The stock Market BSE Index shut up at 19136 down by 156 points, the index touched a high and a low of 19,356.50 and 19,015.05 respectively. While nifty NSE index closed at 5750.95, down with 34.50 points, the index touched high and low of 5,804.30 and 5,706.05, respectively.

Nifty May 2011 futures closed at 5,752.35, at a premium of 2.85 points over spot closing of 5,749.50, while Nifty June 2011 futures were at 5,765.00 at a premium of 15.50 points over spot closing. The near month May 2011 derivatives contract expires on Thursday, May 26, 2011. Nifty May futures saw addition of 10.99% or 2.45 million (mn) units, taking the total outstanding open interest (OI) to 24.76 mn units.

For Nifty calls, 5800 strike price (SP) from the May series was the most active call with an addition of 1.80 mn or 89.73%. Among Nifty puts, 5700 SP from the May month expiry was the most active put with an addition of 1.07 mn or 30.33. The maximum Call OI outstanding was at 5800 SP (3.82) and that for Puts at 5800 SP (4.62). ZJYBQNXDMBAW