Today Stock Market closed with possitive trend, market bredth was posstive. BSE - 30 Sensex closed at 18425.80 with 1.18%. While S&P CNX Nifty Closed at 5519.25 with 1.10%. The CNX Midcap index was up 0.7% and the BSE Smallcap index was down 0.1%.

The 50-share S&P CNX Nifty finally settled at 5,518.60 after gaining 59.65 points. Nifty February 2011 futures closed at 5,531.05, at a premium of 12.45 over spot closing of 5,518.60, while Nifty March 2011 futures were at 5,550.00, at a premium of 31.40 points over spot closing. The near month February 2011 derivatives contract expire on Thursday, February 24, 2011. Nifty February futures saw an addition of 4.14% or 1.03 million (mn) units, taking the total outstanding open interest (OI) to 25.95 mn units.

For Nifty calls, 5500 strike price (SP) from the February series was the most active call with an addition of 0.09 mn or 1.12%. Among Nifty puts, 5400 SP from the February month expiry was the most active put with a contraction of 3.61mn or 3.43%.