Today BSE Closed at 18268, down with 116 points, The index touched a high and a low of 18,399.02 and 18,182.90 respectively. While nifty Index closed at 5486, down by 35 points.

Nifty June 2011 futures closed at 5,485.65, at a discount of 0.15 points over spot closing of 5,485.80, while Nifty July 2011 futures were at 5,501.90 at a premium of 16.10 points over spot closing. The near month June 2011 derivatives contract expires on Thursday, June 30, 2011. Nifty June futures saw addition of 3.86% or 0.93 million (mn) units, taking the total outstanding open interest (OI) to 25.27 mn units.

Among Nifty calls, 5500 SP from the June month expiry was the most active call with an addition of 1.57 million or 36.04%. Among Nifty puts, 5500 SP from the June month expiry was the most active put with contraction of 1.12 million or 16.57%. The maximum Call OI outstanding for Calls was at 5500 SP (5.91 mn) and that for Puts was at 5500 SP (5.65mn).