The Stock Market closed with green sign at 18358, up 1.05%, the index touched a high and a low of 18,444.47 and 18,263.68, respectively. While CNX S&P nifty index closed at 5511.15, with green sign up with 1.13%, The index touched a high of 5,535.10 and a low of 5475.95 respectively.

The 50-share S&P CNX Nifty finally settled at 5,511.15 after gaining 61.50 points or 1.13%. Nifty March 2011 futures closed at 5,529.15 at a premium of 18.00 over spot closing of 5,511.15, while Nifty April 2011 futures were at 5,550.10 at a premium of 38.95 points over spot closing. The near month March 2011 derivatives contract expires on Thursday, March 31, 2011. Nifty March futures saw an addition of 10.13% or 2.34 million (mn) units, taking the total outstanding open interest (OI) to 25.50 mn units.

For Nifty calls, 5600 strike price (SP) from the March series was the most active call with an addition of 0.09 mn or 1.55%. Among Nifty puts, 5500 SP from the March month expiry was the most active put with a addition of 1.52 mn or 31.65%. The maximum Call OI outstanding was at 5600 SP (6.19) and that for Puts at 5500 SP (6.34). The respective Support and Resistance levels are: Resistance 5,540.08 --Pivot Point 5,508.01--Support 5,480.93. The Nifty Put Call Ratio (PCR) OI wise stood at 1.42 for March-month contracts.