F&O market wrap: 8 Oct 2026
Nifty 50 closed at 22,231.80 (-1.64%); Nifty OI put-call ratio 0.62; FII net index futures -3,07,109 contracts.
Index closes
Nifty 50 closed at 22,231.80, down 371.25 points (-1.64%), with a day range of 22,179.90 to 22,599.05.
Bank Nifty closed at 54,515.05, down 540.50 points (-0.98%), with a day range of 54,383.15 to 55,043.00.
Nifty Financial Services closed at 24,640.45, down 275.95 points (-1.11%), with a day range of 24,567.05 to 24,888.05.
Nifty Midcap Select closed at 13,386.75, down 370.45 points (-2.69%), with a day range of 13,375.70 to 13,726.85.
India VIX closed at 15.28, up 1.39 points (+10.01%), with a day range of 11.97 to 15.48.
Options positioning
NIFTY, expiry 13 Oct 2026: max pain is 22,400, and the index closed 168.20 points below it. The OI put-call ratio is 0.62 (more call than put open interest).
NIFTY open interest: the largest call OI is at 23,000 (2,15,902 lots) and the largest put OI at 21,000 (1,81,475 lots). The most new call OI was added at 22,500 (+1,55,252 lots) and the most new put OI at 21,000 (+98,558 lots).
BANKNIFTY, expiry 27 Oct 2026: max pain is 55,500, and the index closed 984.95 points below it. The OI put-call ratio is 0.87 (more call than put open interest).
BANKNIFTY open interest: the largest call OI is at 56,000 (41,442 lots) and the largest put OI at 55,000 (35,495 lots). The most new call OI was added at 55,000 (+10,676 lots) and the most new put OI at 52,000 (+1,514 lots).
FII and DII positions
FII net index futures position: -3,07,109 contracts (-8,824 from the previous session, when it was -2,98,285). Net index call options -4,04,278, net index put options +6,66,083 contracts.
DII net index futures position: +36,250 contracts (+2,331 from the previous session, when it was +33,919). Net index call options +84,899, net index put options +56,384 contracts.
Stock futures: price and open interest
Long buildup (price up, OI up): ICICIGI (price +1.30%, OI +5.49%), SAGILITY (price +0.55%, OI +3.22%), HDFCLIFE (price +0.20%, OI +0.73%), INFY (price +0.73%, OI +0.34%).
Short buildup (price down, OI up): ANANDRATHI (price -1.69%, OI +74.79%), ITC (price -3.88%, OI +12.56%), ZYDUSLIFE (price -3.19%, OI +6.37%), MANKIND (price -6.13%, OI +6.17%), APOLLOHOSP (price -3.08%, OI +5.14%).
Short covering (price up, OI down): LICHSGFIN (price +4.44%, OI -10.70%), SRF (price +1.85%, OI -4.05%), PNBHOUSING (price +1.74%, OI -2.49%), TRENT (price +0.01%, OI -1.98%), TITAN (price +0.18%, OI -1.66%).
Long unwinding (price down, OI down): ALKEM (price -1.87%, OI -5.85%), ICICIBANK (price -0.40%, OI -5.71%), BHARTIARTL (price -1.80%, OI -5.48%), JINDALSTEL (price -4.77%, OI -3.88%), NAUKRI (price -2.60%, OI -3.79%).
F&O ban list and position limits
Securities in the F&O ban period for 9 OCT 2026: AMBUJACEM, BANDHANBNK, LICHSGFIN.
Closest to their market-wide position limit (future-equivalent open interest as a share of MWPL): AMBUJACEM 94.1%, KAYNES 90.5%, MANAPPURAM 86.4%, BANDHANBNK 85.6%, LICHSGFIN 85.2%, INOXWIND 83.9%, IDEA 81.8%, SAIL 79.8%.
Delivery
Highest delivery percentage among stocks with at least Rs 50 crore traded: LIQUIDBEES 88.3%, LIQUID1 85.2%, GOLDIETF 80.9%, PIRAMALFIN 76.5%, TATACOMM 76.3%, GMRAIRPORT 75.7%, M&MFIN 75.1%, ICICIPRULI 74.0%.
Calculated from NSE end-of-day files for the 2026-10-08 session. Open interest is shown in lots. For information and education only; not trading advice.