Today stock market shut up at 16416, up by 567 points, the index touched a high and a low of 16,462.03 and 16,068.73 respectively. While Nifty index closed at 4919, up by 171 points, the index touched high and low of 4,934.40 and 4,806.05 respectively.

Nifty September 2011 futures closed at 4,939.55 at a premium of 19.95 points over spot closing of 4,919.60, while Nifty October 2011 futures were at 4,951.75 at a premium of 32.15 points over spot closing. The near month September 2011 derivatives contract expires on Thursday, September 29, 2011. Nifty September futures saw addition of 9.90% or 2.39 million (mn) units, taking the total outstanding open interest (OI) to 26.62 mn units.

Among Nifty calls, 5000 SP from the September month expiry was the most active call with an addition of 0.18%. Among Nifty puts, 4800 SP from the September month expiry was the most active put with addition of 1.33 million or 27.16%. The maximum Call OI outstanding for Calls was at 5000 SP (5.36 mn) and that for Puts was at 4800 SP (6.24 mn).