Most Active Contracts on National Stock Exchange (NSE)

Those contracts whose total traded value in a given day is the highest are known as Most Active Contracts for that day. Information accessible through Most Active Contracts includes:

As on 04-JUL-2008 15:30:13 hours IST

Instrument Type	Symbol	Expiry Date	Option Type	Strike Price	No of Contracts Traded	Contract Value(Rs. lakhs)	Last Traded Price	Open Interest	Value of Underlying
FUTIDX	NIFTY	31JUL2008	-	-	775396	1529208.85	3965.25	42771950	4002.25
OPTIDX	NIFTY	31JUL2008	CE	4000.00	105091	218096.40	158.00	2414700	4002.25
FUTSTK	RELIANCE	31JUL2008	-	-	92723	145934.41	2095.00	8158950	2085.00
OPTIDX	NIFTY	31JUL2008	PE	3800.00	67000	131491.52	112.80	2921600	4002.25
OPTIDX	NIFTY	31JUL2008	PE	3900.00	63480	128891.38	149.50	1873900	4002.25
OPTIDX	NIFTY	31JUL2008	CE	4100.00	58491	123063.02	116.90	1556650	4002.25
OPTIDX	NIFTY	31JUL2008	PE	3700.00	60442	114677.82	85.60	3063200	4002.25
OPTIDX	NIFTY	31JUL2008	CE	4200.00	53002	113272.69	79.50	2851600	4002.25
FUTSTK	RPL	31JUL2008	-	-	36553	104139.77	171.50	49730750	171.00
FUTSTK	RELCAPITAL	31JUL2008	-	-	63959	83378.92	998.10	6048816	1000.00

Instrument Type	The type of contract i.e. Index Futures (FUTIDX), Stock Futures (FUTSTK), Index Options (OPTIDX) and Stock Options (OPTSTK).
Instrument Type
Symbol	Unique keyword denoted to a stock/index, used for trading or/and getting information about the underlying (like quotes etc).
Expiry Date	The date on which the contract automatically comes to an end.
Option Type	There are two types of options, namely, Call option or CE (gives the option buyer the right to buy) and Put Option or PE (gives the option buyer the right to sell).
Strike Price	Price at which the option can be exercised.
No of Contracts Traded	Total number of contracts traded on a given day.
Contract Value (Rs. lakhs)	The value of a single contract available for trading on a given day.
Last Traded Price (LTP)	Price at which the last trade of the underlying took place.
Open Interest	Total number of outstanding contracts in the derivatives market.
Value of Underlying	Value of the underlying for a particular contract on a given date.