On Tuesday, December 27, 2022, the National Stock Exchange (NSE) banned futures and options (F&O) trading on only stock/security. Punjab National Bank (PNB), the only stock/securities and options (F&O) listed on the national stock exchange for futures, was banned from trading on Tuesday.

According to the NSE, the stock is banned from the F&O sector as it has exceeded 95% of the market-wide position limit (MWPL). During the F&O ban period, no new positions for this stock are permitted in any F&O contracts.

A total of 4,59,702 contracts worth Rs 44,722.55 crore were traded in index futures earlier on Monday, while 19,20,776 contracts worth Rs 1,31,700.81 crore were traded in equity futures.

In index options, 13,89,86,733 contracts were traded at Rs 1,33,06,373.36 crore with a put call ratio of 0.87 and a premium traded at Rs 50,559.04 crore. In stock options, 43,62,733 contracts were traded at Rs 3,13,283.14 crore with a put call ratio of 0.51 and traded at a premium of Rs 2,835.33 crore. Total futures and options (F&O) traded on Monday stood at 14,5729,944 lots worth Rs 1,37,96,079.86 crore with a put call ratio of 0.86 and premium turnover of Rs 53,394.37 crore.

The stock barred from entering F&O early on Monday, December 26, 2022, was Indiabulls Housing Finance. Domestic stock indexes closed higher in the previous session, with the 30-share BSE Sensex gaining 721.13 points or 1.2% to end at 60,566.42, while the NSE Nifty 50 gained 207.80 points or 1.17% to end at 18,014.60.