The 50-share NSE Nifty showed a bit of recovery in late trade to close above 5500 level, at 5,512, down 92 points. The 30-share BSE Sensex went down 288 points to settle at 18,396. The numbers are following: the Sensex was down 3.4% and Nifty also down 3.4%. The CNX Midcap index was down 4.3% while BSE Smallcap index was down 4.5% over the week. BSE OilGas down 4.2%, BSE Metal down 4%, BSE Auto down 5%.

The 50-share S&P CNX Nifty finally settled at 5,512.15 after losing 92.15 points or 1.64%. Nifty February futures saw an addition of 13.90% or 2.70 million (mn) units, taking the total outstanding open interest (OI) to 22.14 mn units. For Nifty calls, 5700 strike price (SP) from the February series was the most active call with addition of 1.37 mn or 45.02%. Among Nifty puts, 5500 SP from the February month expiry was the most active put with a contraction of 1.28 mn or 25.50%. The maximum Call OI outstanding was at 5700 SP (4.4mn) and that for Puts at 5500 SP (6.32mn). The respective Support and Resistance levels are: Resistance 5597.85, Pivot Point 5,528.7 Support 5,443. The Nifty Put Call Ratio (PCR) OI wise stood at 1.22 for February-month contracts.