The 30-share BSE Sensex was trading at 19,094, down 130 points and the 50-share NSE Nifty was at 5,728, down 34 points. Broader indices fell one percent each as one share advanced as against three shares declined. equity benchmarks erased all their gains seen in first half of trade on back of sell-off in heavyweights. The Nifty shed more than 140 points from day’s high to test 5700 level while the Sensex wiped out over 400 points from day’s high. Indices were extremely volatile in trade today.

The 50-share S&P CNX Nifty finally settled at 5,762.85 after losing 141.75 points or 2.40%. Nifty January futures saw an addition of 13.47% or 2.75 million (mn) units, taking the total outstanding open interest (OI) to 23.19 mn units. For Nifty calls, 5900 strike price (SP) from the January series was the most active call with an addition of 2.46 mn or 87.45%. Among Nifty puts, 5800 SP from the January month expiry was the most active put with an contraction of 1.42 mn or 21.05%. The maximum Call OI outstanding was at 5900 SP (5.27 mn) and that for Puts at 5800 SP (8.18 mn). The respective Support and Resistance levels are: Resistance 5,866.42, Pivot Point 5,803.68 Support 5,700.12. The Nifty Put Call Ratio (PCR) OI wise stood at 0.83 for January-month contracts.