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F&O market pulse, 24 Jul 2026

How NSE F&O stocks closed on Friday, 24 July 2026.

Mixed
90 advanced 2 unchanged 107 declined
F&O breadth 46% advancing +21 pts
India VIX 13.90 +0.42
Nifty 50 23,786.70 −0.36%
Nifty PCR 0.80 from 0.70

Changes vs the previous session, Thu, 23 Jul

Swing insights

What moved, flipped or held compared with the sessions before it.

Friday · Closing data for 24 Jul 2026

Today in the markets

  • Nifty closed at 23,786.70, down 0.36% (−85.15 points).
  • Bank Nifty outperformed the broader market (+0.34% vs −0.36% for Nifty).
  • FIIs were net sellers of ₹3,893 Cr and DIIs were net buyers of ₹5,454 Cr.
  • Nifty closed 113 points below its max pain strike of 23,900 for the 28 Jul expiry.

Index closes

NIFTY 50
23,786.70
−85.15 (−0.36%)
BANK NIFTY
56,755.40
+189.75 (+0.34%)
FIN NIFTY
25,932.30
−55.30 (−0.21%)

Nifty closed at 23,786.70, down 0.36% (−85.15 points). Bank Nifty gained 0.34% and Fin Nifty fell 0.21%. Among F&O stocks, 90 advanced and 107 declined, with 2 unchanged. India VIX rose 0.42 points to 13.90. Information Technology was the strongest sector by average F&O stock move (+5.17%) and Consumer Services the weakest (−1.78%). Nifty's put-call ratio stood at 0.80 against 0.70 the previous session. Nifty futures showed Long Unwinding: price fell 0.28% while open interest decreased 13.06%. Nifty closed 113 points below its max pain strike of 23,900 for the 28 Jul expiry. FIIs were net sellers of ₹3,893 Cr and DIIs were net buyers of ₹5,454 Cr.

Breadth & volatility

Advances and declines across F&O stocks.

90 advanced · 107 declined · 2 unchanged

India VIX
13.90
+0.42

Sector performance, ranked

Average move of the F&O stocks in each sector.

SectorStocksAvg. move
Information Technology2+5.17%
Realty4+0.94%
Textile3+0.64%
Banking17+0.44%
Technology11+0.41%
Real Estate3−1.10%
Consumer Discretionary2−1.45%
Consumer Services2−1.78%

Today's movers

F&O stocks.

Best performers

SymbolNameChange
KPITTECHKPIT Technologies+5.69%
TATAELXSITata Elxsi+4.64%
GODFRYPHLPGODFRYPHLP+4.05%
PERSISTENTPersistent Systems+3.46%
UNITDSPRUnited Spirits+3.40%

Worst performers

SymbolNameChange
MOTILALOFSMOTILALOFS−7.58%
SWIGGYSWIGGY−3.75%
HEROMOTOCOHero Motocorp−3.13%
POWERINDIAHitachi Energy India Ltd−2.90%
AMBERAMBER ENTERPRISES−2.44%

Institutional flow

Cash market, final figures for the day.

FII net
−₹3,893 Cr
DII net
+₹5,454 Cr

Options read on the day

Nifty PCR
0.70 → 0.80
Previous close → close
Nifty futures
Long Unwinding
Price −0.28%, OI −13.06%
Close vs max pain
113 pts below
Max pain 23,900 (28 Jul expiry)

Unusual activity

MetricDetail
Biggest single-day OI additionNIFTY 23,800 CE (+38.4 lakh, 28 Jul expiry)
Biggest futures volume spikeMOTILALOFS, 8.8x 20-day average

Looking ahead

Next NIFTY expiryTuesday, 28 Jul

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