The market opened in the red on 17th January. The previous day witnessed  the Sensex going up by 59.83 points to end at 41,932.56  and the Nifty was up by 12.20 points to close at 12,355.50. 

The Supreme Court of India has lifted the suspension of Environment Clearance (EC) imposed on the construction of a new greenfield airport at Mopa (Goa) of GMR Goa International Airport Limited (GGIAL), which is a subsidiary of GMR Infrastructure Limited.

A close below 12,270 may provide some bearish signs for the short-term. As long as it does not close below the prior bar low, be with the positive bias for the target of 12,400 and above. Stocks in news: Rallis India, Shriram Transport Finance, GMR Infrastructure, Premier Explosives, Nilkamal.

In the previous trading sessions, markets celebrated the phase 1 of the trade deal but that did not last long as the markets gave away most of its gains. As we enter the final trading session of the week, the SGX Nifty is trading flat and is likely to be cautious ahead of the weekend.

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The following stocks will be in focus during Friday’s trading session in the light of their result announcements: Tata Consultancy Services, HCL Technologies, L&T Finance Holdings, Reliance Industries and ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company.

On Thursday Wockhardt announced that the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) has approved two of its new antibiotics, EMROK (IV) and EMROK-O for acute bacterial skin and skin structure infections, including diabetic foot infections and concurrent bacteraemia, thereby, becoming the first Indian company to achieve approval for newly-discovered antibiotics.

On Thursday, Alphageo announced that it has received Notification of Award (NOA) from the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) for two contracts worth Rs 43.23 crore and Rs 68.75 crore.

We have considered BSE 500 companies and listed down top five companies in which promoters have increased their stake as well another set of top five companies in which promoters have decreased their stake in the quarter ended December 31, 2019.