The 30-share BSE Sensex settled at 19534, with gain of 338 points and the 50-share NSE Nifty added 109 points to end at 5,863.Indian equities snapped six-day losing streak on Wednesday led by sharp pullback as markets looked oversold in previous sessions with the loss of around 1350 points on the Sensex. The Nifty added more than 100 points on heavy volumes; volume largely supported by F&O segment.

The 50-share S&P CNX Nifty finally settled at 5,863.25 after gaining 109.15 points or 1.90%. Nifty January futures saw an addition of 11.69% or 2.29 million (mn) units, taking the total outstanding open interest (OI) to 21.90 mn units. For Nifty calls, 5900 strike price (SP) from the January series was the most active call with an contraction of 0.67 mn or 12.44%. Among Nifty puts, 5700 SP from the January month expiry was the most active put with an addition of 0.72 mn or 10.51%. The maximum Call OI outstanding was at 5900 SP (4.70 mn) and that for Puts at 5700 SP (7.54 mn). The respective Support and Resistance levels are: Resistance 5921.20, Pivot Point 5816.25, Support 5758.30. The Nifty Put Call Ratio (PCR) OI wise stood at 0.87 for January-month contract.