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Following stocks are close to their 52-weeks low as at 2:42 p.m. on April 18, 2019.

The markets on April 18, 2019 opened up. BSE Sensex is trading at 39,276.52, up by 0.88 points and the Nifty is trading at 11,790.30, up by 3.15 points. 

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Quess Corp’s subsidiary Conneqt Business Solutions has signed definitive agreements to acquire a majority stake in Allsec Technologies. The transaction will involve Conneqt purchasing 35.35 per cent from the promoters, 26 per cent from First Carlyle Ventures Mauritius thereby acquiring majority control of 61.35 per cent. Conneqt will make an open offer to the public shareholders of Allsec to purchase up to 26 per cent of shareholding.

The debt-ridden airline operator issued a press release announcing the temporary suspension of flight operations on Wednesday night. The stock of Jet Airways dipped 27 per cent in the morning session on Thursday.

Overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 1.54 crore contracts with a turnover of Rs. 10,54,523.93 crore.

Overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 1.54 crore contracts with a turnover of Rs. 10,54,523.93 crore.

The gap area (11,705- 11732) of April 16, 2019, is now likely to act as a strong support zone for the index, and as long as Nifty trades above this gap area, it will trade with a positive bias. On the upside, a follow-up move above Tuesday’s high of 11,811 would open up for further upside towards the level of 11,900. Stocks in news: Quess Corp, Jet Airways, Ashoka Buildcon, Intellect Design Arena, Reliance Industries, Cipla, Eris Lifesciences, Bandhan Bank, Cadila Healthcare, Hindalco Industries.

The Indian markets saw a fantastic finish on Tuesday with the key benchmark indices hitting record closing highs. The Thursday's session may open with the bulls taking a breather and the session may open on a flat note as cues from global peers are subdued. However, market participants may follow the mantra of buy on dips on Dalal Street today and any dip towards the Tuesday’s gap area would be eyed as a buying opportunity. At the time of writing, SGX Nifty was trading at 11,852, up by 3 points. The quarterly numbers on tap are Reliance Industries, DCB Bank, Tata Sponge, RBL Bank and ICICI GI. On the general election front, the voting for second phase of the Lok Sabha 2019 has started.