Today market was green, BSE sensex shut up at 17065 up by 202 points, while Nifty index closed at 5125 up by 60 points. The key benchmark indices surged to strike intraday high in late trade on aggressive bargain hunting in index heavyweights. Volatility was high across the globe with European markets trading firm after initial hiccup while select Asian markets turned positive after initial declines.

Nifty September 2011 futures closed at 5,120.10 up by 4.25 points over spot closing of 5,124.65, while Nifty October 2011 futures were at 5,130.95 at a premium of 6.30 points over spot closing. The near month September 2011 derivatives contract expires on Thursday, September 29, 2011. Nifty September futures saw addition of 1.26 million (mn) units, taking the total outstanding open interest (OI) to 27.84 mn units.