Total open interest position declined by Rs 94 million, down 6.7 percent, during the week ended on December 17, 2011 to Rs 1.3 billion. Future spreads, on the other hand, increased by 421bps to 11.23 percent. The future volume declined by 0.44 percent to 5.37 million shares.
The top 5 scrips at the futures counter, which held 62 percent of total open interest, were Engro, FFC, POL, NBP and PSO.