On January 4, 2013, Indian markets ended flat with the Sensex increasing by 19.30 points and Nifty by 6.65 points amid volatility, marking a fourth consecutive day of gains. Key sectors included oil & gas, which rose due to diesel price hike hopes, while metals were the biggest losers. Bharti Infratel and Punjab National Bank saw significant stock gains after positive news, while the overall market showed a positive breadth with advancing stocks outnumbering declines.

1. Markets end flat…Sensex & Nifty continue winning streak for fourth straight
session in 2013
Market Summary
04-Jan-2013
Amid bouts of volatility, markets ended in green, with marginal gains though, for fourth straight session in CY2013.
Metals sector was the top loser on BSE sectorial indices while Oil & Gas sector continued to top on diesel price hike
hopes.
Denoting strong expansion of services sector, HSBC Services PMI jumped to three months high in Decmber 2012 at
55.6 in comparision to 52.1 in the previous month. (News)
Bharti Infratel touched its all time high today at Rs. 210 and closed 1.37% up on BSE on the reports of inclusion of the
company in FTSE global equity indices. (News)
Punjab National Bank gained 1.11% on BSE after getting Competition Commission of India's approval over stake
purchase in Met Life India. (News)
Textile major Arvind Industries gained 0.91% on BSE on the plans of setting up integrated textile parks in Gujarat.
(News)
The market breadth on the BSE closed in positive. Advancing and declining stocks were 1539 and 1423 respectively,
while 118 scrips remained unmoved.
The BSE Sensex ended at 19784.08, up 19.30 points or 0.10%. The 30 share index touched a high and a low of
19797.44 and 19679.99 respectively. 16 stocks advanced against 13 declining ones on the benchmark index.
The S&P CNX Nifty gained 6.65 points or 0.11% to settle at 6016.15. The index touched high and low of 6020.75 and
5981.55 respectively. 27 stocks advanced against 22 declining ones on the index.
Sensex Nifty
The BSE Mid-cap index moved up to 7314.12 and gained 0.28% while Small-cap index jumped up by 0.35% to
7615.60.
The broader BSE 500 index increased to 7742.53 (up 0.17%) and S&P CNX 500 index rose to 4844.00 (up 0.17%).
The volatility as denoted by INDIA VIX lost 0.74% at 13.37 from its previous close of 13.47 on Thursday.
Sectors in action
On the BSE Sectorial front, Oil & Gas (up 1.05%), Information Technology (up 0.95%) and Power (up 0.46%) were the
top gainers.
Metals (down 1.01%), FMCG (down 0.28%) and Automobile (down 0.26%) were the top losers.
The Angels and the Devils
GAIL (India) Ltd (up 1.90%), Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (up 1.79%), Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (up 1.76%),
Tata Consultancy Services Ltd (up 1.50%) and Wipro Ltd (up 1.47%) were the top gainers on the Sensex.
Tata Steel Ltd (down 1.91%), Sterlite Industries (India) Ltd (down 1.64%), Jindal Steel and Power Ltd (down 1.58%),
Hindalco Industries Ltd (down 1.34%) and Tata Motors Ltd (down 0.79%) were the top losers on the Sensex.
Benchmark Drivers
ICICI Bank (14.00 points), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd (13.42 points), Housing Development Finance Corporation
Ltd (-11.31 points), Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (10.18 points) and ITC Ltd (-7.20 points) were the major
Sensex drivers today.
On the other end ICICI Bank (3.58 points), Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd (-3.42 points), Tata
Consultancy Services Ltd (3.28 points), Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (2.57 points) and HDFC Bank (-2.27
points) were the major Nifty movers today.

2. Pivot, Supports and Resistance Levels
S&P CNX Nifty is now pivoted at 6006 for next session. The next support is at 5992 and on upside it has a resistance
at 6031 levels.
S&P CNX Nifty
Eff. Date S3 S2 S1 PIVOT R1 R2 R3 Actual Close
05-Jan-2013 5952 5967 5992 6006 6031 6045 6070 -
04-Jan-2013 5961 5974 5992 6004 6022 6035 6053 6016.15
03-Jan-2013 5957 5970 5981 5994 6006 6018 6030 6009.50
Sensex has a pivot at 19754 with first level of support and resistance at 19710 and 19828 respectively.
Sensex
Eff. Date S3 S2 S1 PIVOT R1 R2 R3 Actual Close
05-Jan-2013 19593 19636 19710 19754 19828 19871 19945 -
04-Jan-2013 19617 19655 19710 19748 19803 19841 19896 19784.08
03-Jan-2013 19611 19649 19682 19719 19752 19789 19822 19764.78
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