Futures & Options (F&O) Highlights for Today, 14th August, 2025

Short covering seen in Nifty Futures

Create longs with the SL at 24550 levels

After experiencing profit booking the day before, Nifty recovered most of its losses yesterday, gaining 131 points (0.54%) to close at 24619. The index reclaimed its position above the 5- day exponential moving average (DEMA), which is now at 24568, and support has shifted up to 24465.

Short Covering was seen in the Nifty Futures where Open Interest fell by 0.21% with Nifty rising by 0.54%.

Long Build-Up was seen in the Bank Nifty Futures where Open Interest rose by 1.68% with Bank Nifty rising by 0.25%.

Nifty Open Interest Put Call ratio rose to 1.08 levels from 0.78 levels.

Amongst the Nifty options (14-Aug Expiry), Call writing is seen at 24700-24800 levels, indicating Nifty is likely to find strong resistance in the vicinity of 24700-24800 levels. On the lower side, an immediate support is placed in the vicinity of 24600-24500 levels where we have seen Put writing.

Long build-up was seen from the side of FIIs in the Index Futures segment where they net bought contracts worth Rs 461 cr with their Open Interest going up by 769 contracts.

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Source: HDFC Securities Prime Research