27 January 2011

ROLLOVER ANALYSIS by Edelweiss (up to Jan 25)

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January expiry, rollover activity picked up on D-1 trading session with ~56% of the
market wide futures positions getting rolled into the Feb series which is on a lower
side as compared to the previous expiry (~60% on D-1 of December). Future
market holds an OI of ~INR 571bn as compared to ~INR 650bn on D-1 of December
expiry. Roll cost levels (cost to the long rollers) slightly contracted to ~68-70 bps
from levels of ~70-72 bps witnessed yesterday.

Nifty has rolled ~47% of the positions into the next series, which is in line with D-1
of December expiry (~48%) but much lower than the average of 66%. Nifty roll cost
contracted further. From D-2 levels of ~20-22 points it averaged down to ~16-18
points on D-1 indicating aggressive short rollers in Nifty futures. Nifty holds an OI of
~556,439 contracts (INR 158bn) as against an OI of ~607,265 contracts seen on D-
1 of December (INR 184bn). Around 72,082 contracts got rolled while 25,731
contracts were added in the next series.


On D-1, engineering and sugar has seen strong rollovers with ~66% positions each rolled over to the next series.
Prominent counters are LT (63%) and Shree Renuka Sugar (69%). Telecom and FMCG (64% each) are the other
prominent sectors with strong rollovers. Counters where rolls picked up were Jet Airways (65%/30%) and Reliance
Infra (68%/37%). Banking remain weak with ~55% of the positions being rolled into the next month
Focus Stock
􀂄 Hindustan Zinc (HZ): The counter has an open interest of ~0.29mn shares of which 21% of the positions
have been rolled over to the next series. Rolls are happening at a profit of ~65 bps to short rollers. The near
month futures open interest is ~1 times the average volumes traded in cash market. We believe that lack of
rollovers will trigger VWAP buying on the back of unwinding of cash futures arbitrage positions.
􀂄 Bank of Baroda (BOB): The counter has an open interest of ~0.57mn shares in the near month. Rollovers
stand at ~44%. Near month futures open interest is nearly 1.4 times the average volumes traded in cash
market. Short rolls are taking placing at a loss of ~70-72 bps.

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