According to a circular released by the exchange, the market lot for the Nifty 50 derivative contract will be reduced by half, decreasing from 50 to 25. Similarly, the lot size for the Nifty Financial Services derivative contract will decrease from 40 to 25, while for the Nifty Midcap Select, it will decrease from 75 to 50.

The Nifty 50 put call ratio (PCR) closed at 0.96 for the day.

On BSE today, about 1,897 shares have advanced, 1,699 declined and 195 are unchanged. 

Following are the stocks where profit booking is seen taking place in the F&O segment.

Interestingly, before the beginning of Tuesday’s session, there were two stocks in the F&O ban namely, Delta Corp and Sun TV. 

Bank Nifty ends its three-day losing streak on Wednesday and settled with minuscule gains of 0.08 per cent for the day.  

Activity in the F&O market for the weekly expiry on March 17 shows 16000 to act as support now.