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The US markets saw late rebound to end flat. Financials saw relief rally offsetting weakness from dollar advances.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.16% to 10,642 and the S&P 500 was up 0.05% to 1,150.5 while Nasdaq slipped 0.23% to 2,362.2.

Commodities

Oil declined 2% to below USD 80 a barrel.

Alert: OPEC meets on Wednesday to discuss policy production.

CRB Index declined 0.9% at 270.79.

Gold gained 0.3% at USD 1109/ounce.

Copper hit 2-week low.

Baltic dry index was up 2%.

Market cues:

FIIs were net buyers to the tune of USD 85.6 million in equities on March 12, as per data available on the SEBI website.

FIIs net bought Rs 660 crore while DIIs net sold Rs 128 crore in cash markets on March 15, as per provisional data on the NSE website. FIIs net sold Rs 380 crore in F&O.

FIIs in F&O

FIIs were net sellers to the tune of Rs 270 crore in Nifty futures and net sellers of Rs 157 crore in Nifty options, as as per data available on the NSE website.

NSE F&O Open Interest was up by Rs 573 crore at Rs 1,20,026 crore on Monday.

F&O cues:

Futures Open Interest was down by Rs 218 crore while Options Open Interest up by Rs 791 crore

Nifty futures shed 4 lakh shares in Open Interest and ended at 3-point premium.

Nifty Open Interest PCR was at 1.51 versus 1.44.

Nifty Puts added 23 lakh shares while Calls shed 11 lakh shares in Open Interest

Nifty 5000 Put added 5.7 lakh shares in Open Interest.

Nifty 5100 Put added 5.4 lakh shares in Open Interest.

Nifty 5100 Call shed 7.5 lakh shares in Open Interest.

Nifty 5200 Call shed 4.8 lakh shares in Open Interest.

Stock futures added 2 crore shares in Open Interest