Nifty Pharma advances post Lunch hours of trade

Shares of Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Limited gained for a third consecutive session, Tuesday. The share is trading at Rs 562, up 4.10% on the day as on 2:40 pm on the NSE, while the benchmark NIFTY is up 0.43% on the day, quoting at 10,833.75. The Sensex is at 35,667.81 up 0.52%.

Nifty Pharma index rose 2.28 percent with the first frontier keeping upto 4.71% by Lupin, followed by Dr. Reddy’s which is up 4.45% at this time.

Divi's Lab, Cadila Healthcare, Aurobindo Pharma, Biocon, Cipla, Piramal Enterprises and Sun pharma were also trading up in the Nifty Pharma Index.

Market players were waiting for the release of key macro-economic data of IIP (Index of Industrial Production) and retail Inflation, Consumer Price IndeX (CPI) due later today. 

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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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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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Nifty at 10,700 mark; Kotak Mahindra Bank stocks lead

Sensex, Nifty trade almost flat backed by buying in select private bank, FMCG, financial and auto stocks during afternoon trade on Wednesday.  Heavy selling in metal, IT, FMCG and Teck stocks restricted the gains.

At 2:30 PM, the BSE Sensex was trading at 35,165.68, up 5.32 points, while the NSE Nifty50 index was trading at 10,723.20 down 16 points. The BSE Midcap and SmallCap were down by 1.14% and 0.97% respectively.

SAIL stock fell 5.28% after 30.00 lakh shares changed hands in a block, while shares of Kotak Mahindra Bank zoomed 4.23% on the back of heavy volumes.

Nifty IT index was in the red  down by 1.61%  with shares of Infosys, TCS, Wipro, Tech Mahindra, Infibeam on account of losses in heavyweights including HCL Technologies (down 4.38%) during afternoon trade on Wednesday. 

Kotak Mahindra Bank (+4.23%), Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (+2.51%), ITC Ltd (+2.11%), Asian Paints (+1.68%), HDFC Bank (+1.60%) were the top gainers on Nifty50.

HCL Tech (-4.55%), Vedanta (-4.32%), Hindalco (-2.89%), Tata Steel (-2.77%) and Sun Pharma  (-2.73%) were the top losers at this point.

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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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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India Index Services of NSE launches Nifty 200 Quality 30 index

The weight of each stock in the index will be on the basis of a combination of stock's quality score and its free float market capitalization

India Index Services & Products Limited (IISL), a subsidiary of the National Stock Exchange (NSE), on Wednesday launched Nifty 200 Quality 30 index, which will track the performance of select companies on the basis of their 'quality' scores, (IISL) said in a statement. 

The quality score for each company will be decided based on return on equity, financial leverage or debt-equity ratio, and earnings growth variability analyzed during the earlier 5 years.  The weight of each stock in the index will be on the basis of a combination of stock's quality score and its free float market capitalization (M-Cap).

The launch of Nifty-200 Quality 30, together with the existing suite of Nifty smart beta indices strengthens the commitment of the National Stock Exchange towards developing the passive fund management space.

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