The Stock Market BSE index closed with negative trend at 17463 down with 129 points while Nifty - 50 NSE index closed at 5225 red with down 27 points. The Market breadth was negative, The CNX Midcap index was up 0.5% and the BSE Smallcap index was down 0.9%.

The 50-share S&P CNX Nifty finally settled at 5,225.80 after losing 27.75 points.Nifty February 2011 futures closed at 5,225.00, at a discount of 0.80 over spot closing of 5,225.80, while Nifty March 2011 futures were at 5,241.00, at a premium of 15.20 points over spot closing. The near month February 2011 derivatives contracts expire on Thursday, February 24, 2011. Nifty February futures saw an addition of 6.38% or 1.63 million (mn) units, taking the total outstanding open interest (OI) to 27.33 mn units.

For Nifty calls, 5300 strike price (SP) from the February series was the most active call with an addition of 1.74 mn or 39.29 %. Among Nifty puts, 5200 SP from the February month expiry was the most active put with an addition of 0.51 mn or 8.48%.