Alpha is the favourite buzzword of smart investors. NSE launched the smart-beta index Nifty100 Alpha30 in June this year. An alpha index strategy aims to select stocks that have recently outperformed the broad benchmark on a risk adjusted basis. Let's check out which stocks feature in this index.

Overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 4,41,03,761 contracts with a turnover of Rs.27,99,622.77 crore.

Overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 4,41,03,761 contracts with a turnover of Rs.27,99,622.77 crore.

It is advisable to wait until Nifty moves above the 200-DMA, which is currently placed at 11,150 level, to get confirmation of the short-term strength. The next support level is placed at 61.8 per cent retracement of Oct-June rally at 10,806. Stocks in news: PSP Projects, National Aluminium, Allahabad Bank, Bank of India, Power Grid, Adani Transmission, SRF, Wipro.

The domestic markets are likely to open with a gap-down as cues from the global markets have shattered bulls' hopes. The SGX Nifty is indicating a decline of about 76 points at the opening bell.

Libas Riyaz Ganji LLC, Dubai has executed an agreement for supply of goods with Atlantis The Palm Limited, Dubai, UAE for supplying designer garments to the entire staff of Atlantis The Palm.

NCC Limited has bagged two new orders worth Rs 503.80 crore in the month of July 2019. These orders are received from the central and state government agencies.

The following stocks would be in focus during Friday’s trading session in light of their results announcement: Nestle India, Inox Leisure, HDFC Limited, ITC and Bata India.

Despite a decent recovery in the last trading session, the benchmark indices failed to close in the green zone. The BSE Sensex dipped by 462.80 points or 1.23 per cent at 37,018.32 on Thursday on the back of negative global cues as the US Fed cut benchmark policy rate.

Here are the stocks to look out on August 2 include NCC, Marico, Sadbhav Infrastructure, Wipro and Ceat.