The Nifty gained 0.54% ending at 6134.50 touching an intra day high of  6147.30 and a low of 6103.55. The Sensex too gained 0.59% ending at 20509.09 touching an intra day high of 20552.03 and a low of 20412.76.

The 50-share S&P CNX Nifty finally settled at 6,134.50 after gaining 32.65 points or 0.54%. Nifty January futures saw an addition of 10.36% or 1.97 million (mn) units, taking the total outstanding open interest (OI) to 21.04 mn units. For Nifty calls, 6200 strike price (SP) from the January series was the most active call with an addition of 0.84 mn or 26.96%. Among Nifty puts, 6100 SP from the January month expiry was the most active put with an addition of 0.71 mn or 24.42%. The maximum Call OI outstanding was at 6200 SP (3.94 mn) and that for Puts at 6100 SP (3.63 mn). The respective Support and Resistance levels are: Resistance 6,153.35, Pivot Point 6,128.45 Support 6,109.60. The Nifty Put Call Ratio (PCR) OI wise stood at 1.61 for January -month contracts.