IDBI and UCO Bank are among the top price gainerss today!

The Sensex and the Nifty recovered from their early morning lows on Wednesday as a bout of short covering in the futures and options market pulled the main indices somewhat higher. Banking, Infrastructure, Realty and Power stocks' futures were in demand in the derivatives space which is in the last week of the monthly expiry of contracts that happens on the last Thursday of each month. Here is a snapshot of the top action in the futures and options market:

BENCHMARK INDEX FUTURES
Nifty Futures lost 29 to 7,768 points
Bank Nifty Futures dropped 70 points to 16,932
CNX IT Futures fell 78 points to 11,605

TOP PRICE GAINERS
GMR Infra
IDBI
UCO Bank

TOP PRICE LOSERS
Bosch
JSW Steel
Bata

TOP OI GAINERS
Mind Tree
Amara Raja Batteries
Adani Ent

TOP OI LOSERS
McLeod Russel
Arvind
UCO Bank

TOP TRADED FUTURES
Tata Motors
Yes Bank
Larsen & Toubro

TOP TRADED CALLS
SBI 240 Sept
Ashok Leyland 90 Sept
IDBI 70 Sept
TOP TRADED PUTS
Axis Bank 500 Sept
Larsen 1,450 Sept
SBI 230 Sept

ADVANCE-DECLINE RATIOS
Futures: 79/79
Banks: 18/4
Power:7/5
Finance: 6/7
Software: 2/6
Auto: 6/12

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