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Informist, Thursday, Aug. 14, 2025

 

By Anshul Choudhary

 

MUMBAI – Options data suggested that the Nifty 50 is likely to move in a range next week and may remain below 25000 points. Traders sold call options across the board, while they also cut their long positions at in-the-money and at at-the-money put options, indicating the index will find it difficult to maintain gains next week.

 

The Nifty 50 is unlikely to see a sharp fall as it has already fallen over 4% from this year's intraday high and the tariff situation is not expected to turn worse. However, analysts are yet to ascertain the full impact of tariffs on earnings, which is likely to limit gains. On Thursday, the Nifty 50 closed marginally higher at 24631.30 points. Financial markets are closed Friday on account of Independence Day holiday.

 

Traders sold call options across the board with the highest open interest at 25500 strike price, followed by 25000 strike price. Traders cut their long positions at in-the-money call options, indicating the index may not see a sharp rise. Most of the out-the-money call options saw open interest addition, along with a fall in premiums.

 

On the put side, the highest open interest addition for the next week contracts was seen at 23500 strike price, followed by 24000 strike price. This week, the Nifty 50 rose after six straight weeks of decline and this raised hopes of further gains, but analysts said the sentiment has not turned bullish just yet. Options show the Nifty 50 may fall to 24000 points if it breaches the near-term support of 24500-24600 points.

 

"From a technical perspective, the Nifty 50 index has successfully reclaimed the 100-DEMA (100-day exponential moving average) and has halted its losing streak. Nevertheless, it remains subdued in anticipation of significant geopolitical developments arising over the long weekend," Angel One said in a note.

 

--Nifty 50 Aug closed at 24671.00, down 41.20 points; 39.70-point premium to the spot index

--Nifty 50 Sept closed at 24819.40, down 29.60 points; 188.10-point premium to the spot index

--Nifty 50 Oct closed at 24930.00, down 27.80 points; 298.70-point premium to the spot index

 

Infosys, Muthoot Finance, HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, Eternal, Tata Consultancy Services, Reliance Industries, State Bank of India, Tata Steel, Larsen & Toubro, Bharti Airtel, Apollo Hospitals Enterprise, BSE, and Hindustan Aeronautics were the most active underlying stocks Thursday.  End

 

Edited by Tanima Banerjee

 

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