Expiry-day moves. NIFTY, BANK NIFTY and every F&O stock.
Do markets move more on F&O expiry day? Every monthly expiry since 2011 for the indices, weekly expiries since mid-2024, and each F&O stock’s expiry-day record.
Next NIFTY futures expiry: Tuesday 27 October 2026.
NIFTY 50
Average path through the last five sessions to monthly expiry (% from the close before):
Last 10 monthly expiries:
| Tue 29 Sep 2026 | -0.28% |
| Tue 25 Aug 2026 | +0.48% |
| Tue 28 Jul 2026 | -0.04% |
| Tue 30 Jun 2026 | -0.34% |
| Tue 26 May 2026 | -0.49% |
| Tue 28 Apr 2026 | -0.40% |
| Mon 30 Mar 2026 | -2.14% |
| Tue 24 Feb 2026 | -1.12% |
| Tue 27 Jan 2026 | +0.51% |
| Tue 30 Dec 2025 | -0.01% |
BANK NIFTY
Average path through the last five sessions to monthly expiry (% from the close before):
Last 10 monthly expiries:
| Tue 29 Sep 2026 | -0.39% |
| Tue 25 Aug 2026 | -0.02% |
| Tue 28 Jul 2026 | -0.58% |
| Tue 30 Jun 2026 | -0.32% |
| Tue 26 May 2026 | -0.36% |
| Tue 28 Apr 2026 | -1.54% |
| Mon 30 Mar 2026 | -3.82% |
| Tue 24 Feb 2026 | -0.35% |
| Tue 27 Jan 2026 | +1.25% |
| Tue 30 Dec 2025 | +0.41% |
F&O stocks on monthly expiry day
Average size of the move on monthly expiry days against other days, since 2016. Above 1× means the stock tends to move more on expiry day.
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From NSE’s end-of-day F&O files. Past patterns are not a forecast. Information, not investment advice; ChartMine is not a SEBI-registered adviser.