The nifty made a positive start in the initial moments but lost direction and dipped into the red in no time. The fifty stock index has turned green after trading in the red for most part of the day so far, and is a tad lower than the psychological 6,000 mark as the first half comes to an end. On the global front, most Asian markets are trading in the red with huge cuts on weak regional cues while the European equity indices are trading with a positive bias in their early hours. On the sectoral front, realty and infrastructure counters on the NSE are seeing some buying interest and are up 0.45% and 0.40%, respectively. While the broader markets remain weak and are trading on a flat note on the NSE.

The 50-share S&P CNX Nifty is trading at 5,992.40, after gaining 4.70 points or 0.08%.Nifty November futures saw an addition of 4.40% or 1.07 million (mn) units, taking the total outstanding open interest (OI) to 25.48 mn units. For Nifty calls, 6200 strike price (SP) from the November series was the most active call with an addition of 0.51 mn or 14.56%.Among Nifty puts, 6000 SP from the November month expiry was the most active put with an addition of 0.55 mn or 12.85%.The maximum Call OI outstanding was at 6200 SP (4.05 mn) and that for Puts at 6000 SP (4.83 mn).The respective Support and Resistance levels are: Resistance 6,024.35 Pivot Point 5,990.15 Support 5,958.20.The Nifty Put Call Ratio (PCR) OI wise stood at 1.15 for November-month contracts. 

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