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Stock picks of the day

April 20, 2006 09:47 IST

The market has had a superb trading session to forge ahead and has ended the day sharply in positive territory. Banks, Consumer Durables, Pharma, Oil, Metals, Capital Goods and PSU's have ended positive in varying degrees while the FMCG, IT & Auto sector have ended in negative territory. Volume registered a clear increase (read as turnover) while the undertone seemed positive.

Sensex (Daily)

Last Close - 11896 | Support - 11826, 11707 | Resistance - 11931, 12000

Trading Range - The Sensex opened at 11880, moved up to an intra-day high of 11986, declined to an intra-day low of 11800 and closed at 11896.

Review/Outlook - The Sensex has once again created history to post a fresh all time high but has run into significant resistance at higher levels but has still managed to end in positive territory. The outlook continues to remain positive, as the bigger picture remains quite solid while for the near term though intra-day weakness could be the order of the day.       

Oudh Sugar. (Daily)

Last Close - 263.95 | Support - 236, 191 | Resistance - 300, 350

Trading Range - The scrip opened at 244.00, moved up to an intra-day high of 263.95, declined to an intra-day low of 241.10 and closed at 263.95.

Review/Outlook - The scrip has reflected strength by moving up virtually from open to close and with the indicators looking positive, a further upside seems to be on the cards. 

Ster. Hol. Res. (Daily)

Last Close - 098.25 | Support - 096, 081 | Resistance - 102, 135

Trading Range - The scrip opened at 096.70, moved up to an intra-day high of 098.25, declined to an intra-day low of 095.00 and closed at 098.25.

Review/Outlook - The scrip has reflected strength by recovering from its intra-day low and with the indicators looking positive, a further upside seems to be on the cards.

Taneja Aero. (Daily)

Last Close - 244.35 | Support - 213, 173 | Resistance - 250, 300

Trading Range - The scrip opened at 238.00, moved up to an intra-day high of 244.35, declined to an intra-day low of 228.00 and closed at 244.35.

Review/Outlook - The scrip has reflected strength by recovering from its intra-day low and with the indicators looking positive, a further upside seems to be on the cards. 

Dagger Forst. (Daily)

Last Close - 076.35 | Support - 069, 054 | Resistance - 085, 104 

Trading Range - The scrip opened at 075.00, moved up to an intra-day high of 076.35, declined to an intra-day low of 073.20 and closed at 076.35.

Review/Outlook - The scrip has reflected strength by moving up virtually from open to close and with the indicators looking positive, a further upside seems to be on the cards.

Daily Stock Track

Scrip

Support

Last Close

Resistance

Trend

ACC

950, 900

967.95

1000, 1100

Up

DR. REDDY

1466, 1400

1494.75

1500, 1589

Up 

HLL

266, 252

276.90

281, 295

Up 

INFOSYS

3250, 3155

3282.00

3453, 3600

Up

ITC

190, 180

198.10

210, 225

Sd

RIL

900, 850

920.85

950, 1000

Up 

SATYAM

830, 810

853.25

860, 886

Sd

SBI

926, 900

937.60

950, 1000

Td

T MOTORS

900, 850

923.95

950, 999

Sd

TISCO

605, 550

609.00

700, 800

Up

GLOSSARY : CMP -- Current Market Price, MACD -- Moving Average Convergence Divergence, RMI -- Relative Momentum Index, RSI -- Relative Strength Index, ROC -- Rate of Change, EMA -- Exponential Moving Average, Cls -- Closing Price, Support -- Level where buying can be expected, Resistance -- Level where selling can be expected, Tu -- Turning Upwards, Td -- Turning Downwards, Sd -- Sideways, Up -- Uptrend, Dt -- Downtrend, Ob -- Overbought, Os - Oversold.

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