Nifty flat; ONGC, Infy, Wipro, JSPL, TCS, ITC, SAIL gain

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The US markets ended off day's low post Microsoft, Exxon upgrade while shrugged off disappointing outlooks from Target and Home Depot.

Dollar Index was up 0.5% and CRB Commodity Index up 0.2%.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended up 30.5 points at 10,437, after seeing recovery of 75 points from day's low of 10,362.

The Nasdaq Composite ended up 6 points at 2,204, after seeing recovery of 19 points from day's low of 2,185.

The S&P 500 Index ended up 1 point at 1,110, after seeing recovery of 8 points from day's low of 1,102.

Commodities:

CRB Commodity Index was up 0.2%.

Crude was up 0.6% at $79.58/bbl, gained for third day.

Gold made record highs at $1143.95/ounce.

Copper rose 1% at $6787/tonne, at 13-month highs.

Zinc was down 1.7%, Lead down 1.6% and Tin down 1.3%.

Market cues:

-FIIs net buy USD 147.4 million on November 17
-MFs net sell Rs 49.2 crore on November 17
-Total F&O Open Int up by Rs 929 crore at Rs 1,08,805 crore
-FIIs net buy Rs 463 crore in cash on November 17 (prov)
-DIIs net sell Rs 235 crore in cash on November 17 ( prov)
-FIIs net sell Rs 325 crore in F&O on November 17

F&O cues:

-Total Futures Open Int down by Rs 137 crore
-Total Options Open Int up by Rs 1066 crore
-Nifty up 0.1%, Futures Open Int down by 3%
-Nifty Nov Futures trading at 1-pt prem
-Nifty IVs at 22-26%
-Nifty OI PCR at 1.53 versus 1.58
-Nifty Calls adds 14.6 lakh shares in Open Int
-Nifty Puts add 1.5 lakh shares in Open Int
-Nifty Dec 4900 Call adds 9 lakh shares in Open Int
-Nifty Nov 5100 Put adds 2.4 lakh shares in Open Int
-Nifty Nov 4800 Put adds 2.4 lakh shares in Open Int
-Nifty 5100 Call adds 2.3 lakh shares in Open Int
-Stock Futures add 2.09 cr shares in Open Int