Nifty Auto index up, BharatForg Tops

Key benchmarks continue to trade on a positive note this Monday  early afternoon with the Nifty adding 82 points and is trading at 10,854 mark, while the Sensex up by 285 points at 35,943.24 at around 2.30 pm.

Nifty auto is up 0.89 percent with gains from Bharat Forge, TCS Motors, Mother son Sumi, Ashok Leyland, Exide Industries,  Tata Motors and Mahindra & Mahindra.

Bank Nifty is also trading higher by 0.93 percent led by Federal Bank, Yes Bank, Axis Bank, SBI, PNB among others.

Nifty pharma is trading up by 1.21 percent led by Dr Reddy's Labs, Divis Labs, Sun Pharma, Cadila Healthcare, Cipla, Biocon rising upto 2.21 percent.

Nifty energy is up 1.45 percent led by Reliance infrastructure which jumped over 3.65 percent followed by Hindustan Petroleum Corp, Reliance, Tata Power grid and ONGC.

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Idea Cellular gets shareholder’s approval to change its name Vodafone Idea Ltd

Shareholders of Idea Cellular Limited, with a requisite majority, has approved the resolution to change the name of the entity to Vodafone Idea Limited.  The shareholders furthermore approved a proposal to raise Rs. 15,000 crore via convertible securities in one or more tranches.  Idea Cellular Limited is merging with Vodafone India and is presently the third largest telecom operator in India.

These proposals are as part of the merger of Idea Cellular Limited with Vodafone India. The merger of late received a setback with the Deptt of Telecom had raised a demand from Vodafone of Rs. 4,700 crore in unpaid spectrum fees. A merger would be a significant move to reduce costs and unlock synergies to enhance competitiveness.

Shares of Idea Cellular were trading in BSE at Rs.56.60 (down 2.25%) in comparison with the previous close of Rs. 57.90. The stock hit an intraday high of Rs. 58.60 and intraday low of 56.25.  Meantime, benchmark BSE index was trading lower by 53.95 points at 35,436.09 and the NSE Nifty at 10,734.70, down by 34.45 points.

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Invest in Stocks: IPO heats up, 36 Cos lines up

The IPOs (Initial Public Offering) picks up momentum as there are thirty six companies have lined up initial share sale plans worth Rs. 35,000 crore in the months ahead, prospecting their fund expansion for their projects.

Some of those Companies which goes ahead for IPO, include Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency, IRCON International Ltd, Rail Vikas Nigam Limited, RITES Ltd, Garden Reach Ship builders and Engineers and Mazagon Dock.

Additionally, over two dozen companies including Credit Access Grameen, Route Mobile, Sembcorp Energy India, Lodha Developers and Flemingo Travel Retail are awaiting regulatory nod for IPOs.

Meantime, about 15 companies including ICICI Securities Ltd, Bandhan Bank Ltd, Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd and Mishra Dhatu Nigam Ltd have hit the capital markets thus far this year.

An Initial Public Offering or IPO is when a private company or Corporation raises investment funds by offering its stock to the public for the first time. IPOs are often issued by growing companies seeking capital to expand. In an IPO, the Company or the issuer raising capital, procures the assistance of an under-writing Company or investment bank, to help find out the best type of security to issue, offering price, amount of shares and the time-frame for the market offering.

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Nifty Tips: Stock rise on NSE First-Half, Top stocks to watch

Share benchmarks were in the positive terrain in spite of weak global cues. The NSE Nifty index was trading 57.90 points up at 10,571, while the BSE Sensex was up 185.58 points at 34,848.60 around 11:40 am.

Shares of Sudarshan Chemical Industries Ltd (up 14.39 pc), Gateway Distriparks Limited (up 8.13 pc) and Snowman Logistics (up 7.20 pc) jumped in these extents on NSE in late morning hours on Friday.

Stocks such as Sequent Scientific Ltd (up 7.77 pc), NR Agarwal Industries Ltd (up 5.70 pc), Radico Khaitan Ltd (up 4.70 pc), Gati Ltd (up 4.47 pc), Indian Terrain Fashion Ltd (up 4.28 pc), United Breweries Ltd (up 4.09 pc), Take Solutions (up 4.58 pc) and Mangalore Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd (up 4.01 pc) surged in Nifty constituents.

Hindalco, Bajaj Finserve, Gail India, Tata Steel, Infosys were among the top gainers in the Nifty index, while Vedanta, SBI, Bharti Infratel, Grasim and Coal India were trading among top Nifty losers.

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Stocks Moving Early afternoon hours of trade, Tuesday

Tata Motors: Shares of leading automobile manufacturer Tata Motors Limited Gains 4.78 percent at Rs. 30.05 after China Reduces Import Duty on passenger cars to 15 percent, in the early afternoon hours of trade on NSE.

L&T:  Shares of Larsen and Toubro (L&T) snapped a 6-day decline, its longest losing streak in over two months, and was trading up by 0.60% to Rs 1,321.25 on NSE, after the construction major bagged an order worth Rs 4,033 crore.

Fortis Healthcare:  Shares of the hospital chain operator Fortis Healthcare Limited snapped 3-day gains and declined 2.09 percent to Rs 145.30. Fortis Healthcare will hold a General Meeting on changes of the board of directors. Its stock fell 7.5% so far this year and lost 24% percent in the past 12 months.

Infibeam Incorporation: Shares of the online marketplace Infibeam Incorporation Limited was trading down 0.06 percent to Rs 164.10. The company plans fundraising on May 30, as per stock exchange filing.

Essar Shipping: Shares of the Shipping & Logistics Company Essar Shipping Limited swung between gains and losses and was trading now at Rs 18.30 down by 2.22 percent. The stock has fell 43% so far this year.
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Bajaj Finance Ltd Shares Hit Record High on Splendid Q4 Results

Top Finance lender, Bajaj Finance Limited reported a 61 pc rise in its net profit to Rs 721 crore for the Q4 ending March 2018 versus Rs 615 crore in the year-ago period.  The profit surpasses analyst estimates due to healthy loan growth and stable asset quality for the period.

Reacting to the profit growth, on the market closing hours, Bajaj Finance Limited’s share price settled 7.71% at Rs. 2067.95 on NSE.  In a regulatory filing to the Stock Exchange, the company said that its Q-4 net interest income was up by 40 pc at Rs 2,365 crore from Rs 1,686 crore in the previous year.

The gross NPAs stood at 1.48 pc, up from last quarter's 1.67 pc, while net NPAs stood 0.38 pc of the total assets.

Bajaj Finance Ltd in its press release said that it continues to provide for loan losses in excess of requirements set by the RBI.

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Market Extend Losses on Karnataka Uncertainty, Stock Tips

Stock Markets extended falls for the second consecutive day, led by mix earnings reaction, weak global cues and heavy mayhem unfolded in Karnataka over govt formation.

The BSE Sensex closed lower by 156.06 points to 35,387.88, while the NSE Nifty50 fell 60.75 points   to close at 10,741.10 in trade.

BSE Sector wise, realty gained most at near 2 pc followed by FMCG 1.65 pc and IT 0.18 pc. Energy index cracked most at 1.75 pc, oil & gas 1.58 pc, Bankex 1.17 pc and finance 0.91 pc.

HUL, ITC, Wipro, Yes Bank, Asian Paints and Sun Pharma were top gainers. On the other hand, ICICI Bank, Reliance Industries, SBI and Hero Moto Corp were losing shine.

NSE Nifty PSU Bank Index declined 3 pc. Conversely, NSE Nifty Realty Index was the top sectoral gainer, spiking 2.1 pc.

Shares of ITC jumped 1 pc after the announcement of its Q4 results for the period ended March 31, 2018. It has posted net profit of Rs.2,932.71 crores for the above period versus Rs.2,669.47 crores for the same period last year. Shares of ITC LTD  closed at Rs.285.95 up by 1.47 pc.

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Markets turn Flat Ahead of Karnataka Exit Poll

Key benchmark indices turned flat after opening higher in the morning deals, as investors digested the outcome from the Karnataka exit polls, where it was mainly forecast that no party would be able to form the govt in the state on its own.

At 12:10 hours, the BSE index was trading down by 16.98 points at 35,518.81 while the NSE Nifty was at 10,797.10 down by 9.40 points.

Shares of Canara bank were trading down by 0.26%.  The Bank has posted a net profit of Rs 4859.77 crore for the quarter ending March 31, 2018, against a profit of Rs 214.18 crore. The gross NAP of the bank surged to 11.84 % againt 10.38% on Quarter on quarter.

Shares of Allahabad Bank were trading down by 2.74% at Rs. 44.45. The Bank has reported a net loss of Rs 3,510 crores. The gross NAP were placed at 15.96% V/s 14.38% on Quarter on quarter.

UCO Bank shares were also down in trade today, down by 2.39% at Rs. 18.35. The Bank saw net losses at the bank widen to Rs 2,134.36 crore v/s loss of Rs 588.19 crore, Year on Year.

Shares of Federal Bank were trading down by 0.11% at Rs. 89.95. The bank witnessed a fall of 43.5% in standalone net profit in the quarter ended March 2018.

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Stock Market benchmark Nifty, Sensex was trading higher led by Asian Paints, ICICI Bank, HDFC, Infosys and L&T. At 11.10 AM, the Nifty50 index of NSE was trading at 10,755, up 36 points, while the Sensitive index of BSE was trading at 35,349.48, up 113 points.

On NSE, Shares of telecom major Bharti Airtel fell 5.11 percent after Reliance Jio started post-paid plan with monthly rental at the rate of Rs. 199, together with an ISD calling service at a starting price of 50 paise, per minute.  Shares of Idea Cellular, which was also fell 7.63 percent, on this Jio plan impact.

Shares of PC Jeweller gained over 4 percent in the early trade, but later shares fell 0.31 percent on NSE. 

The BoD of PC Jeweller Ltd has approved the Buy Back upto 1.21 crore fully paid-up Equity Shares of Rs.10.00 each, comprising of 3.07 percent of the total paid-up equity capital of the Company, from the share-holders of the Company.

Asian Paints, HPCL, IndiaBulls Bajaj Finance and IOC were the top gainers on Nifty50.  On the flip side, Bharti Airtel, Sun Pharma, Bharti Infratel, Hero Motors and Dr. Reddy’s were the top losers at this point.

Meantime, the Indian rupee rose in the early trade on Friday. The domestic currency has opened higher by 16 paise at 67.15 per USD versus 67.31 yesterday.

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Indian equity markets were trading in the green amid strong global cues.

Key benchmark indices advanced on buying by domestic institutional investors amid positive leads from Asian markets. Buying interest in Bank/Financial, pharma and FMCG counters were picking up momentum, while IT, metal and Auto stocks were losing sheen.

The NSE Nifty index was trading 20.55 points up at 10,736.05, while the BSE Sensex was up 88.21 points at 35,296.35 around 11:15 am. 

Shares of ICICI Bank surged near 7 percent at Rs. 309.85, leading the pack of Nifty gainers.  ICICI Bank shares rose on expectation of improvement in asset quality.

Shares of Godrej Properties gained 5.29% to Rs. 894.80 per share after the Company registered a turnover of Rs. 8.09 crore and a volume of 0.91 lakh shares.

Shares of Tata Coffee Limited were trading down by 6.23% to Rs.125.00 after the company reported a 62% decline in its consolidated net profit to Rs 22.40 crore in the quarter ended 31 March 2018.

Meantime, the Indian Rupee hit a fresh 15-month low of 67.20 versus the USD in today. The domestic currency was at 67.26, at 0.6 paise higher, than the opening.  ICRA Rating Agency on Monday said that the weakened rupee could diminish the demand for jewellery buying by 2 - 4% for the calendar year 2018 on account higher gold prices.

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Nifty trades below 10,630 mark; Nifty Stock Tips

Key benchmark indices extended losses in the afternoon hours of trade at 1.40 pm, with the Sensex shedding 152 points tacking losses in global shares. Shares of Sun Pharma, Indiabulls Housing Finance, Bajaj Auto and Eicher Motors edged lower in the first afternoon hours of deal.

Sectorally, the Nifty Metal index was trading 0.82 percent lower led by a fall in shares of National Aluminium and Hindustan Zinc. The Nifty IT index also was down led by a fall in shares of Tata Elxsi, MindTree and Oracle Financial Services Software.

Shares of Godrej Properties rose 2.81 percent after the company reported its net profit figured at Rs. 141.5 crore, increased by 126 percent on year on year basis.

Adani Ports (+2.42%), GAIL India (+2.09%), HCL tech (+1.06%) Hindustan Unilever (+0.88%), Tech Mahindra (+0.81%) were the top gainers on Nifty50.

Sun Pharma (-2.80%), Bajaj Auto (-2.19%), Axis Bank and Eicher Motors (-2.13%) and Indiabulls HF (-2.05%) were the top losers in today’s trade.

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Shares trade strongly with Positive market range

The benchmark BSE Sensex reclaimed the 35,186.52 level, rising 211 points and Nifty went up at 10,750.30 on Monday Late morning hours on sustained buying by participants, driven by stellar corporate earnings and positive global signals. 

All the sectoral indices, driven by Information Technology, banking and Teck, were trading in the positive territory. 

Bond and Currency Markets closed today for Public holiday. On Tuesday, 2 May, 2018,the stock market shall remain shut for Maharashtra Day/Labour Day.

The ten-year benchmark bond yield closed at 7.77 percent against the last close of 7.76 percent and the Indian rupee settled higher at 66.67 per dollar versus 66.75 at previous day's closing.

Banking stocks were trading higher on NSE. State Bank of India rose 2.12 percent at Rs. 247.75, Yes Bank 2.34 percent, Bank of Baroda 2.58 percent, HDFC Bank 1.11 percent, Federal Bank 1.07 percent, Punjab National Bank 1.61 percent. Meanwhile, Axis Bank shares fell 3.23 percent to Rs 521.80.

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About 25 stocks including Ashok Leyland, Astec Life Sciences Limited, AU Small Finance Bank Limited hit fresh 52-week highs on NSE during the second half of Thursday's trade. 

The Nifty50 carries on remaining caught in a narrow trading band during the hours. Weak global cues together with profit booking and caution ahead of the April derivatives expiry dragged the indices lower on Thursday.

At 2.00 PM, the BSE Sensex was trading at 34,587.29, up 86 points, while the Nifty50 index was trading at 10,576, up 6.35 points.

Shares of Indiabulls Real Estate Ltd rose 1.15 percent, after earning results. The stock rose upto 4 percent intraday during the first half.  For the fourth quarter FY2018, Indiabull’s revenue grew 364 percent  year-on-year basis to Rs. 2,027.99 crore as corresponding to  Rs. 437.02crore that was  in Q3FY 2017.

Axis Bank stock fell 1.06 percent ahead of its March quarter earnings due later today. PC Jeweller has clarified with regard to the vertical fall in stock price and informed the exchanges on that none of the promoters of the company have sold any shares in the market. PC Jewellers shares were trading 6.63% lower at Rs. 228.60 at this point.

Yes bank (-3.36%), TCS (+1.63%), Indusind bank (+1.53%) were the top gainers on Nifty50, while Infratel (-3.01%), Wipro, (-2.65%), L&T (-2.26%) were the top losers at this time.

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Nifty Mid-Afternoon Update; Top Stocks to watch

 

Short time volatility was observed in the market as key benchmarks hit fresh intraday high in mid-afternoon trade.

Over 20 stocks including Ahluwalia Contracts (India) Limited, Apcotex Industries Limited, Ashok Leyland Limited, Asian Hotels (North) Limited, Ausom Enterprise Limited, Bajaj Electricals Limited  hit fresh 52-week highs on NSE afternoon hours of trade,  Tuesday.

The NSE Nifty index was trading 30.50 points up at 10,615, while the BSE Sensex was up 171.67 points at 34,622.44 around 2.25 pm.

Reliance Industries, Yes Bank, Bajaj Finserv, ICICI bank, HDFC were top gainers while Hilando, Vedenta, Wipro were losers in NSE Nifty.

Metal stocks fall on aluminium prices. Nifty metal index falls 2.64 percent. Except APL Apollo Tubes Limited and Coal India, all components are trading down on Nifty Metal Index. Among them, shares of HIlando, National Aluminium, Welspun Corp Limited, Vedanta Limited, Hindustan Copper Limited and Tata Steel Limited were down 2 to 8% in range.

Shares of Coromandel International registered unexpected selling pressure in the afternoon trade on after the company reported 49% year-on-year fall in net profit at Rs 73.53 crore for the quarter March 31, 2018.

Alembic Pharma stock rises 2.76 percent after successful USFDA inspection.

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TCS turns India's First USD 100 bn Co in Market Cap

India’s IT major Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) rose by almost 2% to reach an all-time high of Rs 3,470 per share, making it India's first 100-billion dollar company, the first ever in the history of capital markets of India.

TCS beat its Q-4 result estimate last week. The company has also announced a bonus share issue in the ration of 1:1.  Subsequent on its announcement of fourth quarter results ending March 2018, its stock price spiralled, helping it cross Rs 6.66 lakh crore in market Capitalization. Its share price is presently on the rise crossing Rs. 3,506 per share on National Stock Exchange.

As per the RBI’s reference rate of Rs 66.0167 versus US dollar on Friday last week, TCS achieved a market capitalization of USD 103.08 billion. In the Indian rupee terms, the company raked in a M-Cap of Rs 6,80,528 crore on BSE based on the all-time high price of Rs 3,551.95. 

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Buzzing Stocks, top Stocks to watch

The equity benchmark indices Nifty, Sensex opened on a positive note on Wednesday. At 11.00 am the NSE Nifty turned flat, up 14.30 points, at 10,563 on Wednesday, while BSE Sensex was trading 58 points higher at 34,453 levels.

Shares of ITC Ltd (up 2.50%), Zee Entertainment Enterprises (up 2.32%), Yes Bank (up 1.69%), GAIL India (up 1.42%) and Wipro (up 1.32%) as major gainers on NSE. 

On the other hand, Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd, HCL Tech, Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited, Indian Oil Corporation Limited, and Mahindra & Mahindra were top losers on NSE.

Shares of Vakrangee Limited rose 4.63% after 4.5 million shares change hands in three block deals.

Shares of Hindalco Industries slips 0.65 % after 2.3 million shares change hands in a block.

Shares of Indian Hume Pipe Company Ltd were trading up 5.85% at Rs. 358.30 after the company bagged order of Rs. 108.19 crore, while shares of Mindtree  gains 1% at Rs. 883 ahead of earnings.

Shares of Jagran Prakashan rebound from 52-week low after company’s plan for share buyback.

Reliance Industries to buy 73% stake in Embibe

Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) today announced that the company has entered into agreements to acquire about 73 percent stake Embibe, the education technology solution provider,  and will invest USD 180 million (Rs. 1,175 crore)  into the company over the next three years.  According to the present details available, the deal is expected to be closed in 2 months' time.

Reliance Industries aims to connect over 1.9 million schools and 58,000 universities in India with technology.

Embibe is an emerging education technology provider established in 2012 is a growing company in the education technology sphere.

In addition, the company will also work to broader its geographical reach and grow its business together providing services including professional skilling, vernacular languages and all of the curriculum categories all over India and even abroad.

Shares of Reliance Industries Limited closed in BSE at Rs. 938.85 on Friday, in comparison with the previous close of Rs. 927.55.  The stock hit an intraday peak of Rs. 941.40 and intraday low of  Rs. 929.10.

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Nifty Trading Expert: Nifty Trend in Action, Oil Co shares down

Nifty keeps on staying in the red zone but has improved from day's bottom line amid gains in the Nifty Metal and IT index. Nifty Metal index rose 1.74% with Vedanta Ltd (up 4.14%), Jindal Stainless (Hisar) Ltd (up 3.25%), National Aluminium Company Limited (up 2.14%),among other constituents.

At 2:10 PM, the BSE Sensex was trading at 33,94851, up 68.26 points, while the NSE Nifty50 index was trading at 10,415.95, up 13.50 points.

Shares of Oil companies fell 8% on reports government to ask the firms to absorb Re 1 per litre increase and pass on the maximum possible advantage to the customers.

Shares of Hindustan Petroleum Corpn (HCPL) tanked 7.65% , Indian Oil Corpn Ltd (IOCL) down 6.78% , Bharat Petroleum Corpn  (BPCL) down 7.27%, Chennai Petroleum Corporation plummeted 5.09%, Mahanagar Gas dipped 3.40% and GAIL India dropped 1.73% to  on NSE today,  post lunch hours of  deals.

The Nifty PSU bank index traded lower by over 2.21% as stocks such as Indian Bank, Bank of Baroda, Oriental Bank of Commerce, Allahabad Bank, State Bank of India dragged the index lower.

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Stock Tips: Auto stocks buzzing in trade today

The NSE Nifty-50 index was up 8.35 points at 10,253.35, while the BSE Sensex was up 53.18 points at 33,423.81 at 11.20 am, on Wednesday. The NSE Nifty Auto index was trading 1.70 percent up at 11,342.90 at this point.

Stocks of Tata Motors Limited rallied 5.22 percent after Jaguar Land Rover's March U.S sales increased 10.2 percent to 14,232 units with regards to 12,918 units sold in year-ago.

Auto stocks Tata Motors (up 4.49 percent), Tata Motors (DVR) (up 8.70 percent) and Eicher Motors (up 3.54 percent) were trading in the positive territory during Wednesday's trade ahead of RBI’s first bi-monthly monetary policy meet that commences today. 

Shares of Bosch (up 4.62 percent), Mahindra & Mahindra (up 1.39 percent), Motherson Sumi Systems (up 1.25 percent), Hero MotoCorp (up 1.20 percent) Maruti Suzuki India (up 1.10 percent), Apollo Tyres (up 1.07 percent) Ashok Leyland (up 0.81 percent) and Bharat Forge (up 0.55 percent), were also trading up. 

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Stock Tips: Stock-specific rally in the mid-noon hours of trade

Benchmark equity indices opened flat on Tuesday and turning downwards in the late morning deals, with banking stocks providing some support.

PSU bank stocks rose after the Reserve bank on Monday announced that lenders could spread bond trading losses over four quarters

At 11:40 AM, the BSE Sensex was trading at 33,190.88, down 64.48 points, while the Nifty50 index was trading at 10,187.25, down 24.55 points. The BSE Midcap was trading up 0.23% and the Smallcap was up 0.30% each.

Shares of Motherson Sumi Systems were trading up over 3.94% after the company said it has agreed to acquire Reydel Automotive Group for USD 201 million.

Shares of HPCL (+2.42%), Indiabnulls HF (+2.10%), Yes Bank (+2.07%), IndusInd (+1.96%), Lupin (+1.58%) were the top gainers on Nifty50.

Shares of TechMahindra (-3.45%), Wipro (-2.18%), Grasim (-1.62%), Adani Ports (-1.49%) and Eicher Motors (-1.43%) were the top losers at this point.

The Indian rupee opened higher at 65.08 against US dollar against its previous close of 65.18.