a discount of 0.50 points at 1549.00 (LTP) compared with spot closing of 1549.50. The numbers of contracts traded were 67,872. (Provisional)

Axis Bank November 2025 futures traded at a discount of 1.70 points at 1284.50 (LTP) compared with spot closing of 1286.20. The numbers of contracts traded were 56,726. (Provisional)

Infosys November 2025 futures traded at a premium of 4.00 points at 1540.30 (LTP) compared with spot closing of 1536.30. The numbers of contracts traded were 54,627. (Provisional)

Tata Consultancy Services November 2025 futures traded at a discount of 1.80 points at 3148.00 (LTP) compared with spot closing of 3149.80. The numbers of contracts traded were 48,152. (Provisional)

Among, Nifty calls, 26200 SP from the November month expiry was the most active call with an addition of 10,491 units open interests. Among Nifty puts, 26100 SP from the November month expiry was the most active put with an addition of 77,412 units open interests. The maximum OI outstanding for Calls was at 26500 SP (1,55,806 units) and that for Puts was at 26000 SP (2,05,237 units). The respective Support and Resistance levels of Nifty are: Resistance 26271.47 -- Pivot Point 26167.33 -- Support 26088.02.

The Nifty Put Call Ratio (PCR) finally stood at (1.51) for November month contract. The top five scrips with highest PCR on Canara Bank (1.25), Persistent Systems (1.21), Angel One (1.20), Petronet LNG (1.18) and Voltas (1.13).

Among most active underlying HDFC Bank witnessed an addition of 36,263 units of Open Interest in the November month future, Reliance Industries witnessed an addition of 33,531 units of Open Interest in the November month future, Axis Bank witnessed an addition of 19,129 units of Open Interest in the November month futures, Infosys witnessed an addition of 276 units of Open Interest in the November month futures and Bajaj Finance witnessed an addition of 1,311 units of Open Interest in the November month futures. (Provisional).