Of the 145 securities offered for the carryforward session, only five attracted backwardation charges. They were EIH, Indian Hotels, Glaxo, MasterGain and Tata Hydro. Glaxo attracted a backwardation of Rs 5 weighted average, with the badla rate at a high of Rs 2.12. The carryforward sale positions at the counter rose to a high of 1.59 lakh shares. After a gap of over three weeks, UTI's MasterGain also saw short sellers pay a backwardation charge of Rs 0.25 weighted average, reflecting the short positions built up at the counter.

Pentafour Software and BPL were traded in the book-bandh vyaj badla category. Both the stocks will enter into the no-delivery category from Monday.