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PNB · PUNJAB NATIONAL BANK · NSE futures · end of day

PNB futures today, 23 Oct 2026: short build-up, OI +1.0 %

As of Friday 23 October 2026, from the exchange's official end-of-day F&O file.

PNB NSE futures (near month, expiry 27 October 2026) closed at ₹119.47, ▼ 2.08 % on the day. Open interest across all months rose 1.03 % to 28.51 Cr — short build-up: price down and open interest up: new positions were opened while price fell.

Build-up
Short build-up
price ▼ 2.08 % · OI ▲ 1.03 %
Open interest, 20 sessions
Highest
28.51 Cr all months
Contracts vs 20-day average
3.2×
24.5K contracts
Price in its 20-session range
77 %
0 % = ₹110.43 · 100 % = ₹122.15
PNB futures: price and open interest, last 20 sessionsAs of 23 October 2026
Top: near-month close. Bottom: open interest of all months together. The letters are each day's build-up: LB long build-up, SC short covering (price up), SB short build-up, LU long unwinding (price down); blank = no clear build-up.

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Near, next and far month

Contract
expiry · contracts
Close
change
Open interest
change
Near month
27 Oct · 12.3K contracts
119.47
▼ 2.08 %
9.26 Cr
−8.36 Cr
Next month
23 Nov · 12.1K contracts
120.15
▼ 2.04 %
18.62 Cr
+8.61 Cr
Far month
29 Dec · 83 contracts
120.74
▼ 2.13 %
62.5 L
+3.8 L

Rollover

67.5 % of PNB's futures open interest sits in the months after the 27 October 2026 expiry, 4 days before it. Over the last 2 finished cycles it was 61.9 % at the same point, so the roll is ahead of usual.

PNB rollover: share of open interest in later months, by days to expiryAs of 23 October 2026
This cycle (expiry 27 Oct)Average of the last 2 cycles
Roll % = open interest in the months after the nearest expiry ÷ open interest in all months. It climbs every cycle as positions are carried forward before expiry.

Futures premium

The near-month future closed 0.90 rupees below the share (-0.75 %).

PNB futures premium over the share, last 20 sessionsAs of 23 October 2026
Near-month futures close minus the underlying's close, as the exchange file gives it. Above zero = futures dearer than the underlying. It shrinks towards zero into expiry.

Last 20 sessions

SessionClose
change
OI
all months · change
Build-up
23 Oct119.47
▼ 2.08 %
28.51 Cr
▲ 1.03 %
Short build-up
22 Oct122.01
▲ 0.01 %
28.21 Cr
▲ 2.73 %
No clear
21 Oct122.00
▼ 0.12 %
27.46 Cr
▲ 0.74 %
No clear
19 Oct122.15
▲ 5.28 %
27.26 Cr
▲ 0.08 %
No clear
16 Oct116.02
▲ 0.35 %
27.24 Cr
▼ 0.11 %
No clear
15 Oct115.61
▼ 2.82 %
27.27 Cr
▲ 0.46 %
No clear
14 Oct118.96
▲ 1.24 %
27.14 Cr
▲ 1.24 %
Long build-up
13 Oct117.50
▲ 1.28 %
26.81 Cr
▼ 0.11 %
No clear
12 Oct116.01
▼ 0.89 %
26.84 Cr
▼ 0.16 %
No clear
9 Oct117.05
▲ 0.81 %
26.88 Cr
▲ 0.53 %
Long build-up
8 Oct116.11
▲ 0.95 %
26.74 Cr
▼ 0.16 %
No clear
7 Oct115.02
▲ 2.69 %
26.79 Cr
▲ 2.78 %
Long build-up
6 Oct112.01
▼ 0.42 %
26.06 Cr
▼ 0.66 %
Long unwinding
5 Oct112.48
▲ 1.86 %
26.23 Cr
▲ 0.44 %
No clear
1 Oct110.43
▼ 2.94 %
26.12 Cr
▼ 0.01 %
No clear
30 Sep113.77
▲ 0.50 %
26.12 Cr
▼ 6.15 %
Short covering
29 Sep112.52
▼ 0.19 %
27.83 Cr
▲ 3.40 %
No clear
28 Sep112.73
▼ 3.28 %
26.92 Cr
▼ 0.38 %
No clear
25 Sep116.55
▼ 0.83 %
27.02 Cr
▲ 0.15 %
No clear
24 Sep117.52
▼ 1.03 %
26.98 Cr
▲ 2.26 %
Short build-up

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What this page cannot tell you. Open interest and price say how many positions are open and where the day closed. They do not say who holds them, why, or what happens next. A build-up word on one day is common and often reverses.

Quick questions

Is PNB futures showing long build-up or short build-up today?
On 23 October 2026 PNB futures showed short build-up: price down 2.08 %, open interest of all months up 1.03 %. That is price down and open interest up: new positions were opened while price fell.
What is the PNB futures rollover?
67.5 % of PNB's futures open interest sits in the months after the 27 October 2026 expiry, 4 days before it. Over the last 2 finished cycles it was 61.9 % at the same point, so the roll is ahead of usual.
How is the build-up word decided?
From the exchange's day-end file: the near-month close against its previous close, and the open interest of all months together against the previous session. Both must move enough (price 0.25 %, open interest 0.5 %); the direction pair names the word. It describes the day; it is not a forecast.
PNB future ka OI aaj kya keh raha hai?
PNB future 23 October 2026 ko neeche 2.08 % band hua aur saare months ka open interest badha 1.03 %. Yeh page roz exchange ki official day-end file se banta hai — yeh sirf batata hai kya hua, aage kya hoga yeh nahi.

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