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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.