As on December 31, 2018, the company’s Big Bazaar store count stood at 286 across 144 cities covering 12.5mn sq.ft. During the recent quarter, the company has added 2 new stores of the same with area addition of 0.14mn sq.ft.

Following stocks are close to their 52-weeks low as at 12.52 p.m. on March 11, 2019.

Road and Infrastructure developer Dilip Buildcon has been declared L-1 bidder for EPC projects in Maharashtra. The project is worth Rs. 480.06 crore and the bid was called by NHAI.

DLF plans to raise Rs. 3,000 crore by June by selling equity shares to qualified institutional investors (QIP). DLF is aiming to become a debt-free company. The company had announced plans to issue up to 17.3 crore shares via QIP to raise funds and pre-pay debt.

The markets on March 11, 2019 opened gap up. BSE Sensex is trading at 36,977.65, up by 306.22 points and the Nifty is trading at 11,143.40, up by 108.00 points. 

Government-owned Punjab National Bank has sanctioned loans to over 1,600 MSMEs totalling Rs. 689 crore through its portal psbloansin59minutes.com.

Overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 85.56 lakh contracts with a turnover of Rs. 5,39,930.66 crore.

Overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 85.56 lakh contracts with a turnover of Rs. 5,39,930.66 crore.

Markets seem to be excited by the fact that the Election Commission has declared the dates for the Lok Sabha Elections 2019, which would be conducted in seven phases from April 11 through May 19. The BSE Sensex was at 36,988.68, up by 317.25 points, while Nifty50 was at 11,138.80, up 103.40 points, the highest level since the beginning of 2019.

Going ahead, the zone of 10,980-10,990 is a crucial support level for the index, while on the way up, it is important for the Nifty to first pierce the resistance of 11,090. Stocks in news: Dilip Buildcon, Cipla, Suven Life Sciences, GMR Infrastructure, Mangalam Cement, Nitesh Estate and OIL.