- US stock markets rose slightly due to strong retail results, with the Dow and S&P 500 indexes up marginally. - Citigroup's private equity arm will invest $125 million in Cox & Kings' Prometheon, an acquisition vehicle for UK travel firm Holidaybreak. - Indian stock markets edged higher for the third consecutive week as WPI inflation fell to its slowest pace in nearly three years in July 2012. The Sensex rose 0.76% while the Nifty gained 0.86%.

1. WEEKLY NEWS
 US stocks up slightly on strong retail results
The Dow Jones industrial average rose 25.09 points to
close at 13,275.20. The Standard & Poor's 500 index
rose 2.65 points to close at 1,418.16. The Nasdaq rose
14.20 points to close at 3,076.59.
 Citigroup's private equity arm to invest $125
million in Cox & Kings' Prometheon
The private equity arm of Citigroup is set to invest $125
million, or Rs 700 crores, in Prometheon, a special
WEEKLY EQUITY purpose vehicle (SPV) created by holiday and travel firm
NEWSLETTER Cox & Kings for the acquisition of UK's Holidaybreak in
20TH AUGUST 2012 2011, two people familiar with the matter said. Mumbai-
based Cox & Kings had raised a debt of almost 311
million (Rs 2,250 crores) to buy Holidaybreak,
increasing its total gross debt to about Rs 4,200 crores.
Cox & King's net debt now is about Rs 3,600 crores.
 MARKET UPDATE:-  Sebi gives clean chit to Clutch Auto in
Nifty up 45.90 at 5366 compliance case
Bank Nifty up 59 pts at Sebi today gave clean chit to Clutch Auto Ltd after
months-long probe into alleged violation by the
10417 company in respect to its compliance to listing related
regulations. The Sebi had conducted an investigation
into the affairs and dealings relating to the partly paid
shares of Clutch Auto Ltd during the period May 7, 2010
to January 31, 2011 for the possible violations.
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2. MARKET A NALYSIS
 T HE MARKET EDGED HIGHER FOR THE THIRD CONSECUTIV E WEEK AS THE RATE OF GROWTH IN INFLATION
BASED ON THE WHOLESA LE PRICE INDEX (WPI) FELL TO THE SLOWEST PACE IN NEARLY THREE Y EARS IN
JULY 2012
 T HE BAROMETER INDEX, BSE SENSEX , JUMPED 133.34 POINTS OR 0.76% TO SETTLE AT 17,691.08. T HE
50- UNIT S&P CNX NIFTY GAINED 45.90 POINTS OR 0.86% TO 5,366.30.
 T HE BSE MID-CAP INDEX ROSE 0.96% AND THE BSE SMALL-CAP INDEX GAINED 1%. BOTH THESE
INDICES OUTPERFORMED THE SENSEX.
 T RADING FOR THE WEEK BEGAN ON A FIRM NOTE. KEY BENCHMARK INDICES EDGED HIGHER ON MONDAY ,
13 AUGUST 2012, WITH THE MARKET SENTIMENT BOOSTED BY DATA SHOWING CONTINUATION OF BUYING
OF I NDIAN STOCKS BY FOREIGN FUNDS. T HE BSE SENSEX JUMPED 75.71 POINTS OR 0.43% TO SETTLE AT
17,633.45 ON THAT DAY , ITS HIGHEST CLOSING LEV EL SINCE 15 MARCH 2012.
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 EXPERT OPINION
NIFTY WEEKLY PIVOTS
NIFTY BANK NIFTY
Nifty looks Consolidated Bank Nifty looks Consolidated
Strategy: Sell on rise Strategy: Sell on rise
Buy on dips Buy on dips
Support: 5225 Support: 10250
Resistance: 5525 Resistance: 10630
 NIFTY WEELY PIVOTS
PIVOTS R4 R3 R2 R1 PP S1 S2 S3 S4
NIFTY 5628 5538 5448 5407 5358 5317 5268 5178 5088
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3.  NIFTY WEEKLY CHART
 WEEKLY BANK NIFTY CHART
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4.  GAINERS AND LOOSERS
WEEKLY NIFTY GAINERS
SCRIPS RATE VOL. (000) PR. NET % CHANGE
CLOS E CHANGE
Ranbaxy 516.15 1766.17 484.2 31.95 6.6
IDFC 140.7 4628.83 132.1 8.6 6.51
RIL 816.1 2440.87 782.1 34 4.35
M& M 769.35 839.66 739.55 29.8 4.03
HCL Tech. 557.35 704.08 536.8 20.55 3.83
WEEKLY NIFTY LOOSERS
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SCRIPS RATE VOL. (000) PR. CLOS E NET % CHANGE
CHANGE
Hindalco 113.7 4138.6 122.95 -9.25 -7.52
BPCL 340.6 2007.71 352.55 -11.95 -3.39
Tata Power 97.25 1817.73 100 -2.75 -2.75
Ambuja
188.95 920.05 194.25 -5.3 -2.73
Cement
NTPC 168.05 3105.57 171.95 -3.9 -2.27
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