The Market closed with negative trend its closed at 17592(182 negative), while Nifty -50 NSe Index closed at 5253 with red eye(59 negative). Today market breadth was negative,The CNX Midcap index was down 2.4% and the BSE Smallcap index was down 4.3%. Among the front liners, Bajaj Auto, Tata Power, Cipla, Hindalco Industries and Infosys gained 0–2%, while Mahindra & Mahindra, ONGC, Jaiprakash Associates, RCOM and Hero Honda lost between 4–6%.

The 50-share S&P CNX Nifty finally settled at 5,253.55 after losing 59 points.Nifty February 2011 futures closed at 5,282.05, at a premium of 28.50 over spot closing of 5,253.55, while Nifty March 2011 futures were at 5,295.00, at a premium of 41.45 points over spot closing. The near month February 2011 derivatives contracts expire on Thursday, February 24, 2011. Nifty February futures saw an addition of 9.02% or 2.28 million (mn) units, taking the total outstanding open interest (OI) to 27.59 mn units.

For Nifty calls, 5400 strike price (SP) from the February series was the most active call with a contraction of 0.63 mn or 8.28 %. Among Nifty puts, 5300 SP from the February month expiry was the most active put with an contraction of 0.06 mn or 1.13%.

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