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Following stocks are close to their 52-week low as at 12.38 p.m. on November 29, 2018.

The markets on November 29, 2018 opened gap up. BSE Sensex is trading at 36,073.22, up by 356.27 points and the Nifty is trading at 10,829.40, up by 100.55 points. 

Indian equity market showed rare resilience on rollover day for the December series on Thursday. Metals, OMCs, FMCG and media stocks powered the upward rally. Index heavyweight Reliance Industries supported the uptick.

Overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 1.63 crore contracts with a turnover of Rs. 9,81,152.54 crore.

Overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 1.63 crore contracts with a turnover of Rs. 9,81,152.54 crore.

Nifty has strong resistance placed in the region of 10,740-10,780. Today being November F&O expiry, we expect volatility to remain embedded in the session. Stocks in news: Persistent Systems, Bharat Financial, Mercator, Sical Logistics, Mawana Sugars, Indoco Remedies, Cosmo Films, TCS and Spice Jet.

The domestic benchmark indices are expected to witness a blistering start to the November F&O expiry day as global markets are cheering the dovish stance taken by Fed Chief Jerome Powell and the positive effect is likely to rub-off on Indian markets too. The SGX Nifty Index Future was trading higher by 91 points  above the 10,800 mark.

Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories has launched Chlorthalidone Tablets USP, 25 mg and 50 mg. The company's share, however, fell intraday. 

The stocks most likely to witness significant movement on the bourses on November 29 are Ravalgaon Sugar Farm, Mphasis, Bharat Petroleum Corporation, Dredging Corporation and ICICI Bank.