1. Sensex tumbles 290 points on Rupee approaching 63/USD
Market Summary
19-Aug-2013
Following mayhem on Friday, Indian indices continued the southward journey tailing weak global cues. Sentiments got
clobbered out of shape by Rupee hitting another record low for second consecutive session. Domestic currency is
worryingly fast approaching 63 mark against US Dollars. Both key benchmarks lost nearly 1.6% with Sensex ending
down by 290 points and Nifty closing at 5415. Among BSE sectorials, Bankex was the top laggard.
On global front, US, Asian and European indices edged lower on concerns over stimulus tapering after a mixed batch
of economic data.
Back home, Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX) locked at upper circuit of 5% after commodity market regulator FMC
asked NSEL to go ahead for the time being with its plan to settle Rs 5,600 crore of dues to investors and questioned
the credibility of the accounts and information provided by the exchange.
Realty major, IndiaBulls Real Estate spurted 3.59% on BSE on buying entire stake of FIM in 7 projects for Rs 1,172.16
crore. (Read More)
DLF gained 1.99% on BSE in otherwise negative market on registering almost two fold jump in bookings in the housing
segment for the April-June period.
JK tyre surged 2.29% on BSE on reporting over three fold jump in Q1 consolidated Net at Rs 55.26 crore as compared
to Rs 16.44 crore for the same quarter in the previous year. On standalone basis, company’s Net rose 39.78% at Rs
34.54 crore for the quarter as compared to Rs 24.71 crore year on year. (Read More)
The market breadth on the BSE closed in negative. Advancing and declining stocks were 908 and 1454 respectively,
while 146 scrips remained unmoved.
The S&P BSE Sensex ended at 18307.52, down 290.66 points or 1.56%. The 30 share index touched a high and a
low of 18587.38 and 18139.15 respectively. 6 stocks advanced against 24 declining ones on the benchmark index.
The CNX Nifty lost 93.10 points or 1.69% to settle at 5414.75. The index touched high and low of 5499.65 and
5360.65 respectively. 14 stocks advanced against 36 declining ones on the index.
S&P BSE Sensex CNX Nifty
The S&P BSE Mid-cap index moved down to 5362.79 and lost 1.40% while S&P BSE Small-cap index hammered
down by 1.10% to 5211.48.
The broader S&P BSE 500 index decreased to 6631.17 (down 1.65%) and CNX 500 index declined to 4151.95 (down
1.71%).
The volatility as denoted by INDIA VIX gained 8.25% at 25.59 from its previous close of 23.64 on Friday.
Sectors in action
On the BSE Sectorial front, Metals (up 1.78%) and Information Technology (up 0.31%) were the top gainers.
Banks (down 3.40%), Automobile (down 3.13%) and Healthcare (down 2.49%) were the top losers.
The Angels and the Devils
Tata Steel Ltd (up 5.00%), Hindalco Industries Ltd (up 2.89%), Jindal Steel and Power Ltd (up 2.86%), Tata Power
Company Ltd (up 2.46%) and Infosys Ltd (up 1.04%) were the top gainers on the Sensex.
Bharti Airtel Ltd (down 5.51%), ICICI Bank (down 5.07%), Bajaj Auto Ltd (down 4.55%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries
Ltd (down 4.05%) and Tata Motors Ltd (down 3.77%) were the top losers on the Sensex.
Benchmark Drivers
ICICI Bank (-59.24 points), ITC Ltd (-37.53 points), Bharti Airtel Ltd (-30.54 points), Tata Motors Ltd (-24.77 points) and
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (-21.46 points) were the major Sensex drivers today.

2. On the other end ICICI Bank (-14.97 points), ITC Ltd (-10.79 points), Bharti Airtel Ltd (-7.58 points), Tata Motors Ltd (-
6.54 points) and Axis Bank (-5.57 points) were the major Nifty movers today.
Pivot, Supports and Resistance Levels
CNX Nifty is now pivoted at 5425 for next session. The next support is at 5350 and on upside it has a resistance at
5489 levels.
CNX Nifty
Eff. Date S 3 S 2 S 1 PIVOT R 1 R 2 R 3 Actual Close
20-Aug-2013 5211 5286 5350 5425 5489 5564 5628 -
19-Aug-2013 5210 5353 5430 5574 5651 5794 5872 5414.75
16-Aug-2013 5639 5665 5703 5729 5768 5793 5832 5507.85
S&P BSE Sensex has a pivot at 18345 with first level of support and resistance at 18102 and 18550 respectively.
S&P BSE Sensex
Eff. Date S 3 S 2 S 1 PIVOT R 1 R 2 R 3 Actual Close
20-Aug-2013 17654 17896 18102 18345 18550 18793 18998 -
19-Aug-2013 17584 18072 18335 18823 19086 19574 19838 18307.52
16-Aug-2013 19061 19132 19250 19321 19439 19510 19628 18598.18
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