The Sensex Closed At 17630 with red eye, down 545 points, Capital Goods (CG) down 3.90%, Consumer Durables (CD) down 3.80%, Bankex down 3.69%, Realty down 3.48% and Auto down 3.08%, were the major losers. While nifty closed at 5280 down with 2.89%, The index touched a high and a low of 5423.40 and 5,242.50, respectively.

Nifty February 2011 futures closed at 5,262.90, at a premium of 0.20 over spot closing of 5,262.70, while Nifty March 2011 futures were at 5,286.90, at a premium of 24.20 points over spot closing. February month derivatives contract expired today. Nifty February futures saw an addition of 4.54% or 0.68 million (mn) units, taking the total outstanding open interest (OI) to 15.76 mn units.

For Nifty calls, 5500 strike price (SP) from the March series was the most active call with an addition of 1.39 mn or 53.44%. Among Nifty puts, 5300 SP from the February month expiry was the most active put with an addition of 1.8 mn or 47.56%. The maximum Call OI outstanding was at 5500 SP (3.93 mn) and that for Puts at 5500 SP (5.59).