Sensex ends 214 points lower; ICICI, M&M, Sterlite Industries down

	Dated:01 November,2011

Sensex ends 214 points lower; ICICI, M&M, Sterlite Industries down The Sensex ended in the negative territory as sentiments turned bearish after Greek Prime Minister's announcement to hold a referendum on latest plan. Focus on stock picking in this kind of a market: Vivek Mavani In an interview with ET Now, Vivek Mavani, Vice President-Institutional Equities, Brics Securities, talks about the market. Excerpts: Bullish on ITC, Nestle, HUL vs 2nd tier FMCG cos: Nikhil Vora In an interview with ET Now, Nikhil Vora, MD, IDFC Securities, talks about HUL's Q2 earnings and his top FMCG picks. Excerpts: Market Round-up SENSEX 17480.83 -224.18 NIFTY 5257.95 -68.65 NASDAQ 2141.54 17.78 DJIA 10060.06 19.61 RS/$ 46.79 -0.14 NSE Gainers Scrip Price(Rs.) %Change Infomedia 18 Ltd. 12.65 + 15.53 Essar Ports Ltd. 91.90 + 14.30 JHS Svendgaard Laboratori 35.25 + 12.98 Pitti Laminations Ltd. 58.95 + 12.72 Commercial Engineers & Bo 46.15 + 12.42 NSE Losers Scrip Price(Rs.) %Change Advani Hotels & Resorts ( 32.40 -9.75 Vaswani Industries Ltd. 12.55 -9.39 Sanghi Polyesters Ltd. 1.10 -8.33 M And B Switchgears Ltd. 190.05 -7.65 First Winner Industries L 15.70 -7.65 Views on Stocks/Markets Bank of Baroda can reach 900 levels: Ashwani Gujral Avoid SBI as there are better stocks: Ashwani Gujral Buy Hindustan Unilever as it can give good upsides: Mitesh Thacker IPO/Global Markets Europe stocks down Asian shares fell Nikkei slips on jitters Rupee / Gold Rupee dips by 57 paise Gold up by Rs 230 India gold futures recover More 'Market' News M&M shares down after Oct sales disappoint Shares in Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd fell after the company posted a below expected 20 percent surge in its October sales, dealers said. HCC shares down on report of state govt action Shares of Infrastructure Company, Hindustan Construction Co (HCC) fell over 6 percent. Reliance Industries falls 1 pc in morning trade on bourses Shares of Reliance Ind dipped by over 1 per cent in morning trade on the bourses today after the company denied that it is in talks to acquire Valero Energy.