Today BSE Closed at 16884 bown by 74 points, the index touched a high and a low of 17,084.07 and 16,864.84 respectively. While Nifty NSE index closed at 5078, down 21 points.

Nifty October 2011 futures closed at 5,068.90 at a discount of 8.95 points over spot closing of 5,077.85, while Nifty November 2011 futures were at 5,084.00 at a premium of 6.15 points over spot closing. The near month October 2011 derivatives contract expires on Thursday, October 25, 2011. Nifty October futures saw addition of 7.46% or 1.63 million (mn) units, taking the total outstanding open interest (OI) to 23.60 mn units.

Among Nifty calls, 5100 SP from the October month expiry was the most active call with an addition of 1.02 million or 23.89%. Among Nifty puts, 5000 SP from the October month expiry was the most active put with addition of 0.15 million or 5.04%. The maximum Call OI outstanding for Calls was at 5100 SP (5.31mn) and that for Puts was at 5100 SP (3.13 mn).