Day gone by: Markets maintain losing stint on Rupee fall; INR breaches 64 before recovering on RBI intervention

1. Market Summary
20-Aug-2013
The market breadth on the BSE closed in positive. Advancing and declining stocks were 1195 and 1144 respectively,
while 134 scrips remained unmoved.
The S&P BSE Sensex ended at 18246.04, down 61.48 points or 0.34%. The 30 share index touched a high and a
low of 18306.46 and 17970.98 respectively. 14 stocks advanced against 16 declining ones on the benchmark index.
The CNX Nifty lost 13.30 points or 0.25% to settle at 5401.45. The index touched high and low of 5417.80 and
5306.35 respectively. 19 stocks advanced against 30 declining ones on the index.
S&P BSE Sensex CNX Nifty
The S&P BSE Mid-cap index moved down to 5340.23 and lost 0.42% while S&P BSE Small-cap index jumped up by
0.22% to 5223.20.
The broader S&P BSE 500 index decreased to 6610.68 (down 0.31%) and CNX 500 index declined to 4138.40 (down
0.33%).
The volatility as denoted by INDIA VIX gained 6.41% at 27.23 from its previous close of 25.59 on Monday.
Sectors in action
On the BSE Sectorial front, Metals (up 4.84%), Real Estate (up 2.49%) and Banks (up 0.75%) were the top gainers.
Consumer Durables (down 3.54%), Automobile (down 2.26%) and Healthcare (down 1.59%) were the top losers.
The Angels and the Devils
Sterlite Industries (India) Ltd (up 9.91%), Tata Steel Ltd (up 4.09%), Coal India Ltd (up 2.08%), ICICI Bank (up 1.77%)
and Hindalco Industries Ltd (up 1.51%) were the top gainers on the Sensex.
Tata Motors Ltd (down 4.66%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (down 2.42%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd
(down 2.39%), Mahindra and Mahindra Ltd (down 2.38%) and Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (down 1.95%)
were the top losers on the Sensex.
Benchmark Drivers
Tata Motors Ltd (-29.49 points), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd (-29.48 points), ICICI Bank (19.68 points), Housing
Development Finance Corporation Ltd (-16.12 points) and Sterlite Industries (India) Ltd (13.39 points) were the major
Sensex drivers today.
On the other end ITC Ltd (10.54 points), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd (-7.36 points), Tata Motors Ltd (-6.51 points),
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (-4.00 points) and ICICI Bank (3.64 points) were the major Nifty movers today.
Pivot, Supports and Resistance Levels
CNX Nifty is now pivoted at 5375 for next session. The next support is at 5333 and on upside it has a resistance at
5444 levels.
CNX Nifty
Eff. Date S 3 S 2 S 1 PIVOT R 1 R 2 R 3 Actual Close
21-Aug-2013 5221 5264 5333 5375 5444 5487 5556 -
20-Aug-2013 5211 5286 5350 5425 5489 5564 5628 5401.45
19-Aug-2013 5210 5353 5430 5574 5651 5794 5872 5414.75
S&P BSE Sensex has a pivot at 18174 with first level of support and resistance at 18043 and 18378 respectively.
S&P BSE Sensex
Eff. Date S 3 S 2 S 1 PIVOT R 1 R 2 R 3 Actual Close
21-Aug-2013 17707 17839 18043 18174 18378 18510 18713 -
20-Aug-2013 17654 17896 18102 18345 18550 18793 18998 18246.04

2. 19-Aug-2013 17584 18072 18335 18823 19086 19574 19838 18307.52
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