The Indian markets ended flat, with the Sensex closing at 19409.69 points and the Nifty at 5908.90 points. HDFC gained 3.15% while sectors like real estate and healthcare gained over 0.8% each. TCS fell by 2.5% and was the top loser on the Sensex. The markets traded in a narrow range and recovered slightly to close flat.

1. Listless markets end flat; HDFC gains 3.15%
Market Summary
10-Dec-2012
Following a slightly positive start, markets traded listless in a range. The bias turned to negative after pessimistic
European opening before recovering slightly in the end to close flat. Nifty ended above psychological 5900. Sensex
closed above 19400.
The BSE Sensex ended at 19409.69, down 14.41 points or 0.07%. The 30 share index touched a high and a low of
19478.01 and 19362.32 respectively. 13 stocks advanced against 17 declining ones on the benchmark index.
The S&P CNX Nifty gained 1.50 points or 0.03% to settle at 5908.90. The index touched high and low of 5919.95 and
5888.10 respectively. 25 stocks advanced against 25 declining ones on the index.
Sensex Nifty
The BSE Mid-cap index moved up to 7116.60 and gained 0.65% while Small-cap index jumped up by 0.32% to
7470.08.
The broader BSE 500 index increased to 7558.58 (up 0.09%) and S&P CNX 500 index rose to 4731.90 (up 0.16%).
The volatility as denoted by INDIA VIX lost 3.01% at 14.51 from its previous close of 14.96 on Friday.
Sectors in action
On the BSE Sectorial front, Real Estate (up 1.10%), Healthcare (up 0.89%) and Banks (up 0.31%) were the top
gainers.
Consumer Durables (down 1.52%), Information Technology (down 0.89%) and Oil & Gas (down 0.72%) were the top
losers.
The Angels and the Devils
Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd (up 3.15%), Dr. Reddys Laboratories Ltd (up 2.51%), Cipla Ltd (up
1.55%), Tata Steel Ltd (up 1.42%) and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (up 1.10%) were the top gainers on the
Sensex.
Tata Consultancy Services Ltd (down 2.50%), NTPC Ltd (down 1.91%), Bharti Airtel Ltd (down 1.46%), Maruti Suzuki
India Ltd (down 1.25%) and Mahindra and Mahindra Ltd (down 1.07%) were the top losers on the Sensex.
Benchmark Drivers
Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd (45.84 points), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd (-22.11 points),
Reliance Industries Ltd (-14.32 points), ICICI Bank (-13.52 points) and Larsen And Toubro Ltd (-8.47 points) were the
major Sensex drivers today.
On the other end Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd (12.30 points), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd (-4.75
points), ICICI Bank (-3.55 points), Reliance Industries Ltd (-3.37 points) and Bharti Airtel Ltd (-1.81 points) were the
major Nifty movers today.
Pivot, Supports and Resistance Levels
S&P CNX Nifty is now pivoted at 5906 for next session. The next support is at 5891 and on upside it has a resistance
at 5923 levels.
S&P CNX Nifty
Eff. Date S3 S2 S1 PIVOT R1 R2 R3 Actual Close
11-Dec-2012 5860 5874 5891 5906 5923 5938 5955 -
10-Dec-2012 5820 5854 5881 5915 5942 5976 6003 5908.90
07-Dec-2012 5762 5800 5866 5904 5969 6008 6073 5907.40
Sensex has a pivot at 19417 with first level of support and resistance at 19355 and 19471 respectively.

2. Sensex
Eff. Date S3 S2 S1 PIVOT R1 R2 R3 Actual Close
11-Dec-2012 19240 19301 19355 19417 19471 19532 19587 -
10-Dec-2012 19139 19251 19338 19450 19536 19648 19735 19409.69
07-Dec-2012 18937 19062 19274 19399 19611 19736 19948 19424.10
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