Markets ended the day with modest gains of 0.3% after a volatile morning session. Specific stocks like Apollo Hospitals, ACC, and Ambuja Cement reached new highs, while sectors like IT and capital goods saw gains. The broader indices like the BSE Mid-cap and Small-cap also closed higher. Infosys and Tata Motors were the top Sensex gainers, while Bajaj Auto and Tata Power lost the most.

1. Markets end the clueless session with modest gains
Market Summary
01-Oct-2012
On the first day of October, markets opened flat and were seen clueless during the morning session. Following a volatile pattern,
markets extended gains in the late afternoon trade and ended up with a modest 0.3% gain.
Apollo Hospitals today touched its all time high at 780 (NSE) and closed over 5% up on the reports of a stake sell at a premium to the
current market price by a global private equity firm Apax partners LLP.
Shares of cement companies like ACC and Ambuja cement made new 52 week highs today at 1485 and 211 respectively, on the
hope of good demand post monsoon and reforms in infrastructure and reality sectors.
The HSBC manufacturing purchasing managers' index (PMI), that measures the business activity of India's factories but not its
utilities, remained steady at 52.8 in September as compared to 52.8 in August. The good part however is that, the index has remained
above 50, which divides growth and contraction, for more than three years.
The market breadth on the BSE closed in positive. Advancing and declining stocks were 1809 and 1087 respectively, while 127
scrips remained unmoved.
The BSE Sensex ended at 18823.91, up 61.17 points or 0.33%. The 30 share index touched a high and a low of 18838.54 and
18745.28 respectively. 16 stocks advanced against 14 declining ones on the benchmark index.
The S&P CNX Nifty gained 15.50 points or 0.27% to settle at 5718.80. The index touched high and low of 5722.95 and 5694.00
respectively. 27 stocks advanced against 23 declining ones on the index.
Sensex Nifty
The BSE Mid-cap index moved up to 6665.85 and gained 0.89% while Small-cap index jumped up by 1.42% to 7117.36.
The broader BSE 500 index increased to 7241.46 (up 0.48%) and S&P CNX 500 index rose to 4522.95 (up 0.41%).
The volatility as denoted by INDIA VIX gained 1.11% at 16.34 from its previous close of 16.16 on Friday.
Sectors in action
On the BSE Sectorial front, Information Technology (up 1.88%), Capital Goods (up 0.67%) and Automobile (up 0.65%) were the top
gainers.
Oil & Gas (down 0.26%) and Banks (down 0.16%) were the top losers.
The Angels and the Devils
Infosys Limited (up 2.96%), T Motors Limited (up 2.65%), Jindal Steel and Power Limited (up 1.93%), Bharat Heavy Electricals
ata
Limited (up 1.86%) and Hindalco Industries Ltd. (up 1.83%) were the top gainers on the Sensex.
Bajaj Auto Limited (down 1.11%), T Power Company Limited (down 0.94%), HDFC Bank (down 0.87%), Oil and Natural Gas
ata
Corporation Limited (down 0.84%) and ICICI Bank (down 0.63%) were the top losers on the Sensex.
Benchmark Drivers
Infosys Limited (43.62 points), T Motors Limited (14.87 points), HDFC Bank (-12.34 points), State Bank of India (11.28 points) and
ata
ITC Limited (10.10 points) were the major Sensex drivers today.
On the other end Infosys Limited (10.94 points), Tata Motors Limited (3.78 points), HDFC Bank (-3.56 points), ICICI Bank (-2.82 points)
and State Bank of India (2.68 points) were the major Nifty movers today.
Pivot, Supports and Resistance Levels
S&P CNX Nifty is now pivoted at 5712 for next session. The next resistance is at 5730 levels. On the downside it has a support at
5701.
S&P CNX Nifty
Eff. Date S3 S2 S1 PIVOT R1 R2 R3 Actual Close
03-Oct-
5672 5683 5701 5712 5730 5741 5759 -
2012
01-Oct-
5628 5656 5679 5707 5731 5759 5783 5718.80
2012
28-Sep-
5574 5607 5628 5661 5682 5715 5736 5703.30
2012
Sensex has a pivot at 18803 with first level of support and resistance at 18767 and 18860 respectively.

2. Sensex
Eff. Date S3 S2 S1 PIVOT R1 R2 R3 Actual Close
03-Oct-
18673 18709 18767 18803 18860 18896 18953 -
2012
01-Oct- 18513 18606 18684 18777 18856 18948 19027 18823.91
2012
28-Sep- 18326 18439 18509 18623 18693 18806 18876 18762.74
2012
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