The Indian markets ended higher by around 1% ahead of Infosys earnings and IIP data expected the next day. The Sensex closed at 18804.75, up 173.65 points or 0.93% while the Nifty gained 55.90 points or 0.99% to settle at 5708.05. Key sectors like real estate, capital goods and metals led the gains while healthcare was the only loser. Stocks like BHEL, L&T, Tata Motors and Tata Steel advanced the most on both indices.

1. Markets rally 1% ahead of Infy results, IIP data
Market Summary
11-Oct-2012
Markets opened flat with Nifty above 5660. In the early morning, indices touched the day's low and were seen
struggling for direction. Markets smartly recovered in the afternoon session on reform hopes and positive European
cues with the Nifty surpassing 5700 mark again. The key benchmarks eventually ended the day with about 0.9-1%
gains. Markets will take cues from Infosys earnings and IIP data to be released tomorrow for direction from here on.
IndusInd bank gained 1.92% (BSE) on reporting 30% growth in Q2 Net Profit. (Result)
Tata Steel gained 2.34% (BSE) on plan to invest in new manufacturing facilities in Netherlands. (News)
Unitech jumped 17.5% (BSE) on resolving disputes with Telenor. (News)
Continuing with reforms, Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on Thursday agreed to hike the prices of
urea-based fertilizers by Rs 50 per tonne, thereby reducing government’s fertilizer subsidy bill, estimated to touch Rs
65,000 crore this fiscal year. Fertilizer stocks were mostly in green today. (News)
The market breadth on the BSE closed in positive. Advancing and declining stocks were 1651 and 1152 respectively,
while 131 scrips remained unmoved.
The BSE Sensex ended at 18804.75, up 173.65 points or 0.93%. The 30 share index touched a high and a low of
18847.81 and 18581.49 respectively. 26 stocks advanced against 4 declining ones on the benchmark index.
The S&P CNX Nifty gained 55.90 points or 0.99% to settle at 5708.05. The index touched high and low of 5721.10
and 5636.95 respectively. 39 stocks advanced against 11 declining ones on the index.
Sensex Nifty
The BSE Mid-cap index moved up to 6671.27 and gained 1.16% while Small-cap index jumped up by 0.84% to
7107.66.
The broader BSE 500 index increased to 7241.41 (up 1.02%) and S&P CNX 500 index rose to 4523.60 (up 1.03%).
The volatility as denoted by INDIA VIX lost 2.02% at 16.49 from its previous close of 16.83 on Wednesday.
Sectors in action
On the BSE Sectorial front, Real Estate (up 4.61%), Capital Goods (up 2.04%) and Metals (up 1.61%) were the top
gainers.
Healthcare (down 0.13%) was the top loser.
The Angels and the Devils
Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (up 2.39%), Larsen And Toubro Limited (up 2.25%), Tata Motors Limited (up 2.22%),
Tata Steel Limited (up 2.11%) and Bharti Airtel Limited (up 2.06%) were the top gainers on the Sensex.
Cipla Limited (down 1.97%), Wipro Limited (down 0.79%), Maruti Suzuki India Limited (down 0.36%) and Mahindra and
Mahindra Limited (down 0.16%) were the top losers on the Sensex.
Benchmark Drivers
Larsen And Toubro Limited (23.82 points), HDFC Bank (19.90 points), ITC Limited (18.57 points), Infosys Limited
(14.96 points) and State Bank of India (14.93 points) were the major Sensex drivers today.
On the other end Larsen And Toubro Limited (6.06 points), Infosys Limited (4.25 points), ITC Limited (4.11 points),
State Bank of India (3.95 points) and HDFC Bank (3.91 points) were the major Nifty movers today.
Pivot, Supports and Resistance Levels
S&P CNX Nifty is now pivoted at 5689 for next session. The next support is at 5656 and on upside it has a resistance
at 5740 levels.

2. S&P CNX Nifty
Eff. Date S3 S2 S1 PIVOT R1 R2 R3 Actual Close
12-Oct-2012 5572 5605 5656 5689 5740 5773 5825 -
11-Oct-2012 5598 5622 5637 5662 5677 5701 5716 5708.05
10-Oct-2012 5628 5653 5679 5704 5730 5754 5780 5652.15
Sensex has a pivot at 18745 with first level of support and resistance at 18642 and 18908 respectively.
Sensex
Eff. Date S3 S2 S1 PIVOT R1 R2 R3 Actual Close
12-Oct-2012 18375 18478 18642 18745 18908 19011 19174 -
11-Oct-2012 18457 18536 18583 18662 18710 18788 18836 18804.75
10-Oct-2012 18551 18637 18715 18800 18879 18964 19043 18631.10
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