Sensex conquers 17K mark in 6 sessions

Mumbai: It's been a great morning for the Indian investors wherein the Sensex conquered the psychological level of 17,000.

It was spectacular movement for the Sensex which covered the gap between 16K to 17K in merely six trading sessions. Reliance group has been the biggest contributor in the last few days of bull run.

At 0957 hrs IST, Sensex breached the 17,000 mark and was at 17,013 up 113 points. Nifty was up 25 points at 4964.

* Sensex took only six days to move from 16K to 17K.

* FII's pump in Rs 14, 639 crore in last 5 days

* Contribution - Reliance Industries - 256 Points, Bharti - 99 pts, L&T 79 pts and ICICI - 67 - points

Asian markets:

The Aisan markets are trading firm, Japan's Nikkei was flat at 16,399.96, Taiwan's Taiwan Weighted gained 1.44 per cent or 131.01 points at 9,236.29, Singapore's Straits Times was up was up 0.17 per cent or 6.23 points at 3,631.05 and South Korea's Seoul Composite rose 0.54 per cent or 10.29 points at 1,919.26.

US markets

The Dow Jones industrial average rose 19.59 points, or 0.14 per cent, to 13,778.65. Broader stock indicators were mixed. The Standard & Poor's 500 slipped 0.52 points, or 0.03 per cent, to 1,517.21, while the Nasdaq composite rose 15.50 points, or 0.58 per cent, to 2,683.45.

F&O cues:

* Marketwide rollover at 49 per cent, Nifty at 46 per cent

* Futures Open Interest up by Rs 568 crore (Rs 5.68 billion), Options Open Interest up by Rs 1044 crore (Rs 10.44 billion)

* Nifty Futures shed 47 lakh shares in Open Interest

* Nifty Oct Futures add 51 lakh shares in Open Interest

* Nifty Sep at 4-point premium, Oct at 8-point discount

* Nifty Open Interest Put-Call ratio at 1.59 Vs 1.61

* Nifty Puts add 8.9 lakh shares in Open Interest

* Nifty Calls add 8.5 lakh shares in Open Interest

* Nifty 4800 Put adds 4.86 lakh shares in Open Interest

* Nifty 4900 Put adds 2.4 lakh shares in Open Interest

* Nifty 5000 Put adds 1.96 lakh shares in Open Interest

* Nifty 5200 Call adds 2.6 lakh shares in Open Interest

* Nifty 5100 Call adds 2.2 lakh shares in Open Interest

* Nifty 5000 Call adds 2.1735 lakh shares in Open Interest