F&O market update: NIFTY50 July 2025 futures close at a premium of 69 points over spot closing

Indian equity benchmarks remained cheerful for third straight session on Wednesday, with both the Nifty and Sensex closing over 1% gains following a strong rally in Banking stocks amid the monthly F&O expiry. Markets made a positive start and maintained upward momentum throughout the day, amid easing geopolitical tensions. Besides, traders shift their focus toward the upcoming U.S. trade tariff deadline on July 9.

** F&O market update** Nifty July 2025 futures closed at 25618.00 (LTP) on Thursday, at a premium of 69.00 points over spot closing of 25549.00, while Nifty August 2025 futures ended at 25722.30 (LTP), at a premium of 173.30 points over spot closing. Nifty July futures saw an additional of 28,059 units, taking the total open interest (Contracts) to 2,02,532 units. The near month derivatives contract will expire on July 31, 2025.

From the most active contracts, State Bank of India July 2025 futures traded at a premium of 6.50 points at 802.55 (LTP) compared with spot closing of 796.05. The numbers of contracts traded were 56,569.

Reliance Industries July 2025 futures traded at a premium of 5.60 points at 1500.90 (LTP) compared with spot closing of 1495.30. The numbers of contracts traded were 54,918.

HDFC Bank July 2025 futures traded at a discount of 8.90 points at 2008.80 (LTP) compared with spot closing of 2017.70. The numbers of contracts traded were 53,540.

Bajaj Finance July 2025 futures traded at a premium of 6.50 points at 956.50 (LTP) compared with spot closing of 950.00. The numbers of contracts traded were 42,224.

Bharti Airtel July 2025 futures traded at a discount of 5.60 points at 2010.00 (LTP) compared with spot closing of 2015.60. The numbers of contracts traded were 35,827.