The Sensex closed at 19451, down 139 points from its previous close, and Nifty shut shop at 5842, down 44 points. The Sensex and Nifty lost 0.1% each. The mid-caps and small-cap indices gained around 1% each. Among the front liners, HDFC, Hindalco, Wipro, Bharti Airtel and Tata Power gained 1–2%, while NTPC, ONGC, TCS, Maruti Suzuki and Sterlite lost 1–3%.

Nifty April 2011 futures closed at 5,859.30, at a premium of 17.30 over spot closing of 5,842.00, while Nifty May 2011 futures were at 5,877.00 at a premium of 35.00 points over spot closing. The near month April 2011 derivatives contract expires on Thursday, April 28, 2011. Nifty April futures saw an addition of 3.50% or 0.93 million (mn) units, taking the total outstanding open interest (OI) to 27.67 mn units.