Market Wrap: Nifty ends near 5900; DLF rallies 5%

1. Nifty ends near 5900; DLF rallies 5%
Market Summary
18-Feb-2013
Following two consecutive negative endings, Indian markets opened marginally up today and remained in the green
zone throughout the day. Nifty ended the day with slim gains and missed 5900 by a whisker. Reality index (up 2%)
topped the charts on BSE sectoral front.
National Aluminum Company (NALCO) has hiked prices of its products by Rs 5000 per ton after Aluminum gained on
London Metal Exchange (LME). The stock closed 2.31% up on BSE. (News)
Cairn India gained 1.63% on BSE after getting nod from a block oversight committee to drill exploration wells on the
prolific Rajasthan block. (News)
State Bank of India rose 1.19% on BSE on inking pact with EPC to finance farmers for micro irrigation systems. (News)
Government will offload 12.5% equity in Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilizers through open for sale (OFS) in the next
month. The stock closed 2.41% up on BSE. (News)
Jet Airways plunged 7.70% on BSE after Etihad Airways deferred its deal with the company.
The market breadth on the BSE closed in positive. Advancing and declining stocks were 1633 and 1261 respectively,
while 150 scrips remained unmoved.
The BSE Sensex ended at 19501.08, up 32.93 points or 0.17%. The 30 share index touched a high and a low of
19554.48 and 19462.92 respectively. 17 stocks advanced against 13 declining ones on the benchmark index.
The S&P CNX Nifty gained 10.80 points or 0.18% to settle at 5898.20. The index touched high and low of 5911.00
and 5878.45 respectively. 28 stocks advanced against 22 declining ones on the index.
Sensex Nifty
The BSE Mid-cap index moved up to 6654.67 and gained 0.42% while Small-cap index jumped up by 0.71% to
6587.48.
The broader BSE 500 index increased to 7437.83 (up 0.29%) and S&P CNX 500 index rose to 4659.60 (up 0.27%).
The volatility as denoted by INDIA VIX gained 6.89% at 16.29 from its previous close of 15.24 on Friday.
Sectors in action
On the BSE Sectorial front, Real Estate (up 2.08%), Capital Goods (up 1.18%) and Power (up 1.03%) were the top
gainers.
Information Technology (down 0.49%), Consumer Durables (down 0.22%) and Oil & Gas (down 0.03%) were the top
losers.
The Angels and the Devils
Tata Steel Ltd (up 2.49%), Hindustan Unilever Ltd (up 1.89%), Sterlite Industries (India) Ltd (up 1.76%), Larsen And
Toubro Ltd (up 1.57%) and Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd (up 1.47%) were the top gainers on the
Sensex.
Jindal Steel and Power Ltd (down 1.81%), Coal India Ltd (down 1.77%), Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (down
1.35%), Dr. Reddys Laboratories Ltd (down 1.24%) and Bajaj Auto Ltd (down 1.17%) were the top losers on the
Sensex.
Benchmark Drivers
Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd (20.82 points), Larsen And Toubro Ltd (14.88 points), Tata
Consultancy Services Ltd (-11.28 points), Hindustan Unilever Ltd (11.19 points) and State Bank of India (9.52 points)
were the major Sensex drivers today.
On the other end Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd (5.42 points), Larsen And Toubro Ltd (4.14 points),

2. On the other end Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd (5.42 points), Larsen And Toubro Ltd (4.14 points),
Tata Consultancy Services Ltd (-2.96 points), State Bank of India (2.65 points) and Hindustan Unilever Ltd (2.63
points) were the major Nifty movers today.
Pivot, Supports and Resistance Levels
S&P CNX Nifty is now pivoted at 5896 for next session. The next support is at 5881 and on upside it has a resistance
at 5913 levels.
S&P CNX Nifty
Eff. Date S3 S2 S1 PIVOT R1 R2 R3 Actual Close
19-Feb-2013 5848 5863 5881 5896 5913 5928 5946 -
18-Feb-2013 5815 5834 5861 5880 5907 5926 5953 5898.20
15-Feb-2013 5819 5852 5874 5907 5930 5963 5986 5887.40
Sensex has a pivot at 19506 with first level of support and resistance at 19458 and 19549 respectively.
Sensex
Eff. Date S3 S2 S1 PIVOT R1 R2 R3 Actual Close
19-Feb-2013 19366 19415 19458 19506 19549 19598 19641 -
18-Feb-2013 19265 19323 19396 19454 19527 19585 19658 19501.08
15-Feb-2013 19219 19332 19414 19527 19610 19723 19805 19468.15
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