Today the BSE Index closed at 18412, up by 172 points, the index touched a high and a low of 18,494.11 and 18,132.70 respectively. The Nifty Index closed at 5527, up by 55 points, the index touched high and low of 5,552.65 and 5,434.25 respectively.

Nifty June 2011 futures closed at 5,536.60, at a premium of 10.00 point over spot closing of 5,526.60, while Nifty July 2011 futures were at 5,550.90 at a premium of 24.30 points over spot closing. The near month June 2011 derivatives contract expires on Thursday, June 30, 2011. Nifty June futures saw addition of 3.13% or 0.68 million (mn) units, taking the total outstanding open interest (OI) to 22.57 mn units.

Among Nifty calls, 5500 SP from the June month expiry was the most active call with contraction of 1.03 million or 14.67%. Among Nifty puts, 5500 SP from the June month expiry was the most active put with addition of 1.81 million or 36.78%. The maximum Call OI outstanding for Calls was at 5500 SP (5.99 mn) and that for Puts was at 5500 SP (6.75 mn).