The scrip opened at Rs. 278.00 and has touched a high and low of Rs. 286.90 and Rs. 277.50 respectively. So far 93896 shares were traded on the counter. The BSE group 'A' stock of face value Rs. 2 has touched a 52 week high of Rs. 349.90 on 04-Jan-2011 and a 52 week low of Rs. 223.40 on 18-Mar-2011.

Nifty April 2011 futures closed at 5,874.00, at a premium of 22.35 over spot closing of 5,851.65, while Nifty May 2011 futures were at 5,894.60 at a premium of 42.95 points over spot closing. The near month April 2011 derivatives contract expires on Thursday, April 28, 2011. Nifty April futures saw an addition of 6.29% or 1.52 million (mn) units, taking the total outstanding open interest (OI) to 25.84 mn units.

For Nifty calls, 5,800 strike price (SP) from the April series was the most active call with a contraction of 2.39 mn or 33.34%. Among Nifty puts, 5800 SP from the April month expiry was the most active put with an addition of 2.13 mn or 43.39%. The maximum Call OI outstanding was at 5800 SP (4.79) and that for Puts at 5800 SP (7.05).