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Take Solutions’ consolidated revenue for the second quarter of FY19 came in at Rs. 515.87 crore, registering 10.34 per cent QoQ increase. This was primarily driven by 11 per cent QoQ growth in life science segment which contributed almost 91 per cent to Q2FY19 revenue.

The company has received an export order for 3,00,000 steel wheels for the EU Caravan market. The order will be shipped from the Steel Strips' Chennai plant.

The Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Limited which hit the secondary market this month, has signed a contract with the Ministry of Defence, for construction and delivery of four large survey vessels, according to the company’s filing with the exchanges.

The stock of pharma major Dr. Reddy's Laboratories was under pressure in early morning trade on Wednesday as it reacted to the news of USFDA's observations issued for its Duvvada unit on Tuesday.

Overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 1.33 crore contracts with a turnover of Rs. 7,19,557.92 crore.

Overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 1.33 crore contracts with a turnover of Rs. 7,19,557.92 crore.

IRB Infrastructure Developers Limited Ltd. reported its results for the quarter ended September 30, 2018. IRB Infrastructure Developers Limited consolidated revenue for the quarter came in at Rs. 1485.43 crore, registering an increase of 19.6% YoY.

The bulls need to hold above the level of 10,175 to avoid fresh weakness from creeping in as failure to hold on to the 10,175 support would induce a fresh round of selling and this may take the index towards the level of 10,100, followed by 10,020. The daily RSI is currently hovering around 39-40 mark, and for the bulls, it is important for the RSI to cross above the level of 40. Stocks in news: PNB, Dr Reddy’s Laboratories, Kridhan Infra, Blue Star, IL&FS Transportation, Coal India and GMR Infrastructure. 

Indian markets may open flat to slightly higher on Wednesday mirroring the strength in the global markets as also reacting to the sharp fall in Brent crude prices which continued to fall more than 2 per cent below the $76 a barrel.

The company’s Q2FY19 net profit grew by almost 43 per cent to Rs. 305 crore over the corresponding quarter of last year, while its total income during the period surged to Rs 1676 crore, which represented a growth of 24 per cent YoY. 

The stocks that are most likely to witness significant movement on the bourses on October 31, 2018 are Welspun Enterprises, Tech Mahindra, TeamLease Services, Talwalkars and Navin Fluorine International.

Aksharchem (India) Limited reported results for the quarter ended September 30, 2018 on Tuesday.

The PAT for the quarter came in at Rs. 82.44 crore, yoy decline of 16.4 per cent. During the quarter, the company’s finance cost come down to Rs. 4.38 crore from Rs. 10.38 crore in the same quarter of last year.

LIC’s net interest income for the second quarter of FY19 stood at Rs. 1,012 crore, as against Rs. 963 crore for the same period in the previous year. Net interest margins for the period stood at 2.35 per cent. Net profit for the quarter stood at Rs. 573.16 crore as compared to Rs. 513.88 crore in Q2FY18.

The operator of Dominos Pizza chain, Jubilant Foodworks announced PepsiCo as the new beverage partner for the pizza brand. This partnership is meant to sell PepsiCo beverages viz; Pepsi, Mountain Dew, 7UP, Mirinda along with Lipton Iced Tea across all Dominos outlets. 

Nocil consolidated revenue for the second quarter of FY19 came in at Rs. 271.99 crore, registering 19.5 per cent yoy increase. The PAT for the quarter came in at Rs. 52.84 crore, yoy increase of 38.8 per cent.

The company commences operations in the US to better services business traveller travelling from US to India as well as US-bound travellers starting from India.

T30 cities continue to dominate the asset under management of the domestic mutual fund industry.

Following stocks are close to their 52-week low as at 1.05 p.m. on October 30, 2018.

The markets on October 30, 2018 opened flat. BSE Sensex is trading at 34,051.93, down by 15.47 points and the Nifty is trading at 10,246.80, down by 4.05 points. 

The EBITDA for the quarter rose by 199.5 per cent yoy to Rs. 5.06 crore as against Rs. 1.69 crore in the corresponding quarter last year, with a corresponding margin expansion of 135 bps. EBITDA margin for the quarter stood at 6.2 per cent.

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HDFC AMC has released its first quarterly performance report post its IPO in August.

India’s largest energy conglomerate, NTPC awarded a contract of Rs. 10,000 crore to the Indian Railways. The scope of work involves transporting coal from mines to all NTPC’s plants through the fiscal year 2020. 

German auto component group Schaeffler plans to invest Rs. 1,000 crore in its Indian company in a span of three years. Schaeffler India aims to expand its India business to Rs. 8,000 crore.

Overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 1.10 crore contracts with a turnover of Rs. 6,07,611.12 crore.

Overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 1.10 crore contracts with a turnover of Rs. 6,07,611.12 crore.

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It would be important for the Nifty to stay above 10,180-10,200 levels. Stocks in news: Bharti Airtel, Cadila Healthcare, BHEL, HSIL, Tata Power, Jet Airways and Rane Holdings.

Indian markets are expected to open Tuesday’s session on a cautious note in the wake of mixed cues from Asia peers and a sell-off in the US amid fears of the ongoing US and China trade war. The negative trend in SGX Nifty Index Future, which was trading at 10,243, down by 33 points, also indicated a modestly lower opening. On the earnings front among Nifty 50 companies, Tech Mahindra will release its results today.  

ICICI Bank fuelled an upsurge in the benchmark index on Monday as the leading private bank posted better-than-expected results for Q2FY19.

GTPL Hathway won order worth Rs. 1,246 crore. Polycab Wires is partnering with the company to complete the project. The stock of GTPL gave a sharp impulse at 14:30 hours ahead of the news after the lethargic movement before the afternoon session.

The following stocks would be in focus during Tuesday’s trading session in light of their Q2FY19 results announcement: Bank of Baroda, Aksharchem, JK Tyre, Abb India and Emami. 

The company's consolidated revenue for the quarter Q2FY19 came in at Rs. 363.36 crore as against Rs. 311.5 crore in the corresponding quarter last year, registering an increase of 16.6 per cent YoY.

The company's consolidated revenue for the quarter Q2FY19 came in at Rs. 501.4 crore as against Rs. 460.65 crore in the corresponding quarter last year, registering an increase of 8.8 per cent YoY.

During the quarter, the company relaunched its Colgate toothpaste with a new packaging. Further, the company holds market share of 52.5 per cent by volumes in toothpaste category and 44.2 per cent by volumes in the toothbrush category.

Holdings of the retail investors in the mutual fund assets have increased by a quarter in the last one year. They continue to maintain their lead over institutional investors.

The company's standalone revenue for the quarter Q2FY19 came in at Rs. 242.91 crore as against Rs. 179.64 crore in the corresponding quarter last year, registering an increase of 35.2 per cent YoY.

During the quarter, the company sold 83,175 MT of Plastic goods as against sales of 79,029 MT in Q2FY18. Further, under its construction business, the company has realised Rs. 80.85 crores from sale of 38,718 sq. ft. of the premises.

The company’s highest contributing segment, Cranes has registered 51 per cent growth in the revenue. Other segments like Construction equipment and Agri equipment also increased in terms of revenue by 15 per cent and 18 per cent, respectively. Whereas, its material handling segment registered marginal decline in its revenue by 4.5 per cent.

Mumbai-based construction company, J Kumar Infraprojects announced that it received a Letter of Acceptance (LoA) from Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) on Monday.

After two consecutive weekly downbeats, the Indian stock markets kicked-off the week with a spike. The benchmark indices surged 2.2 per cent with Nifty and Sensex gaining 229 and 745 points, respectively from their previous close.

Capacit'e Infraprojects informed the bourses that it has received a repeat order amounting to Rs. 705 crore from Oberoi Realty. This order comprises of construction of Oberoi Garden City- Phase 3 comprising of 5 towers of 66 floors each located at Goregaon East, Mumbai.

The PAT for the quarter came in at Rs. 6.47 crore as against Rs. 2.26 crore in the corresponding quarter last year, yoy increase of 186.3 per cent. This was due to a decline in interest expenses by 31.7 per cent yoy.

BCL Industries & Infrastructures has been allotted by the Nodal Agency, i.e. BPCL, around 2.50 crore litre of ethanol to be supplied for the period starting from December 1, 2018 to November 30, 2019.

Following stocks are close to their 52-week low as at 12.59 p.m. on October 29, 2018.

Alphageo (India), seismic survey data acquisition, processing and interpretation services provider informed the exchanges that it has received Notification of Award (NoA) of contract from ONGC, Western Offshore Basin for NSP Project, Mumbai for the provision of 2D Seismic Data Acquisition services.

The markets on October 29, 2018 opened positive. BSE Sensex is trading at 33,657.62, up by 308.31 points and the Nifty is trading at 10,121.55, up by 91.55 points. 

Leading travel company, Cox & Kings Limited agrees to sell its education business for Rs. 4,387 crore (GBP 467 million), following which the stock was 5 per cent.

The company informed that USFDA has completed the inspection of its Bavla facility on October 26, 2018. The inspection was concluded successfully without any major or critical observations.

Cipla has received a final approval from the USFDA for Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) for Metoprolol ER Tablets 50mg, 100mg, 200mg. Shares of the company gained in early trade on Monday.

Overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 90.22 lakh contracts with a turnover of Rs. 5,07,173.93 crore.

Overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 90.22 lakh contracts with a turnover of Rs. 5,07,173.93 crore.

Prices have corrected, making lower tops and lower bottoms from the 2018 top of 86.74 made on October 3. Currently, Brent crude is trading at USD 77.58/barrel. we hold 74.40-74 as the crucial supports provided 75.10 is broken on a closing basis. On the upside, 78 followed by 80.88 will act as major resistance.

The bank has acquired an additional stake of 4.95 per cent in NSDL, which now hold 9.95 per cent of the paid-up share capital of NDSL. The stakes were acquired from Axis Bank.

The index is now in close proximity to its crucial support zone of 10,000-9952. However, a decisive move below this support zone would open up for further correction up to the levels of 9680-9700 in the short term. Stocks in news: Cox & Kings, Dishman Carbogen Amcis, Dr Lal Path Labs, Bombay Dyeing and Manufacturing Company, Peninsula Land, India Cements and Axis Bank.

Today, the start of the fresh week is likely to be cheerful one, despite the Asian markets trading on a mixed note. Positive trends in the SGX Nifty Index Future which was trading at 10,103, up by 56 points, also indicated a positive start for the local bourses. On the earnings front, big names like Bharat Petroleum Corporation, HDFC Asset Management Company, Tata Power, Century Textiles and Industries, Colgate Palmolive, LIC Housing Finance, Union Bank of India, will release their results today. 

By now, all income taxpayers would have received an intimation from Income Tax (IT) Department under Section 143(1) giving details of either the refund payable by the IT department to the taxpayer if the tax paid/deducted exceeds the tax liability of the taxpayer, or asking the taxpayer to pay the balance amount of tax payable by the assessee, if the tax deposited by the assessee is less than the amount computed by the IT department.

If you have defaulted your credit card payment for more than six months, you would get a statement which reads “credit charge-off”. So what does it mean? Does it mean that your payment is “waived” by the company and you no longer have to pay the debt?

If you are a day trader, you would certainly be maintaining a stop loss and a profit target on every trade. You set a stop loss to limit your loss to a manageable level as per your risk appetite and the profit target that you set is to book your profit once your target price is reached.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has said that there is growing evidence of an upturn in investment activity in India. According to RBI’s latest paper entitled “India’s Investment Cycle: An Empirical Investigation”, this revival in the investment cycle is expected to last up to 2022-23 when the investment rate is estimated to rise up to 33 per cent of the GDP from the current level of 31 per cent.

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The following stocks could be in focus in Monday’s trading session in light of their results: Punj lloyd, Divi's Laboratory, Salzer Electronics, Sintex Industries and Vinati Organics.

The net interest income (NII) for Q2FY19 came in at Rs. 6418 crore as against Rs. 5709 crore as compared to the corresponding quarter last year, an increase of 12.4 per cent. Also, the net interest margin (NIM) stood at 3.33 per cent as against 3.19 per cent for Q2FY18.

The largest digital cinema distribution network and in-cinema advertising platform, UFO Moviez announced the acquisition of Scrabble Digital (SDL) through its wholly-owned subsidiary Scrabble Entertainment (SEL). The stock gave a breakout on Friday’s trade closing 5.5 per cent up.

The most tracked index in the stock market Nifty Bank bleeded on Friday and lost close to 400 points and closed at 24,421.05 down by 1.60 per cent. BSE BankEx was down by 1.97 per cent. Major private bank stocks Yes Bank, Axis and IndusInd Bank lost the most.

During H1FY19, the company secured new orders amounting to Rs. 14,338 crore. The total order book as on October 1, 2018, stood at Rs. 48,995 crore.

The PAT for the quarter came in at Rs. 270 crore as against Rs. 237 crore in the corresponding quarter last year, yoy increase of 14 per cent.

On the opening day of the new series, the key benchmark index Sensex slipped by more than 1 per cent and managed to close at 33,349 levels.

The company's standalone revenue for the quarter came in at Rs. 564.03 crore as against Rs. 497.15 crore in the corresponding quarter last year, registering an increase of 13.5 per cent YoY.

The company’s standalone revenue for second quarter of FY19 came in at Rs. 11,272.51 crore, registering 15.5 per cent yoy increase. This was primarily driven by growth across the divisions. FMCG business (including cigarette) grew by almost 11 per cent yoy.

The company posted its Q2 numbers on Friday and the company’s revenue has jumped 20 per cent YoY and stood at Rs. 3,937.99 crore in Q1FY19 versus Rs. 3,258.66 crore.

Godawari Power & Ispat’s consolidated revenue for the second quarter of FY19 came in at Rs. 804.39 crore which represent 45 per cent increase from the corresponding quarter of last year.

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Equitas Holdings, a microfinance company and Ujjivan Financial Services, an NBFC opened with a gap-down on Friday’s session and plunged more than 30 and 20 per cent, respectively. Investors turned cautious as RBI issued letters to these companies reminding licensing requirements. 

The EBITDA for the quarter rose by 24.6 per cent yoy to Rs. 7.45 crore as against Rs.  5.98 crore in the corresponding quarter last year, with a corresponding margin contraction of 6 bps. EBITDA margin for the quarter stood at 6.5 per cent.

The PAT for the quarter came in at Rs. 12.4 crore, yoy increase of 75.6 per cent. Due to strong operating performance and increase in other income aided this PAT growth.

Following stocks are close to their 52-week low as at 1.06 p.m. on October 26, 2018.

The markets on October 26, 2018 opened gap down. BSE Sensex is trading at 33,576.83, down by 113.26 points and the Nifty is trading at 10,094.30, down by 30.60 points. 

The unadjusted net loss for the quarter came in at Rs. 222 crore as against profit Rs. 113.04 crore in the corresponding quarter last year. This was mainly due to impairment loss amounting to Rs. 297.65 crore of investment in associate.

Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Inc., USA has received the final approval from the USFDA for FS topical oil. Shares of the company, however, slipped on Friday morning.

The company’s consolidated order book as on September 30, 2018 stood at Rs. 900 crore which comprised of 74 per cent from domestic orders and 26 per cent international orders.

TVS Motor Company, a leading manufacturer of two-wheelers and three-wheelers, has launched its super premium offering TVS RR 310, the 125cc scooter TVS NTORQ 125 and the race machine TVS RTR 200 4V Race Edition 2.0 at the International motorcycle show, Argentina which is held in Buenos Aires. Through this auto show, the company intends to strengthen its presence in the Argentinian market.

Overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 2.18 crore contracts with a turnover of Rs. 18,72,794.65 crore.

Overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 2.18 crore contracts with a turnover of Rs. 18,72,794.65 crore.

Arbitrage funds are suited for conservative investors who do not want to take a risk and still want to earn returns of debt instruments. All this with a favourable tax treatment as of equity.

Dalal Street Investment Journal (DSIJ) welcomes the movie ‘Baazaar’ which is set in the backdrop of stock markets. The plot revolves around an Ace investor Shakun Kothari, played by Saif Ali Khan.

Going ahead, the level of 10,079 is likely to act as an immediate support level for the Nifty and the selling pressure is likely to intensify once the index breaks this support zone, and in that case, Nifty may test the level of 9952. Stocks in news: IDFC Bank, Jubilant Industries, Kridhan Infra and Tata Teleservices.

Indian shares are likely to open the final trading session of the week marginally lower as cues from Asian peers are mixed and investors look forward to another batch of corporate earnings. Among Nifty 50 companies, ICICI Bank, ITC, UPL and Dr Reddy’s Lab are unveiling their quarterly earning numbers today. The SGX Nifty is trading lower by 30 points at the level of 10,152.  
  

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Kajaria Ceramics Ltd. reported its results for the quarter ended September 30, 2018 today. Kajaria Ceramics' consolidated revenue for the quarter came in at Rs. 729.9 crore, registering an increase of 8.6% YoY.

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