Markets ended with marginal gains ahead of the U.S. presidential election, with the Sensex closing at 18817.38, up 54.51 points. Cipla was the top gainer, recording a 62% year-on-year profit increase, while Hindalco and Reliance Infrastructure faced declines in profit. The market breadth remained positive with 1516 advancing and 1304 declining stocks.

1. Risk averse markets end marginally up ahead of U.S. prez
elections...Sensex ends above 18800
Market Summary
06-Nov-2012
Markets end lackluster session in green with marginal gains. Risk averseness was pretty evident in transactions ahead
of the U.S. presidential election. Sensex ended above 18800 and Nifty ended 0.35% up.
Cipla hit a fresh 52 week high at Rs. 398.75 (BSE) and was the top gainer on both Sensex and Nifty on strong Q2
numbers. It closed 4.18% up on BSE on reporting 62% yoy jump in Q2 Net Profit. (Featured Result)
Hindalco was among the top losers on both Sensex and Nifty after it witnessed a dip in Q2 Net Profit by 28.56% YoY.
It closed 1.87% down on BSE. (Result)
Reliance Infrastructure posted a 16.46% fall in its Q2 profit YoY and closed at 1.85% down on BSE. (News)
From Banking sector, Canara Bank reported a 22.44% dip Q2 Net Profit dipped The stock closed 0.25% up on BSE.
Central Bank of India reported a 35% jump in Q2 net profit and closed 4.06% up on BSE. Andhra Bank Q2 net rose
3%. The stock closed 1.95% up on BSE. Dena Bank Q2 net rose 24%. The stock closed 1.95% up on BSE.
The market breadth on the BSE closed in positive. Advancing and declining stocks were 1516 and 1304 respectively,
while 139 scrips remained unmoved.
The BSE Sensex ended at 18817.38, up 54.51 points or 0.29%. The 30 share index touched a high and a low of
18829.07 and 18726.94 respectively. 17 stocks advanced against 13 declining ones on the benchmark index.
The S&P CNX Nifty gained 20.20 points or 0.35% to settle at 5724.40. The index touched high and low of 5730.80
and 5693.65 respectively. 34 stocks advanced against 16 declining ones on the index.
Sensex Nifty
The BSE Mid-cap index moved up to 6665.32 and gained 0.56% while Small-cap index jumped up by 0.35% to
7082.13.
The broader BSE 500 index increased to 7247.43 (up 0.40%) and S&P CNX 500 index rose to 4528.30 (up 0.38%).
The volatility as denoted by INDIA VIX gained 3.96% at 15.21 from its previous close of 14.63 on Monday.
Sectors in action
On the BSE Sectorial front, Real Estate (up 2.05%), Healthcare (up 0.95%) and Power (up 0.71%) were the top
gainers.
Automobile (down 0.51%), Capital Goods (down 0.21%) and Information Technology (down 0.01%) were the top
losers.
The Angels and the Devils
Cipla Limited (up 4.18%), GAIL (India) Limited (up 1.85%), Housing Development Finance Corporation Limited (up
1.75%), Jindal Steel and Power Limited (up 1.43%) and State Bank of India (up 1.39%) were the top gainers on the
Sensex.
Hindalco Industries Ltd. (down 1.87%), Maruti Suzuki India Limited (down 1.70%), Tata Motors Limited (down 1.06%),
Hero MotoCorp Ltd. (down 0.72%) and Bajaj Auto Limited (down 0.60%) were the top losers on the Sensex.
Benchmark Drivers
Housing Development Finance Corporation Limited (23.40 points), State Bank of India (10.71 points), HDFC Bank
(10.45 points), Cipla Limited (9.87 points) and Larsen And Toubro Limited (-6.30 points) were the major Sensex drivers
today.
On the other end Housing Development Finance Corporation Limited (6.03 points), Cipla Limited (2.61 points), HDFC
Bank (2.58 points), State Bank of India (2.57 points) and Asian Paints (India) Limited (1.99 points) were the major Nifty

2. Bank (2.58 points), State Bank of India (2.57 points) and Asian Paints (India) Limited (1.99 points) were the major Nifty
movers today.
Pivot, Supports and Resistance Levels
S&P CNX Nifty is now pivoted at 5716 for next session. The next support is at 5702 and on upside it has a resistance
at 5739 levels.
S&P CNX Nifty
Eff. Date S3 S2 S1 PIVOT R1 R2 R3 Actual Close
07-Nov-2012 5665 5679 5702 5716 5739 5753 5776 -
06-Nov-2012 5656 5668 5686 5698 5716 5727 5745 5724.40
05-Nov-2012 5654 5668 5683 5697 5712 5726 5741 5704.20
Sensex has a pivot at 18791 with first level of support and resistance at 18753 and 18855 respectively.
Sensex
Eff. Date S3 S2 S1 PIVOT R1 R2 R3 Actual Close
07-Nov-2012 18651 18689 18753 18791 18855 18893 18957 -
06-Nov-2012 18588 18636 18699 18747 18811 18858 18922 18817.38
05-Nov-2012 18592 18640 18698 18746 18803 18852 18909 18762.87
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