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SCMP Reporter

WEAK turnover and dour market sentiment combined to trigger further losses in futures yesterday.

  Overall turnover at the futures exchange was a lacklustre 8,017 contracts. Only 17 contracts traded in September.

  August fell 55 points to 9,455 and in September it fell 95 points to 9,445.

  Confirmed open interest on Thursday was down slightly with 32,074 contracts in August and 991 in September.

  Reports that Jardine Fleming was taking a negative view on the market hurt sentiment with some overseas selling.

  In the index option market there were 2,170 lots traded. Open interest on Thursday was 37,052 contracts.

  Jardine Fleming said: ''Options traders continued to have special interest in trading out of the money puts but the market sentiment was mixed.''   August 9,200 puts were heavily sold while September 8,800 puts were bought.

  Implied volatility in the front month lifted to around 29 per cent.

  The open interest breakdown for Thursday shows call and put lots in August at 6,243 and 5,466. In September it was 11,447 and 11,160 respectively and in December it was 954 and 1,692 respectively.

  The key information being waited on is the interims from HSBC on Monday.



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Weak turnover triggers futures losses