Here's the simplest explanation to what's happening at the markets today

Selling pressure intensified just a bit on the two benchmarks on Thursday as the Sensex and the Nifty slipped further in trade. Realty, Pharma, Telecom and Fertiliser stocks saw profit booking after a 6-day rally even as cement, banking and metal stocks continued their uptrend. Here is a snapshot of how the markets are shaping up before noon in the derivatives space.

BENCHMARK INDEX FUTURES
Nifty futures fell 0.4% to 8,162 points
Bank Nifty futures slipped 153 points to 17,536
CNX IT futures rose 0.2% to 11,735 points

TOP PRICE GAINERS
Syndicate Bank
Just Dial
Jindal Steel

TOP PRICE LOSERS
Indiabulls Housing
MindTree
Bharti Infratel

TOP OI GAINERS
MindTree
Tata Chemicals
Union Bank

TOP OI LOSERS
Marico
SRF
LIC Housing Finance

TOP TRADED FUTURES
Tata Motors
SBI
Tata Steel

TOP TRADED CALLS
Reliance Comm 90 Oct
Tata Motors 350 Oct
SBI 250 Oct


TOP TRADED PUTS
Tata Motors 320 Oct
Tata Motors 340 Oct
Tata Motors 330 Oct

TOP VOLUME BUZZERS
LML
Muthoot Finance
HEG Ltd.

ADVANCE-DECLINE RATIOS
NIFTY: 22/28
SENSEX: 12/18
FUTURES: 56/106
BROADER MARKETS: 1,114/1,150

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