Indian Equity Benchmarks opened below the previous close and continued to trade in dull session during the day. In late afternoon trade, markets recovered some losses and traded flat before plunging again towards the end to close in red. Nifty ended below 5900.Asian markets mostly ended lower ahead of G20 meet of the finance ministers and officials to assess health of global economy. European indices were also trading lower.Back home, the market breadth on the BSE closed in negative. Advancing and declining stocks were 1188 and 1719 respectively, while 130 scrips remained unmoved.

1. Markets end lower; Oil & Gas stocks plunge
Market Summary
15-Feb-2013
Indian Equity Benchmarks opened below the previous close and continued to trade in dull session during the day. In
late afternoon trade, markets recovered some losses and traded flat before plunging again towards the end to close in
red. Nifty ended below 5900.
Asian markets mostly ended lower ahead of G20 meet of the finance ministers and officials to assess health of global
economy. European indices were also trading lower.
Mahindra Satyam acquired 51% stake in a Brazil’s complex IT. The stock closed 0.99% down on BSE. (News)
Dr Reddy’s Laboratories fell 3.20% on BSE after Bank of America Merrill Lynch downgraded the stock to “neutral” with
a target price of Rs 1975.
Key Quarterly Results:
Tata Motors Ltd registered 364% decline in Q3’s Net at a loss of Rs 458.49 crore on YoY basis. The stock closed
2.48% up on BSE. (Result)
GAIL India's Net jumped 18% in December Quarter to Rs 1284.86 crore. The stocl closed 0.99 up on BSE. (Featured
result)
DLF’s Net plunged 112% in Q3 to a Net Loss of Rs 42.11 crore. The stock closed 2.03% down on BSE. (Result)
CRISIL reported 4% decline in Net Profit of Q4 to Rs 48.55 crore. The stock closed 0.44% down on BSE. (Result)
Suzlon Energy plunged 8.63% on reporting 196% decline in Q3’s Net at a Net Loss of Rs 930.9 crore. (Result)
T h e market breadth on the BSE closed in negative. Advancing and declining stocks were 1188 and 1719
respectively, while 130 scrips remained unmoved.
The BSE Sensex ended at 19468.15, down 29.03 points or 0.15%. The 30 share index touched a high and a low of
19512.89 and 19381.82 respectively. 13 stocks advanced against 16 declining ones on the benchmark index.
The S&P CNX Nifty lost 9.55 points or 0.16% to settle at 5887.40. The index touched high and low of 5899.95 and
5853.90 respectively. 15 stocks advanced against 35 declining ones on the index.
Sensex Nifty
The BSE Mid-cap index moved up to 6626.86 and gained 0.28% while Small-cap index hammered down by 0.64% to
6540.92.
The broader BSE 500 index decreased to 7416.24 (down 0.05%) and S&P CNX 500 index declined to 4647.25 (down
0.07%).
The volatility as denoted by INDIA VIX gained 0.99% at 15.24 from its previous close of 15.09 on Thursday.
Sectors in action
On the BSE Sectorial front, Automobile (up 0.43%), Banks (up 0.21%) and FMCG (up 0.11%) were the top gainers.
Oil & Gas (down 0.83%), Information Technology (down 0.58%) and Healthcare (down 0.30%) were the top losers.
The Angels and the Devils
Tata Motors Ltd (up 2.48%), Tata Power Company Ltd (up 1.79%), Bharti Airtel Ltd (up 1.23%), Sterlite Industries
(India) Ltd (up 1.22%) and GAIL (India) Ltd (up 0.99%) were the top gainers on the Sensex.
Dr. Reddys Laboratories Ltd (down 3.55%), Bajaj Auto Ltd (down 1.41%), Tata Steel Ltd (down 1.21%), Reliance
Industries Ltd (down 1.20%) and Infosys Ltd (down 0.99%) were the top losers on the Sensex.

2. Benchmark Drivers
Reliance Industries Ltd (-21.81 points), Infosys Ltd (-16.12 points), Tata Motors Ltd (15.39 points), Dr. Reddys
Laboratories Ltd (-10.10 points) and State Bank of India (6.79 points) were the major Sensex drivers today.
On the other end Reliance Industries Ltd (-6.97 points), Infosys Ltd (-3.07 points), Bajaj Auto Ltd (-1.57 points), Dr.
Reddys Laboratories Ltd (-1.47 points) and ICICI Bank (-1.45 points) were the major Nifty movers today.
Pivot, Supports and Resistance Levels
S&P CNX Nifty is now pivoted at 5880 for next session. The next support is at 5861 and on upside it has a resistance
at 5907 levels.
S&P CNX Nifty
Eff. Date S3 S2 S1 PIVOT R1 R2 R3 Actual Close
18-Feb-2013 5815 5834 5861 5880 5907 5926 5953 -
15-Feb-2013 5819 5852 5874 5907 5930 5963 5986 5887.40
14-Feb-2013 5868 5895 5914 5942 5961 5988 6007 5896.95
Sensex has a pivot at 19454 with first level of support and resistance at 19396 and 19527 respectively.
Sensex
Eff. Date S3 S2 S1 PIVOT R1 R2 R3 Actual Close
18-Feb-2013 19265 19323 19396 19454 19527 19585 19658 -
15-Feb-2013 19219 19332 19414 19527 19610 19723 19805 19468.15
14-Feb-2013 19398 19486 19547 19635 19696 19784 19845 19497.18
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