Today BSE index closed at 16883, down by 236 points, the index touched a high and a low of 17,172.09 and 16,837.56 respectively. While NSE closed at 5068 , down by 80 points, the index touched high and low of 5,158.75 and 5,052.85 respectively.

Nifty November 2011 futures closed at 5,065.95 at a discount of 2.55 points over spot closing of 5,068.50, while Nifty December 2011 futures were at 5,091.50 at a premium of 23.00 points over spot closing. The near month November 2011 derivatives contract expires on Thursday, November 24, 2011. Nifty November futures saw addition of 1.81 million (mn) units taking the total outstanding open interest (OI) to 28.82 mn units.

Among Nifty calls, 5200 SP from the November month expiry was the most active call with addition of 0.68 million. Among Nifty puts, 5100 SP from the November month expiry was the most active put with contraction of 0.33 million. The maximum Call OI outstanding for Calls was at 5200 SP (5.65 mn) and that for Puts was at 5100 SP (5.90 mn).