The Indian markets opened marginally positive but gained strength in the afternoon boosted by better-than-expected quarterly results from Hindustan Unilever Ltd. The Sensex closed over 100 points higher while the Nifty reclaimed the 5900 level. HUL saw its shares rise 7% after reporting a 14.65% yearly rise in net profits for the last quarter. Other gainers included Wipro and Hero MotoCorp, while losers were led by Jindal Steel and Housing Development Finance Corporation. Key sector gains came from consumer durables, FMCG and real estate.

1. Sensex scores a ton on robust HUL earnings; Nifty reclaims 5900
Market Summary
29-Apr-2013
Following a marginal positive opening, Indian markets went higher in morning deals and pared their gains
subsequently amid mixed global cues. The benchmarks shot up again in late afternoon session buoyed with forecast
beating Q4 numbers from FMCG giant Hindustan Unilever Ltd. Sensex closed the session with gains of over 100
points. Nifty closed above 5900.
Lanco Infratech surged 10.37% on BSE as the company’s Australian subsidiary has settled lawsuit worth AUD 3.5
billion by Perdaman Chemicals. (News)
Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) gained 1.27% on BSE on receipt of order worth Rs 4051 crore. (News)
Key Quarterly results
Hindustan Unilever Ltd recorded 14.65% yoy growth in its Q4 Net at Rs 787.20 crore. Net sales of the company rose
12.48 per cent to Rs 6,367.14 crore. HUL stock zoomed 7% on both the bourses.
Hexaware Technologies ended 0.48% down on BSE after reporting 15% decline in its March Quarter’s net on YoY
basis. (News)
Jaiprakash ventures registered 1703% steep decline in Q4’s Net at a Net loss of 12.22 crore. The stock closed flat on
BSE. (Result)
Exide Industries reported 3% fall in Q4’s Net at Rs 14.64 crore. The stock closed 2.84% down on BSE. (Result)
The market breadth on the BSE closed in positive. Advancing and declining stocks were 1338 and 1089 respectively,
while 138 scrips remained unmoved.
The S&P BSE Sensex ended at 19387.50, up 100.78 points or 0.52%. The 30 share index touched a high and a low
of 19428.94 and 19284.40 respectively. 19 stocks advanced against 11 declining ones on the benchmark index.
The CNX Nifty gained 32.65 points or 0.56% to settle at 5904.10. The index touched high and low of 5918.65 and
5868.80 respectively. 32 stocks advanced against 18 declining ones on the index.
S&P BSE Sensex CNX Nifty
The S&P BSE Mid-cap index moved up to 6317.59 and gained 0.68% while S&P BSE Small-cap index jumped up by
0.27% to 6040.18.
The broader S&P BSE 500 index increased to 7347.20 (up 0.66%) and CNX 500 index rose to 4620.90 (up 0.64%).
The volatility as denoted by INDIA VIX gained 3.24% at 14.33 from its previous close of 13.88 on Friday.
Sectors in action
On the BSE Sectorial front, Consumer Durables (up 2.43%), FMCG (up 2.30%) and Real Estate (up 1.53%) were the
top gainers.
Metals (down 0.79%) and Healthcare (down 0.08%) were the top losers.
The Angels and the Devils
Hindustan Unilever Ltd (up 6.98%), Wipro Ltd (up 3.57%), Hero MotoCorp Ltd (up 3.24%), Sterlite Industries (India)
Ltd (up 2.29%) and ITC Ltd (up 1.69%) were the top gainers on the Sensex.
Jindal Steel and Power Ltd (down 4.24%), Coal India Ltd (down 1.74%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (down
1.50%), Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd (down 0.99%) and Larsen And Toubro Ltd (down 0.80%) were
the top losers on the Sensex.

2. Benchmark Drivers
Hindustan Unilever Ltd (41.74 points), ITC Ltd (35.44 points), Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd (-15.07
points), ICICI Bank (11.05 points) and HDFC Bank (10.99 points) were the major Sensex drivers today.
On the other end Hindustan Unilever Ltd (10.47 points), ITC Ltd (9.51 points), Housing Development Finance
Corporation Ltd (-3.69 points), HDFC Bank (3.45 points) and ICICI Bank (3.01 points) were the major Nifty movers
today.
Pivot, Supports and Resistance Levels
CNX Nifty is now pivoted at 5897 for next session. The next support is at 5876 and on upside it has a resistance at
5926 levels.
CNX Nifty
Eff. Date S 3 S 2 S 1 PIVOT R 1 R 2 R 3 Actual Close
30-Apr-2013 5826 5847 5876 5897 5926 5947 5975 -
29-Apr-2013 5806 5833 5852 5880 5899 5926 5945 5904.10
26-Apr-2013 5800 5827 5872 5898 5943 5969 6014 5871.45
S&P BSE Sensex has a pivot at 19367 with first level of support and resistance at 19305 and 19450 respectively.
S&P BSE Sensex
Eff. Date S 3 S 2 S 1 PIVOT R 1 R 2 R 3 Actual Close
30-Apr-2013 19160 19222 19305 19367 19450 19511 19594 -
29-Apr-2013 19094 19172 19229 19307 19365 19442 19500 19387.50
26-Apr-2013 19012 19102 19254 19345 19497 19587 19740 19286.72
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