The open interest at the futures counter has increased by 7 percent on week-on-week basis to close at Rs 278.8 million. The futures spread shrank by a 151bps on weekly basis, ending the week at 6.23 percent. The average daily volumes at futures counter shrank by 3.2 percent to 1.7 million shares.
The top-5 scrips by futures investment were OGDC, DGKC, PPL, POL and ENGRO cumulatively accounting for 63 percent of the total outstanding open interest.