Today Market was closed with possitive trend, BSE Sensex 30 closed at 18316 with 42.64+, while Nifty-50 Index closed at 5481 with no change. The index touched a high and a low of 18,358.84 and 18,216.12, respectively. 16 stock advanced against 14 declining ones on the index. Market bredth was possitive.

Nifty February 2011 futures closed at 5,494.00, at a premium of 12.30 over spot closing of 5,481.70, while Nifty March 2011 futures were at 5,511.10, at a premium of 29.40 points over spot closing. The near month February 2011 derivatives contracts expire on Thursday, February 24, 2011. Nifty February futures saw an addition of 5.51% or 1.40 million (mn) units, taking the total outstanding open interest (OI) to 26.95 mn units.

For Nifty calls, 5500 strike price (SP) from the February series was the most active call with an addition of 0.10 mn or 1.31%.Among Nifty puts, 5400 SP from the February month expiry was the most active put with an addition of 0.89 mn or 8.32%.