The Sensex closed at 19318, down 141 points from its previous close, and Nifty closed at 5799, down 66 points. The CNX Midcap index was down 2.4% and the BSE Smallcap index was down 1.7%. The market breadth was negative with advances at 221 against declines of 1087 on the NSE.

The BSE Sensex sank 107.67 points or 0.55% to settle at 19,352.18 (Provisional) while the S&P CNX Nifty dropped 42.90 points or 0.73% to end at  5,822.85.The BSE Sensex touched a high and a low of 19,628.27 and 19,257.37 respectively. There were 7 advances against 23 declines  on the index.

The 50-share S&P CNX Nifty is trading at 5,887.00, after adding 21.25 points or 0.36%.Nifty November futures saw an addition of 13.14% or 1.57 million (mn) units, taking the total outstanding open interest (OI) to 13.54 mn units.

For Nifty calls, 5900 strike price (SP) from the November series was the most active call with an addition of 2.17 mn or 44.44%. Among Nifty puts, 5900 SP from the November month expiry was the most active put with an addition of 0.61 mn or 11.55%. The maximum Call OI outstanding was at 5900 SP (7.06 mn) and that for Puts at 5900 SP (5.90 mn).The respective Support and Resistance levels are: Resistance 5,910.00 Pivot Point 5,884.10 Support 5,861.10. The Nifty Put Call Ratio (PCR) OI wise stood at 0.62 for November-month contracts.