The Market Closed at 18489, it was closed with green trend, up with 0.27%. The index touched a high and a low of 18,603.57 and 18,253.62, respectively. While Nifty closed at 5537.20 up with .27% with a green signal.

The 50-share S&P CNX Nifty finally settled at 5536.20 after gaining 13.90 points. Nifty March 2011 futures closed at 5,553.85, at a premium of 17.65 over spot closing of 5,536.20, while Nifty April 2011 futures were at 5,570.00, at a premium of 33.80 points over spot closing. The near month March 2011 derivatives contract expire on Thursday, March 31, 2011. Nifty March futures saw an addition of 8.58% or 1.87 million (mn) units, taking the total outstanding open interest (OI) to 23.67 mn units.

For Nifty calls, 5600 strike price (SP) from the March series was the most active call with an addition of 2.12 mn or 44.52%. Among Nifty puts, 5400 SP from the February month expiry was the most active put with an addition of 0.64 mn or 8.86%. The maximum Call OI outstanding was at 5600 SP (6.89) and that for Puts at 5400 SP (7.95). The respective Support and Resistance levels are: Resistance 5581.88 --Pivot Point 5525.06--Support 5479.38. The Nifty Put Call Ratio (PCR) OI wise stood at 1.36 for March-month contracts.