Today BSE index shut up at 18232 little down with 34 points, the index touched a high and a low of 18,380.17 and 18,199.52 respectively. While Nifty index closed at 5473 doen 3 points, The index touched high and low of 5,509.30 and 5,458.60, respectively.

Nifty June 2011 futures closed at 5,467.00, at a discount of 6.10 points over spot closing of 5,473.10, while Nifty July 2011 futures were at 5,477.75 at a premium of 4.65 points over spot closing. The near month June 2011 derivatives contract expires on Thursday, June 30, 2011. Nifty June futures saw addition of 4.97% or 1.06 million (mn) units, taking the total outstanding open interest (OI) to 22.56 mn units.

Among Nifty puts, 5400 SP from the June month expiry was the most active put with contraction of 0.09 million or 1.68%. The maximum Call OI outstanding was at 5500 SP (4.08mn) and that for Puts at 5400 SP (5.28mn). The respective Support and Resistance levels are: Resistance 5502.06-- Pivot Point 5480.33-- Support 5451.36.