The Bse Index closed at 18420, up by 44 points, the index touched a high and a low of 18,458.63 and 18,258.42 respectively. While nifty shut down at 5532, up by 15 points, the index touched high and low of 5,542.65 and 5,479.85, respectively.

Nifty June 2011 futures closed at 5,536.50, at a premium of 4.45 points over spot closing of 5,532.05, while Nifty July 2011 futures were at 5,550.50 at a premium of 18.45 points over spot closing. The near month June 2011 derivatives contract expires on Thursday, June 30, 2011. Nifty June futures saw addition of 2.26% or 0.55 million (mn) units, taking the total outstanding open interest (OI) to 25.35 mn units.

Among Nifty calls, 5600 SP from the June month expiry was the most active put with contraction of 0.27 million or 4.77%.The maximum Call OI outstanding for Calls was at 5600 SP (5.41 mn) and that for Puts at 5500 SP (6.51 mn).The respective Support and Resistance levels are: Resistance 5556.51-- Pivot Point 5518.18-- Support 5493.71. The Nifty Put Call Ratio (PCR) OI wise stood at 1.35 for June -month contract.