Infosys Innovation Fund, the startup fund of Infosys Ltd with US$ 500-million, has offloaded its stake in Denmark-based Artificial Intelligence (AI) firm UNSILO, at less than half the price it had invested.

Centrum Housing Finance Limited (CHFL), which is part of Centrum Group, has signed an agreement to raise Rs 190 crore of equity funds from a fund managed by Morgan Stanley Private Equity Asia.

The 200-DMA would decide the fate of the markets in the coming sessions. Watch out for 200-DMA as an important support for the index! Stocks in news: Coal India, MOIL, Info Edge.

It was a massacre on D-Street as the capital markets and investors were disappointed by the Budget 2020. Barring IT, all the sectoral indices ended with deep cuts. Over the weekend, the market participants must have gone through the fine print of the Budget 2020 and it would be important how the market participants react on Monday.

The rise in revenue is what has troubled the companies. It was evident from the Streets’ reaction that the expectations were different from what has been delivered.

Union Budget 2020-2021 has given a major boost to the power and natural gas sector. 

As part of the Budget 2020 announcement, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, announced that the government will be divesting its stakes held in IDBI Bank. The stock of IDBI bank jumped by massive 10 per cent post this news.

As per the expectations of the market, the tax slabs have been changed for FY2020-2021. Finance Minister in the Budget has announced a new tax regime for the tax payers. The tax proposals would bring an ease of compliance and reduced litigation.

The banking benchmark index, Bank Nifty slipped below its 200-DMA for the first time since October 17, 2019 after Union Budget speech. The price action formed a sizable bearish candle carrying lower high and lower low, in comparison to its prior bar.

The stock of DLF Limited forms an evening doji star candlestick pattern on the weekly time frame. Evening doji star is a reversal candlestick pattern, which is bearish in nature and appears at the end of an uptrend.

With this boost given to fishery sector, the rural income would get enhanced. Also, India exports fish to almost 75 countries, which accounts to nearly 10 per cent of the total export. Hence, this budget announcement would further open new opportunities for the companies engaged in the fishery business.

Sensex was opened today, despite being Saturday, as Union Budget was tabled but it seemed that the Sensex is not impressed by the Budget, since it slashed more than 987 points and ended at 39,735.53 levels, down by 2.43 per cent while, Nifty closed at 11,661.85 levels, down by 2.51 per cent.

In the Budget speech 2020, the Finance Minister mentions of disinvestment in Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) through IPO.
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The Budget 2020 has proposed a new personal tax regime with new income tax slabs. Read on to find out more.

The abolition of dividend distribution tax will encourage companies to increase their dividend. Read on to find how will it impact retail investors and list of companies that have consistently increased their dividend percentage.

The Finance Minister also threw light on higher agricultural credit. The target is to take total agriculture to Rs 15 lakh crore in FY21 from Rs 12 lakh crore in FY20.

Looking at the proposed expansion of hospitals, the government is focussing majorly on the expansion on tier 2 and tier 3 cities as well as planning to set more hospitals under ‘Ayushman Bharat’ scheme.

Friday’s session was almost a repeat of Thursday’s session, where Nifty opened the session on a strong note only to witness the selling pressure at higher levels and closing the day near the low. Nifty closed below 12,000 mark, down by 0.61 per cent.

As the government decided to stick to its traditions of presenting the Union Budget on February 1, despite being a Saturday, the D-Street which follows a 5-day week calendar too have decided to remain open and why not! After all, Union Budget is a mega event for the financial markets in India.

The Economic Survey 2019-2020, has thrown some light on the job creation opportunities in India. As per the survey, India has an extraordinary opportunity for exports of labour intensive sectors.

The Economic Survey 2019-2020, presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, mentioned India’s aspiration of becoming a US$5 trillion economy depending critically upon on two factors:

• Promoting ‘pro-business’ policy that unleashes the power of competitive markets to generate wealth.

Indian global telecommunications company, Bharti Airtel today said that it has been removed from the denied entry list of Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT).

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On Friday, Shashijit Infraprojects informed the bourses that it has received an order to the tune of Rs 100 lakh to Rs 150 lakh from Siddhi Constructions for the construction of public utility services at its Surat site.

HDFC Asset Management Company (AMC) picked up by our Bollinger band squeeze scanner suggests that the stock is near a consolidation breakout.

Cords Cable Industries announced on Friday that it had been awarded an order for around Rs 22 crore from an Indian arm of a Taiwan-based Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) services major.

The market opened in the green on January 31, 2020, overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 4.56 crore contracts with a turnover of Rs. 31,20,410.61 crore.

In the third quarter of FY20, Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL) reported disappointing numbers across the board. Its revenue from operations dipped nearly 18 per cent YoY to Rs 2,179 crore in Q3FY20

The market opened in the green on January 31, 2020, overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 4.56 crore contracts with a turnover of Rs. 31,20,410.61 crore.

The market opened in the green on January 31, 2020. The previous day witnessed the Sensex going down by 284.84 points to end at 40,913.82 and the Nifty was down by 93.70 points to close at 12,035.80.

The market opened in the green on January 31, 2020. The previous day witnessed the Sensex going down by 284.84 points to end at 40,913.82 and the Nifty was down by 93.70 points to close at 12,035.80.

TVS Motor, a multinational motorcycle company in India, launched the next generation of its motorcycle-TVS Apache RR310 BS-VI 2020, on Thursday, priced at Rs 2.4 lakh (ex-showroom Delhi).

The meaningful support is placed at 11,929. On the positive side, if it is only above 12,270 then, we can hope for the bullish trend to continue further. Stocks in news: Kotak Mahindra Bank, Majesco, PNC Infratech, TVS Motor, NOCIL.

In the early trend, SGX Nifty is trading in green as global cues turned cheerful. SGX Nifty is pointing at a positive start and Nifty is expected to open around 12,082 levels, up by 43 points.

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Dabur India reported its third quarter result of FY20 today. During a challenging market environment, the company delivered a healthy performance. Its consolidated revenue for the quarter grew by seven per cent YoY to Rs 2,353 crore.

Voltbek Home Appliances, a joint venture of Voltas and Arcelik, a consumer durables player in Europe, announced on Thursday about the opening of its first manufacturing facility in India. Situated in Sanand (Gujarat), the site factory will manufacture home appliances which will include refrigerators and washing machines, thus creating an Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) base for home appliances in the region.

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Sensex slipped more than 280 points at the end of Thursday’s session, after closing in green, that is, above 200 points on Wednesday. Sensex closed at 40,913.82 levels, down by 0.69 per cent while, Nifty managed to close at 12,035.80 levels, down by 0.77 per cent.

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This is our mutual fund recommendation. Every fortnight , we recommend one open-ended equity diversified fund that has the best potential of returns for the next one year considering its constituents remain the same. 

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The start of year 2020 has not come with great news for bond fund investors in India. After the apex court of India dismissed a review petition on AGR dues filed by Vodafone Idea and Bharti Airtel,

Axis Bank, the third-largest private sector bank in India, informed on Thursday that they are planning to raise up to Rs 4,175 crore by issuing Non-Convertible Debentures (NCDs) on a private-placement basis.

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The market opened in the green on January 30, 2020, overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 2.42 crore contracts with a turnover of Rs. 17,36,105.08 crore.

The recommendations provided in this column are taken from various market sources such as brokers, analysts, dealers and investment strategists, etc. These recommendations may not be backed by strong fundamentals. Therefore we advise readers to use their own discretion before investing in these recommendation

In this edition, we have reviewed Shriram Transport Finance Company and ITC.

Investing in a mutual fund is not an ad hoc process. It requires a disciplined approach that will help you choose the right portfolio strategy in order to achieve your financial goals, some of which may be your ‘needs’ and some would be ‘wants’. In this article, we highlight the various strategies and zero down on the core and satellite portfolio strategy that is best suited for most of us. 

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This section gives decisive investment rationales to our subscribers on the stock queries they have raised to our research team.

Since ages, professionals have been trying hard to quantify and predict human behaviour about why they buy or sell their investments. However, not much success has been achieved. The subject is too complex to fit into a mathematical equation.

National Stock Exchange of India Ltd (NSE) has emerged as the world's largest derivatives exchange in 2019 by number of contracts traded surpassing the CME Group, based on the statistics published by Futures Industry Association (FIA) which is a derivatives trade body.

The market opened in the green on January 30, 2020, overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 2.42 crore contracts with a turnover of Rs. 17,36,105.08 crore.

Despite steep underperformance by small-caps and mid-caps over the past couple of years there is a perception amongst investors that these categories are the ones with greater potential for returns. Yogesh Supekar details the steps that need to be taken in order to build a portfolio of small-caps and mid-caps while Karan Bhojwani throws light on the performance of the broader market

The market opened in the green on January 30, 2020. The previous day witnessed the Sensex going up by 231.80 points to end at 41,198.66 and the Nifty was up by 73.70 points to close at 12,129.50. 

The hopes and expectations surrounding the pre-budget rally have completely vanished. This buoyancy is something that we had cautioned about to our investors in the past. As of now, it is the Corona virus outbreak across China, and some other parts of the world, that is taking centrestage. Such news feeds have the power to trigger a fall in the domestic market. But, at the same time, unless earnings improve, we cannot move upwards.

The market opened in the green on January 30, 2020. The previous day witnessed the Sensex going up by 231.80 points to end at 41,198.66 and the Nifty was up by 73.70 points to close at 12,129.50. 

On Thursday, Larsen & Toubro (L&T) announced that its water and effluent treatment business had been awarded the prestigious Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) order from Narmada Valley Development Authority (NVDA), Government of Madhya Pradesh to execute Indira Sagar-Parwati Phase III and IV Lift Micro Irrigation Project. 

(ATL) is primarily engaged in the manufacturing and sale of tyres with its product portfolio comprising of tyres, tubes and flaps. It markets its products under two brands, Apollo and Vredestein, and its business segment includes India,

In respect to an on-site inspection carried out on ICICI Lombard GIC from August 3, 2015 to August 14, 2015, the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) issued an order to impose a penalty of Rs 1 crore on ICICI Lombard. In addition, the regulator also issued various directions and advisory to the company.

USFDA conducted an inspection of Unit VII, which is an oral solids formulation manufacturing facility of Aurobindo Pharma Limited.

The recent energetic performance of the fertiliser stocks has raised doubts as well as anticipation, tempting some investors to foray into this territory. Anthony Fernandes takes a retrospective look at this beleaguered ​sector to know if the government’s recent policies and the forthcoming Union Budget have put wind in its sails 

Himadri Speciality Chemical Limited (HSCL) had intimated earlier about the capacity expansion of Carbon Black (CB) manufacturing at its Mahistikry (West Bengal) plant.

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed a penalty of Rs 1 crore on HDFC Bank for non-compliance of norms related to Know Your Customer (KYC).

This section gives you some of the momentum stocks which are in buzz for past few days and are expected to give quick returns in a 15-day horizon.

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This column gives you scrip chosen by the research team during the fortnight that is fundamentally strong and expected to give good capital appreciation over a time period of 1 year.

With the deadly Coronavirus, which originated in China and is now spreading globally, creating waves of fear, the markets have begun to feel an increasing weakness 

Of late, a lot of activity in the market has been based on expectations from the Union Budget

On the downside, the low of Tuesday’s session (12,024.50) is a very crucial support level for the index and sustaining below this level would open gates for further correction towards the levels of 11,929. Stocks in news: HDFC Bank, Himadri Speciality Chemical, MOIL, Meghmani Organics, InterGlobe Aviation, JSW Steel.

After yesterday’s relief rally, the market participants would be hoping for an extension of the rally as in the market parlance, a pre-budget rally as a countdown to the Budget has already started. But, throwing cold showers on expectation of the pre-budget rally is renewing concern about the impact of the coronavirus outbreak.

The last one year return analysis of the equity dedicated mutual fund of the fund house shows that the pure equity dedicated funds have remained laggard in their category.

The shares of Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Limited (KIOCL) jumped by almost 5 per cent during trading hours on Wednesday when the company announced that National Mineral Exploration Trust (NMET) under Ministry of Mines has approved the execution of its mineral exploration project at an estimated price of Rs 270 lakh.

The all-weather operation on the main land to Andaman & Nicobar route vessel is designed with modern high-quality passenger vessel with electric propulsion suitable for carrying 1,200 passengers and 1,000T cargo.

Sensex closed above 200 points at the end of Wednesday’s trading session at 41,198.66 levels, up by 0.57 per cent. While, Nifty managed to close at 12,129.50 levels, up by 0.61 per cent.

Va Tech Wabag Limited has secured multiple orders of over Rs 760 crore in India, Switzerland and Singapore.

The shares of Tata Coffee rallied by almost 5 per cent, hitting a new 52-week high of Rs 107.20 per share after the company reported impressive results for the third quarter ended December 2019.

The company has also announced that its JV, Aleor Dermaceuticals has received a final USFDA nod for its ANDA Clobetasol Propionate Cream USP, 0.05 per cent, which is used to treat a variety of skin conditions.

The company has reduced the price band for its ongoing Follow-on Public Offer (FPO) and extended the issue period by three days till January 31. The FPO, which opened on January 24, was initially scheduled to close on January 28. 

Earlier, the company had received a Letter of Intent (LoI) for executing solar power project having a capacity of 2.250 MW under CPP category from Devika Fibres and Saanika Industries. 

In a situation where small-caps are expected to do well, ITI Mutual Fund has launched ITI Small-Cap Fund, an open-ended equity scheme. Read on to find out whether is it worth subscribing or not.

Rallis India Limited, a chemical manufacturing company of Tata Group, rallied seven per cent today to hit 21-month high level of Rs 247 on BSE.

The market opened in the green on January 29, 2020, overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 2.19 crore contracts with a turnover of Rs. 15,65,782.36 crore.

The market opened in the green on January 29, 2020, overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 2.19 crore contracts with a turnover of Rs. 15,65,782.36 crore.