Equity dedicated funds received highest inflows in the last four months, despite the fact that AUM declined in the month of September 2018.

Overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 89.24 lakh contracts with a turnover of Rs. 8,07,280.15 crore.

Overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 89.24 lakh contracts with a turnover of Rs. 8,07,280.15 crore.

We expect the index to extend its pullback and the level of 10,650 is likely to act as an immediate resistance level, followed by 10,700.  Stocks in news: Federal Mogul Goetze (India), NHPC, L&T Technology Services, Aban Offshore, IIFL Holdings, Cochin Shipyard and Lemon Tree Hotel.

The Indian stock markets are set to witness a gap-up opening of over one per cent on Wednesday on the back of positive cues from Asian peers and strong close on the Wall Street overnight. The SGX Nifty is trading above 10,700 mark and indicates that Nifty could open higher by 117 points. 

IIFL Wealth Management Ltd  announced it would acquire the entire share capital and the company of Chennai-based Wealth Advisors India Private Limited (Wealth Advisors).  IIFL Wealth will conclude the transaction for a consideration of INR 235 Crore. The transaction is subject to regulatory approvals. 

Symbo India Insurance Broking (Symbo), a digital insurance brokerage firm, in partnership with Reliance General Insurance and event ticketing company Goeventz has launched Marathon Insurance – a unique cover for marathon runners.

The stocks most likely to witness significant movement on the bourses on October 17, 2018 are TTK Prestige Limited, Infosys Ltd., L&T Technology Services, Cochin Shipyard and ITI Ltd.

Infosys consolidated revenue for the quarter came in at Rs. 20609 crore, registering an increase of 7.74 per cent QoQ. In USD terms, Q2FY19 revenues rose by 3.2 per cent QoQ, while in constant currency terms.

Alembic Pharmaceuticals (APL) has received USFDA tentative approval for its ANDA Alogliptin tablets of 6.25 mg, 12.5 mg and 25 mg. The stock of Alembic Pharmaceuticals opened on a positive note with open and low as the same level, indicating optimism throughout the day. 

India’s largest supplier of industrial storage batteries and second largest automotive battery manufacturer, Amara Raja Batteries (ARBL), is looking to spend almost Rs. 700 crore for expansion of its capacity by setting up greenfield facilities at Chitoor, Andhra Pradesh. 

The company has received purchase order for designing, building and managing the Indian Navy’s digital network. The total cost of the project is Rs 3500 crore.

To adhere to the KYC (Know Your Customer) norms set forth by SEBI (Securities and Exchange Board of India), UIDAI (Unique Identification Authority of India) have asked mutual fund industry to discontinue with their Aadhaar-based authentication. Read on to find out more.​

Delta Corp has produced a very satisfactory quarterly performance as of September 2018.

Following stocks are close to their 52-week low as at 12.31 p.m. on October 16, 2018.

The markets on October 16, 2018 opened flat. BSE Sensex is trading at 35,050.96, up by 185.86 points and the Nifty is trading at 10,562.20, up by 49.70 points. 

Overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 78.97 lakh contracts with a turnover of Rs. 6,92,766.23 crore.

Overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 78.97 lakh contracts with a turnover of Rs. 6,92,766.23 crore.

We expect the index to continue with its pullback up to the level of 10,560 as it is the 38.2 per cent retracement level of the recent down-move. Stocks in news: NTPC, Globus Spirits, IFCI, TV Today Network and OCL India.

Indian markets are likely to be begin on a lacklustre note and may move ahead based on how the US-Saudi Arabia standoff pans out during the day. The SGX Nifty is trading with a marginal gain of 13 points at 10,532. Among Nifty 50 stocks, Hero Motocorp and Infosys are set to declare their results today.   

NII grew by 14.38 per cent and came in at Rs. 1,424 crore. PAT grew to Rs. 1,044 crore.

The stocks most likely to witness significant movement on the bourses on October 16, 2018 are Pitti Engineering Solutions, Reliance Industrial Infrastructure Limited, Natco Pharma, Avenue Supermarts and Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories. 

Lupin, the sixth largest pharma company by market capitalisation, received tentative US FDA approval for its generic Lurasidone Tablets of 20, 40, 60, 80 and 120 mg. Lupin which holds 8.8 per cent weightage in the Nifty pharma index was the top gainer in the index and surged 5 per cent on a closing basis. 

The broad market indices BSE Mid-cap and Small-cap index registered handsome gains. The BSE Mid-cap index gained 0.62 per cent, while small-cap index was up by 1.37 per cent on Monday.

Continuing with the optimism shown on Friday, the Indian stock markets opened Monday’s session on a positive note but witnessed range-bound volatility during the day. Bounce back in the Indian rupee by 50 paise and Brent oil by 40 paise brought in some pessimism in the markets. The country reported WPI and CPI inflation. 

Glenmark Pharmaceuticals has been given a nod from the USFDA for Hydrocortisone Valerate Cream. The shares of the company went up by over 2 per cent.

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Astron Paper and Board Mill’s, company engaged in the manufacturing of Kraft Paper from waste paper, informed that its PM-2 located at Halvad, Gujarat has commenced commercial production of kraft paper, having installed capacity of 33,000 MT/year.

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Following stocks are close to their 52-week low as at 1.02 p.m. on October 15, 2018.

The markets on October 15, 2018 opened gap down. BSE Sensex is trading at 34,748.75, up by 15.17 points and the Nifty is trading at 10,468.55, down by 3.95 points. 

GSS Infotech Inc, a wholly-owned subsidiary of GSS Infotech Limited, signed a share purchase agreement for acquiring 100 per cent shares of Nexii Labs Inc, USA. The latter company will become a wholly-owned step-down subsidiary of GSS Infotech Inc.

Larsen & Toubro, an Indian multinational engaged in technology, engineering, construction, manufacturing and financial services company, informed that its heavy engineering segment has received orders of Rs. 1,050 crore during Q2FY19.

Investors can subscribe online for the Sovereign Gold Bond (SGB) Scheme from October 15 to 19, 2018 through authorised SEBI Brokers.

Lower NAV alone should not be the only criteria for selecting MF schemes. 

The pharma company sold its Hyderabad API manufacturing plant to Therapiva Private as a going concern. The stock was buzzing in early morning trade on Monday and was up by more than 3 per cent.

Overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 2.14 crore contracts with a turnover of Rs. 19,94,265.04 crore.

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Overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 2.14 crore contracts with a turnover of Rs. 19,94,265.04 crore.

The levels of 10,360, followed by 10,320, are likely to act as support levels. Stocks in news: 8K Miles Software Services, Saregama India, United Breweries, Info Edge, National Aluminium and PVR.

The markets in India are expected to begin the truncated week on a cautious note as Asian markets are majorly trading in the negative terrain. The SGX Nifty is trading down by 4 points at 10,475. Among Nifty 50 stocks, IndusInd Bank and Indiabulls Housing Finance will announce their quarterly earnings today.

Mutual funds have reduced their stakes in most of the non-banking finance companies (NBFCs) and housing finance companies (HFCs) in September. The trigger for these exits was the defaults in repayments by group companies of Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services (IL&FS). The subsequent ratings downgrades led to fears of a contagion in the sector.

If you think your creditworthiness is determined by CIBIL score alone, think again. Apart from the CIBIL score that banks and NBFC take into account for lending purpose, alternate credit scoring models have come up of late that are factored in for determining the creditworthiness of an individual.

Health insurance policies come with restoration and recharge benefits, but not many policyholders know what these benefits entail or can tell the difference between the two.  So, let us try to find out various kinds of restoration options, how recharge benefits the insured and the difference between restoration and recharge benefits.

You must be aware of the divestment plans of the Government of India, wherein the government has divested its stake in various public sector undertakings (PSUs) and has thereby raised money from the markets.  The aim of the government’s divestment is to augments its revenue for the purpose of development.

The Reserve Bank of India deputy governor Viral Acharya has said that the Prompt Corrective Action (PCA) taken by the central bank against 11 public sector banks and one private bank has limited the losses of these banks and saved taxpayers’ money.

The stocks most likely to witness significant movement on the bourses on October 15, 2018 are Voltas Limited, Karnataka Bank Ltd., 3i Infotech, Tata Sponge Iron and Hindustan Unilever Limited. 

RajCOMP Info Services, a Govt of Rajasthan Undertaking has awarded a Letter Of Intent (LoI) to ITI Limited to execute RajNet project.

Major auto stock were buzzing as SIAM released sales data for the six months ending September. Domestic automobile sector registered 7.97 per cent growth in the production of vehicles from April-September period.

Ahead of its second-quarter results, the stock of Tata Sponge Iron was trading at a positive mark. The stock which opened at Rs. 815 per share went up by almost 10 per cent from its previous close to touch intraday high of Rs. 894.6 crore.

Hindustan Unilever is expected to report Q2FY19 results post market hours on Friday and thereby the stock is trading up 2.5 per cent ahead of the results. We hold 1620-1650 as the resistance provided stock closes above 1575 mark. On the downside, 1520 followed by 1475 will act as supports. 

Global Pharmaceutical company Zydus Cadila has received the tentative approval from the USFDA to market Linagliptin and Metformin HydrochlorideTablets. The tablets will be manufactured in Ahmedabad, India.

Following stocks are close to their 52-week low as at 12.49 p.m. on October 12, 2018.

The markets on October 12, 2018 opened gap up. BSE Sensex is trading at 34,683.25, up by 682.10 points and the Nifty is trading at 10,434.05, up by 199.40 points. 

M&M and Castrol India have inked a new strategic partnership agreement. Following this development, the stocks of M&M surged in Friday’s trading session.

Buoyed by the upward trend seen in the Indian rupee, the BSE sensitive index moved up by more than 600 points in early trade on Friday. Most sectoral indices were trading in the green territory with handsome gains.

Overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 2.14 crore contracts with a turnover of Rs. 19,94,265.04 crore.

Overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 2.14 crore contracts with a turnover of Rs. 19,94,265.04 crore.

Nifty has given a negative crossover in the oversold zone. Hence, if it continues to slide downwards, we hold 10100-10000 as the immediate supports, followed by 9950. However, Nifty has managed to close above its crucial level of 10200, and hence, if we see a bounce-back from the current levels, we hold 10270-10350, followed by 10480, as the resistances.

Indian stock markets are likely to open on a flat to positive note with some bounce-back seen among Asian peers and the positive intra-day close in the previous session. The SGX Nifty is trading marginally higher by 0.3 per cent at 10308 level, indicating some relief in today’s trade. We have Hindustan Unilever and Karnataka Bank results on the plate today. TCS results came in with a mixed bag with the topline and EBUT outperforming, while the bottomline underperforming below expectations. 

The stocks most likely to witness significant movement on the bourses on October 12, 2018 are Sundaram Clayton Limited, Hindustan Petroleum Corporation, Bharat Petroleum Corporation, Indian Oil Corporation, IDBI Bank, Tata Consultancy Services and Aurobindo Pharma.

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The IT behemoth's consolidated revenue for the quarter came in at Rs. 36854 crores, registering 7.57 per cent QoQ increase. This was primarily driven by revenue growth in BFSI (up by 6.1 per cent vs 4.1 per cent in Q1) and Retail & CPG (up by 15.6 per cent vs 12.8 per cent in Q1).

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The month of October usually brings some cheer in the Indian stock markets ahead of the festive seasons of Dussehra and Diwali. Leave apart the cheer or the consolidation, this time around, the markets have witnessed exodus of the market participants, majorly the FIIs. 

Falling oil price and reduction of import duty of ATF helped oil marketing companies (OMC) and airline stocks resist the pressure of sell-off in Thursday's trade. In the international market, Brent crude futures were trading at US$ 81.42 per barrel, down 2.01 per cent for Dec 2018 contracts.

Tata Motors remain one of the worst hit companies in Nifty. Read on to find the funds that have a substantial holding of this stock.

Following stocks are close to their 52-week low as at 1.09 p.m. on October 11, 2018.

Value: Actual cost of the stock assigned by the security issuer and shown in the certificate.

The markets on October 11, 2018 opened gap down. BSE Sensex is trading at 34,283.57, down by 477.32 points and the Nifty is trading at 10,310.90, down by 149.20 points. 

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

The benchmark Indian indices reacted sharply to the sell-off in the US markets opening gap-down on Thursday morning. BSE Sensex opened at 34,063 level down by 2 per cent, while Nifty50 fell by over 2.7 per cent and opened at 10,192 level. 

In this edition, we have reviewed Natco Pharma and KSB Pumps. We suggest our reader-investors to HOLD Natco Pharma and KSB Pumps

I have 787 shares of Tata Motors bought at the Rs 340 per share. Kindly suggest if I should exit or hold on to the stock with the hopes of earning some returns in the next one year.

Under Section 54 of the Income Tax Act, any individual who sells residential house, which is a long term asset, can reinvest the entire capital gain in a new residential house

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We had mentioned in our earlier issue that the Indian stock markets had got into panic selling. Thereby, the benchmark indices have witnessed more than 12% fall from their peaks to the recent lows.

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Royal Orchid Hotels, one of India’s leading hospitality chains, announced the opening of the new hotel, Regenta Resort in Bharatpur, Rajasthan.

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The stock of the company was buzzing on receiving approval from the Supreme Court to import petroleum coke which was earlier banned by the court to reduce pollution. 

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There are very few options left for an investor in h the current market uncertainty. The equity and debt markets are both equally hit by the current bout of volatility. The portfolios of most of the investors have taken a hit of more than 10% in the last one month. Even the much-coveted IT-dedicated funds have not remained immune to the current market condition and have gone down in the last one month. Some of the safer bets such as ultra-short duration funds are also hit by the downgrades in rating of bonds of some of the companies as funds must mark down these bonds by 25-50% in their portfolios. 

Equities have taken a beating recently. Indian volatility index (VIX) is noticeably up, while the mid-caps are lying low with already approx. 20 per cent correction. In such a scenario, should one buy mid-cap stocks? Dnyanada Kulkarni along with Yogesh Supekar discuss the outlook on mid-cap stocks, while the DSIJ research team shares its top 4 mid-cap picks for the season.

Overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 1.30 crore contracts with a turnover of Rs. 11,94,244.77 crore.