Along with the record number of transactions, the BSE StAR MF platform registered 7.83 lakh new systematic investment plans (SIPs) amounting to 186 crore in June 2021. 

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Stocks to watch out on July 1 include Veto Switchgears & Cables, India Cements, Vimta Labs, Andhra Sugars and Ircon International. 

ISGEC Heavy Engineering Ltd has successfully secured a big order for wet limestone flue gas desulphurisation (FGD) system and flue gas conditioning (FGC) system package from Odisha Power Generation Corporation (OPGC)

S&P BSE Utilities Index slipped by 1.20 per cent underperforming the frontline indices after recording losses of 30.04 points, while the Sensex fell by 0.13 per cent or 66.95 points to close at 52,482.71.

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Broader markets outperformed BSE Sensex on Wednesday with BSE Small Cap index gaining as much as 0.56 per cent or 139 points while BSE Sensex is down by 0.13 per cent.

Tanla Platforms informed on Tuesday that Karix Mobile Private Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tanla Platforms Ltd and prominent Swedish Caller ID firm, Truecaller have partnered to offer verified business caller ID solutions for enterprises to enhance the user experience by fostering a communication ecosystem built on trust & safety. 

Uflex Limited, a packaging solutions company recently declared its financial results for the fourth quarter of FY21.  

The market opened in green on June 30, 2021.

The market opened in green on June 30, 2021, overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 3,54,80,369 contracts with a turnover of Rs. 34,64,779.35 crore.

The market opened in green on June 30, 2021, overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 3,54,80,369 contracts with a turnover of Rs. 34,64,779.35 crore.

Interestingly, penny stocks continued to witness interest in the stock market as nearly 186 stocks hit a fresh 52-week high. On the flip side, only 3 stocks hit a new 52-week low. Penny stocks such as Tree House, Sintex, GTL Infra, and many more touched their upper circuit limits today.  

Lupin Ltd, a leading pharmaceutical company, announced today that it has received tentative approval from United States Food & Drug Administration (USFDA) for its new drug application for Dolutegravir, Lamivudine, and Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumarate (TLD) tablets.

SEBI came out with detailed guidelines on 18^th May, 2010 for launching of SME Exchange/Platform. BSE became the first stock exchange to get the approval from SEBI and launch its SME platform on 13^th March, 2012.

Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) said that Reliance Industries Limited has signed an agreement to join a new world-scale Chlor-alkali, ethylene dichloride and polyvinyl chloride (PVC) production facility at TA’ZIZ in Ruwais (Abu Dhabi).   

Manali Petrochemicals: Manali Petrochemicals recorded the best-ever performance of the highest turnover and profitability in FY 20-21 while the consolidated revenue surpassed Rs 1,000 crore.   

Crude prices tested this falling trend line resistance not just twice or thrice but as many as 6 times and still, could not penetrate. However, in this month (June), we have seen the price breaking out of this 13-year old trend line resistance.

Parag Milk Foods announced on Tuesday, that it is expanding its portfolio by launching ‘fat-free milk’ under its premium milk brand, Pride of Cows.

Cipla, Dr Reddy’s Laboratories, Emcure Pharmaceuticals, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries and Torrent Pharmaceuticals have announced today that these five companies will collaborate for the clinical trial of the investigational oral anti-viral drug Molnupiravir for the treatment of mild COVID-19 in an outpatient setting in India.

The stocks to watch on June 30 include ISGEC Heavy Engineering, Kamat Hotels and certain pharma majors like Sun Pharmaceuticals, Cipla, Torrent Pharmaceuticals, Emcure Pharmaceuticals, Dr Reddy's Laboratories along with Finolex Cables & United Drilling Tools. 

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Global enterprise software solutions provider, Ramco Systems will provide next-gen enterprise resource planning (ERP) software to the largest container terminal in the Republic of Yemen, Aden Container Terminal (ACT); thus, deepening its 12-year partnership.

BSE Sensex slipped in to red on Tuesday while BSE SmallCap index was marginally down, thus outperforming frontline index. Several stock saw only buyers in the counter such as GTL Infra, TTML, Zee Media and Bajaj Hindustan.

India’s largest bed linen exporter, Indo Count Industries Limited announced its new partnership with eminent British designer, Jasper Conran OBE for an exclusive bed & bath collection, which is expected to be launched in the spring of 2022.   

The BSE Metal index turned bearish and underperformed the broader indices after recording losses of 255.56 points or 1.35 per cent, when Sensex fell by 185.93 points or 0.35 per cent to close at 52,549.66. 

BSE SmallCap index outperformed BSE Sensex on Tuesday marginally even though both the indices slipped in trade.

Tata Elxsi is seen outperforming markets on a down day for Sensex. The stock is up by more than 3.5 per cent while Sensex is down by more than 200 points. 

RITES Limited announced on Monday after the market hours that it has received a work order from Railway Board, Ministry of Railways for railway electrification works on a turnkey basis. The cost of the project is Rs 749.67 crore. 

The market opened in red on June 29, 2021.

The market opened in red on June 29, 2021, overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 3,04,86,610 contracts with a turnover of Rs. 29,56,114.22 crore.

The market opened in red on June 29, 2021, overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 3,04,86,610 contracts with a turnover of Rs. 29,56,114.22 crore.

Among the stock-specific action, Nelco was up by a staggering 17.8 per cent, marking a fresh all-time high. Other stocks such as InfoBeans Technologies, Archies, TRF, Uttam Sugar, Apollo Hospitals also marked a fresh 52-week high.   

L&T Technology Services (LTTS) Ltd, a company engaged in the provision of engineering and R&D (ER&D) services, announced today that it has entered into a strategic partnership with Mavenir, a US-based telecommunications software company, for the purpose of delivering end-to-end 5G automation services.

Despite a red day, there are many stocks which are seen witnessing big movements. So, let us check why these stocks are witnessing big movement on Tuesday.   

The stock was seen buzzing in otherwise a wobbly market as it closed with a stupendous gain of over 19 per cent. The stock registered a fresh 52-week high and even touched the upper circuit limit of 20 per cent on Monday.

EKI Energy Services is one SME IPO that is soaring on bourses with only buyers in the counter with no sellers willing to part with the holding. The lot size for this SME share is 1200, meaning an investor has to bid for a minimum 1200 quantity to buy the shares of EKI Energy Services.

SME IPOs along with the mainboard IPOs are catching investors attention. Out of the 15 SME IPOs that hit the markets in 2021 we find that at least four IPOs have gained from their listing price while as many as six IPOs are trading above their issue price.

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Stocks to watch on June 29 include Thomas Cook, SRF, NALCO, Shalimar Paints, and Vikas Lifecare.  

Why it is important to see whether the low-priced or high-priced stocks have been dominant is because there is a perception that retail investors are more inclined towards buying low-priced stocks.

BSE SmallCap index and BSE Midcap index outperformed Sensex by gaining little over 0.4 per cent each. Sensex slipped by nearly 190 points or 0.36 per cent to close at 52,735.59 levels. 

On the other hand, Banco Products (India), Thyrocare Technologies, NCL Industries, Tamil Nadu Newsprint & Papers, Shoppers Stop and Jaiprakash Power Ventures were some of the worst performing stocks in the BSE SmallCap index during today's trading session.

The BSE Healthcare index outperformed the broader indices after recording gains of 262.99 points or 1.05 per cent, when Sensex fell by 189.45 points or 0.36 per cent to close at 52,735.59.

Company is engaged in merchant banking, advisory services, stockbroking, depository participants’ activities, distribution of mutual funds, and other investment products & online trading.   

Power Mech Projects Limited has made a new 52-week high of Rs 767.30 today after it won a mine development & operation (MOO) project from Central Coalfields Limited (CCL), a subsidiary of Coal India Limited, aggregating to Rs 9,294 crore over the contract period. 

A leading global IT services, consulting & business solutions organisation, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) announced its collaboration with one of the largest financial institutions in Kuwait i.e. Commercial Bank of Kuwait (CBK) for Treasury to manage risk better, enhance asset class coverage and drive future growth.

Most importantly, the implied volatility (IV) has soared over 10 per cent. The 85 strike price Call option has also seen a significant jump in its IV as it surged nearly 7.29 per cent and price also advanced more than 150 per cent. 

Adeshwar Meditex Limited became the 339th company to get listed on the BSE SME Platform on June 28, 2021. Adeshwar Meditex Limited came out with an initial public offering of 39,00,000 Equity Shares of Rs.10 Each (“Equity Shares”) For Cash at a Price of Rs.25 Per Equity Share (The “Offer Price”), Aggregating to Rs. 9.75 Crore. The company has successfully completed its public issue on June 18, 2021. 

The market opened in green on June 28, 2021.

The market opened in green on June 28, 2021, overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 2,70,24,347 contracts with a turnover of Rs. 25,65,022.00 crore.

The market opened in green on June 28, 2021, overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 2,70,24,347 contracts with a turnover of Rs. 25,65,022.00 crore.

Vaishali Pharma Limited has received orders from Nicaragua and a preliminary order from Madagascar for the supply of its registered products including various antibiotics and other generic medicines such as painkillers, etc.

BSE SmallCap index is seen outperforming on bourses by recording minor gain of 0.48 per cent.versus BSE Sensex which is trading in red shedding 33.33 points. 

The advance-decline for Nifty 50 is even-steven as 25 stocks were in the red while the other 25 in green. Overall, the market breadth is still in favour of advances, courtesy of the broader markets as they are seen outperforming the frontline gauges.   

Aplab rights issue opened on June 17 and will close on July 1. The Issue size is 5 crores while the issue price is Rs 10.

PE ratio is one of the most widely used ratios that help us understand the valuation of the company. Often low PE stocks are considered to have value and are expected to have high margin of safety. Low PE ratio however does not guarantee good returns.

A golden crossover of 50 DMA can be considered a bullish signal for the medium term. UCO bank was trending in the news lately as the board of the bank approved its funds raising plan.

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Technically speaking the stock saw its prices cross the 50 DMA on Friday, thus keeping bulls in the driving seat for Ashok Leyland.

Kilpest India can be considered a high growth stock looking at the phenomenal profit growth of 209 per cent on YoY basis and the sales growth of more than 180 per cent on YoY basis.

This week is going to be action packed for Vodafone Idea as the company will be announcing its March 2021 quarter results.The Market is abuzz with a hope that some announcements on capital raising will be announced by the management.

There are 142 stocks, which have delivered positive returns on a YTD basis whereas, only 20 stocks delivered a negative return during the same period.   

Thyrocare Technologies has generated 22 per cent returns over five-year period and is one of the most efficient pharma company as recognized in terms of RoE or RoCE. 

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The stocks to watch out from the midcap and small cap space include Laurus Lab, Zee Media, Sandur Manganese Iron Ore, 3i Infotech, Alphageo , Aegis Logistics, Gati and All Cargo

The BSE SmallCap index even though managed to close in green; underperformed the frontline indices after recording gains of 99 points or 0.40 per cent when Sensex gained by 0.43 per cent or 226 points to close at 52,925.

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Laurus Lab soared on bourses on Friday as overall the markets show positive gains. Laurus Lab was trading with gains in excess of 4 per cent after the stock made an intraday high of Rs 682.80 per share.

Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) announced that its digital subsidiary, Jio Platforms Limited and Google have come together to jointly develop a made-for-India smartphone called JioPhone Next, which is to launch later this year (in September). 

Zydus Cadila announced today that it has received tentative approval from USFDA to market Pemetrexed for injection in the strengths of 100 mg/vial, 500 mg/vial, and 1,000 mg/vial, single-dose vials.

Nifty Metal & Nifty PSU Bank surged over 2.5 per cent each while Nifty Bank was seen outperforming Nifty as it advanced over a per cent. 

The market opened in green on June 25, 2021.

The market opened in green on June 25, 2021, overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 8,42,82,804 contracts with a turnover of Rs. 80,99,901.37 crore.

The market opened in green on June 25, 2021, overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 8,42,82,804 contracts with a turnover of Rs. 80,99,901.37 crore.

RailTel Corporation of India announced on Friday that it has secured an order worth Rs 89.09 crore. The order from the Indian Air Force Network (AFNet) is for providing comprehensive annual maintenance contract for AFNet equipment & associated items for a period of 2 years.

The company’s current portfolio consists of 172 products, authorised for distribution in the US marketplace while 44 ANDAs are still pending approval with USFDA.

Small caps are seen outperforming frontline indices even as BSE SmallCap index trades with gains of 96 points or 0.40 per cent while Sensex slips marginally in red by 5 points or 0.01 per cent on intraday basis.

Ajmera realty has been soaring on bourses and is featuring amongst the top BSE Smallcap gainers in the past couple of sessions. On Friday Ajmera Realty is up by more than 15 per cent on intraday basis.

It is a known fact that the companies which report extraordinary profits tend to outperform. Investors are always hunting for opportunities where they can identify stocks that surprise with positive earnings or in other words declare profits which are above estimates.

The stocks to watch out from the midcap and smallcap space include Ajmera Realty, Clarion chemicals, UTI AMC, Banco Products, Kisan Mouldings, PNB Housing, Hudco, Proctor Gamble Hygience and Healthcare and Jindal Worldwide for following reason

Hornbill Orchid India acquired 1.95 lakh equity shares (1.95 per cent) of Nureca at Rs 1,627.50 via a bulk deal on June 23, 2021.

SBI Cards & Payment Services Ltd, a payment solutions provider, announced today that it has partnered with Fabindia, a retail platform offering wide range of products handmade by rural artisans, to launch Fabindia SBI Card. 

The stocks to watch out for on June 25 include Reliance Industries, Uttam Sugar, Avadh Sugar, GMR Infrastructure, Coforge, Nelco, Mphasis, Quick Heal, Ramco Systems, eClerx, and IHCL.

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