What was the idea behind the launch of a multi-cap fund at the current juncture and what led to such a huge , response from the investors?
 

With the economy coming back to normalcy and opening up there is optimism across various sectors. Tyre industry is one of the several industries expected to stage a comeback not only on ground but on bourses as well. 

LG Balakrishnan & Bros up by more than 12 per cent is the top gainer on BSE Smallcap index.

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National Stock Exchange (NSE) has revised the circuit limit of almost 22 stocks. Out of 22, around 16 stocks’ circuit limits have been narrowed from 10 per cent to 5 per cent while 3 stocks’ circuit filters got narrowed from 20 per cent to 5 per cent.

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It is good to see an increasing number of mutual fund investors taking the fund selection process more seriously than ever before.

This is our mutual fund recommendation. Every fortnight , we recommend one open-ended equity diversified fund that has the best potential of returns for the next one year considering its constituents remain the same

When SEBI underwent the equity mutual fund scheme categorization, multi-cap was the category desig-nated where the portfolio corpus could be invested across large, mid and small-cap.

Any individual who wants to invest money at a higher rate of return than fixed deposit can choose to invest in FMPs.

Asset allocation is the process of dividing our investments among different kinds of asset classes (equity, debt, commodity and cash) to minimise our risk, and also to maximise return at the given level of risk.

Your cover story titled 'Building a Satellite Portfolio' was quite insightful.

There are very few cardinal principles in personal finance and investment.

BHEL: Keeping in view the concerns raised by equity analysts, institutional investors, and other stakeholders on the rising receivables, the company, in FY 2020-21, has reviewed the receivables and created additional merit-based provisions (which could have been deferred) of about Rs 1,800 crore. The provisioning has been done in case of projects, where the collections may have been doubtful.

The RP- Sanjiv Goenka Group’s Kolkata based flag ship company - The Calcutta Electric Supply Corporation or CESC has on Wednesday posted over 13 per cent jump in its consolidated net profit to Rs 429 crore in the March 2021 quarter.

Nagarjuna Fertilisers was seen locked in upper circuit after gaining 4.92 per cent. 

Stock gave a 3-year return of 164.38 per cent as compared to Nifty 100 which gave a return of 44.39 per cent. Tata consumer is up by more than 99 per cent in one year and in five years it is up by more than 483 per cent.

Global infrastructure EPC major & RPG Group company, KEC International Limited announced that it has secured orders worth Rs 937 crore across its various businesses.  

Leading global information technology, consulting & business process services company, Wipro Limited announced that it has entered into a strategic partnership with Aachen, Germany-headquartered FEV, a leading global engineering provider, to jointly develop & market solutions for software-defined vehicles (SDV).  

The additional surveillance measure (ASM) is a part of various initiatives undertaken by Securities & Exchange Board of India (SEBI) and the domestic stock exchanges to ensure & enhance market integrity as well as safeguard the interest of investors.  

The market opened in red on June 16, 2021, overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 4,52,48,287 contracts with a turnover of Rs. 44,28,511.46 crore.

The market opened in red on June 16, 2021, overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 4,52,48,287 contracts with a turnover of Rs. 44,28,511.46 crore.

On Wednesday, in BSE’s equity segment, a number of shares were trending due to a spurt in their volumes.  

A leading global information technology, consulting & business process services company, Wipro Limited announced its intent to join IBM’s ecosystem of partners for automation purposes.

Infosys trading up by 0.64 per cent made a fresh life high for itself on Wednesday. TCS is up by 0.81 per cent on intraday basis and close to its breakout levels. 

Mutual funds are one of the best options to invest in to get your portfolio diversified among various asset classes.  

Reliance Industries and HDFC twins have combinedly contributed more than 50 points. The sell-off is not just restricted to the large-cap, but it's broad-based; hence, Nifty Midcap 100 and Smallcap is also down by 0.92 per cent and 0.52 per cent, respectively. Market breadth is in the favour of the declines.   

On Wednesday, the Indian markets witnessed profit booking as Sensex slipped by around 0.40 per cent or 241.88 points trading at 52,531.17 levels while Nifty was down by 0.47 per cent or 81.25 points at 15,788.00 levels. Even in subdued markets, some of the small-caps continued to outperform.  

Larsen & Toubro Infotech Limited (LTI) has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Cuelogic Technologies Private Limited, a Pune-based digital engineering company with a 100 per cent subsidiary in the US, Cuelogic Technologies, Inc.

Metal stocks came under the hammer after reports suggested that China has ordered state firms to curb overseas commodities exposure and it may release copper, zinc, aluminium, state reserves soon.   

The market opened in red on June 16, 2021.

The electrical equipment stocks are soaring on the bourses. At least 23 stocks in the electrical equipment sector have managed to gain more than 20 per cent in one month alone. 

When identifying investing opportunities in the stock markets, one of the most desirable qualities one looks at is the high growth at a reasonable price.

Jubilant Pharmova: Jubilant HollisterStier LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Jubilant Pharma enters into manufacturing partnership for the production of COVID-19 vaccine candidate, COVAXIN® in the US.   

This season, the frontline indices and the broader market indices are on a tear and at their respective life-highs. In such an environment, beating Sensex and Nifty becomes a tough ask.

Novateor is one of the buzzing stocks on BSE SME platform, with the stock gaining 11.50 per cent on Tuesday. The stock is up by 70 per cent on a YTD basis. In one year, the stock is up by more than 100 per cent. 

Seqrite, the enterprise arm of Quick Heal Technologies Limited is a specialist provider of enterprise cybersecurity products & solutions has introduced ‘Seqrite Hawkk’.

Eco Recycling Ltd (Ecoreco) is India's first and leading professional e-waste management company. The company has set industry benchmarks time and again with its innovative & environment-friendly disposal practices, which are gaining significant importance. 

SIP is a great way to invest in mutual funds, especially for amateur investors. If you have just started and don’t want to take any risks, you can start as low as Rs 100

BSE Smallcaps Index touched its all-time highs on Tuesday trading session to close at 25186.27 levels, up by 0.44 per cent after making an intraday high of 25272.21.  BSE Smallcaps index is up by more than 11.65 per cent in one month, 37.92 per cent on YTD basis and 112.55 per cent on in one year. 

The stock has underperformed Nifty 500 index if we compare its performance from April 2020 till date. However, the stock is now nearing its multi-year breakout. And, technically, when a stock breaks through a multi-year resistance level, it can lead to a significant rally.   

Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS) is one of the largest healthcare groups in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. It is coming out with its IPO. Read onto find out if you should subscribe to the issue.

On the options front, the 510 call option has added 4.62 lakh shares in the open interest in today's session. With this, the total open interest in the 510 call option has reached 7.96 lakh, which is the highest on the call side. 

Mumbai-based infrastructure company, Capacite Infraprojects Limited (CIL) announced today that it has received a contract worth Rs 384.66 crore from marquee private sector clients.   

Cement prices have touched the roof and the pricing power is back with the cement manufacturer. The cement stocks have been outperforming on the bourses lately. 

We know the stocks that stand to benefit from the increased participation in equity have outperformed the markets. Stocks of broking firms such as Angel Broking, ICICI Securities, BSE, CDSL, and 5paisa Capital have all outperformed Sensex in 2021.

Dodla Dairy Limited, a company based in South India, is coming out with its IPO. Read onto find out if you should subscribe to the issue.

The market opened in green on June 15, 2021.

The market opened in green on June 15, 2021, overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 3,48,97,506 contracts with a turnover of Rs. 34,27,112.72 crore.

The market opened in green on June 15, 2021, overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 3,48,97,506 contracts with a turnover of Rs. 34,27,112.72 crore.

Libas Consumer Products has entered into an arrangement with Matrimony.com for the promotion of Libas Fashion. 

Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd, a leading pharmaceutical company, announced today the launch of Tiotropium Bromide dry powder inhaler (DPI) under the brand name - Tiogiva in the UK. 

Marine Electricals (India) Limited surged today by 2.1 per cent after bagging orders worth Rs 12.95 crore.

Auto Ancilliaries have been gaining traction with the change in fortunes for the auto industry. Sensex is up by nearly 7 per cent in one month and is up by 10.25 per cent in 2021 so far. 

Talking about the sectoral performance, barring Nifty Pharma & Nifty Energy, all other indices were seen trading in green with Nifty Realty, Nifty Media, and Nifty Bank being the top gainers.   

The action-packed markets have seen stocks from various industry and sectors participating in the rally. The stocks from the much-ignored Tea and Coffee industry have also participated in the rally with as many as nine stocks from the industry outperforming Sensex. 

Chemical sector stocks have been consistent wealth creators for more than 3 years now. The strong momentum in chemical stocks is seen belonging to the smallcap category as well.

IT stocks have been outperforming since the market made lows in March 2020. Most of the IT major companies like TCS, Wipro, Infosys and Tech Mahindra are either trading at their life-highs or are trading within 5 percent of their respective life-highs.  

Anil Dhirubai Ambani Group (ADAG) companies  may have been down but certainly are not out yet; that is if we go by the listed stocks performance of the ADAG Group stock on bourses.

This rise in sugar prices internationally has acted as a huge trigger for sugar mills in India.

Small caps are on a tear and the positive trend is global in nature for small-caps. The US Small-cap index has outperformed NASDAQ, S&P 500 and even DJIA on both YTD basis as well as in one year. 

Adani Power: A news report got published in ET which stated that NSDL has frozen the accounts of three foreign funds-Albula Investment Fund, Cresta Fund, and APMS Investment Fund holding shares in Adani Group companies. The company issued a statement saying that it regrets to mention that these reports are blatantly erroneous and has been done to deliberately mislead the investing community. 

The shares of ADAG Group (Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group) companies gained after the board of Reliance Power approved preferential issuance of shares & warrants to Reliance Infrastructure.

The stock, trading at Rs 658 per share is at its all-time highs reflecting the positive outlook on the ground for the broking industry.

With rising volatility, the defensives normally are expected to do well. Nifty Pharma recently made a fresh life-high for itself with 7 out of 10 Nifty Pharma constituents trading at fresh all-time highs for themselves. 

The shares of Transformers & Rectifiers (India) Limited were trading in the green on Monday after the company announced that it has been awarded orders for transformers from Gujarat Energy Transmission Corporation Limited (GETCO).  

Adani group stocks have taken a heavy beating on bourses in today’s trade with almost all the group stocks locked in the lower circuit.

Markets are trading volatile after Sensex plunged over 500 points at one point of time in today’s trading session. Thereafter, it recovered almost all its losses and is now trading in green.

On the options front, Nifty 15,700 Put options have seen the addition of 15.57 lakh shares in the open interest. With this, the total open interest in the 15,700 Put option rises to 40.56 lakh shares. On the Call side, Nifty 15,800 Call option has seen maximum addition of open interest in today’s session.   

A ‘golden cross’ is a very well-known and one of the most popular strategies used by the traders’ community. It’s very simple and easy to spot on the charts.   

The market opened in red on June 14, 2021.

The market opened in green on June 14, 2021, overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 2,38,44,592 contracts with a turnover of Rs. 23,23,417.68 crore.

The market opened in green on June 14, 2021, overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 2,38,44,592 contracts with a turnover of Rs. 23,23,417.68 crore.

BCPL Railway Infrastructure Limited, a company engaged in the business of railway infrastructure development, announced today that it has bagged an order worth Rs 20.56 crore from Eastern Railway (HQ), Electrical. 

Vaishali Pharma Limited has successfully launched its series of immunity booster products worldwide. The products range includes Vipravita C (tablets and effervescent), Vipravita CZ (tablets), Vipravita D3, Viprafolic A, Vipravita, Vipramultivita, Ascorzee (tablet), herbal cough drops, Viprasure (powder), Vipra C (Gummies), Vipra B (Gummies), Vipra M (Gummies), multi-vitamin (effervescent), Women D (effervescent).

The capital expenditure will be aimed at improving the production by debottlenecking and modernising the plants at CG Power & Industrial Solutions.

During the last week, Nifty Media jumped 3.51 per cent and in the second quarter of the calendar year 2021, it gained a staggering 22 per cent. Furthermore, the index has reached levels that were last seen in early 2020.   

Lupin: The company has received a warning letter from USFDA for the company’s Somerset (New Jersey) facility. USFDA had inspected Lupin Somerset site from September 10 to November 5, 2020. The company does not believe that the warning letter will have an impact on the disruption of supplies or the existing revenues from the operations of this facility.

Vietnam's VN 30 is the only index that has gained more than Nifty 50 in the past one year by clocking returns greater than 84 per cent. Nifty 50, however, has underperformed several of its peers in the developed markets with FTSE 100, DAX, CAC 40, IBEX 35, and FTSE MIB & S&P 500 doing better. 

The stock is again entering the breakout zone with good volumes under the circumstances where the IT stocks are outperforming and making new highs for themselves. Tech Mahindra, Wipro, and Infosys put together are pushing Nifty IT index higher along with TCS. 

Nelco is engaged in the business of network systems as well as automation & control. The company has a good return on equity (ROE) track record: Three years ROE - 25.39 per cent and has reduced debt while maintaining a healthy dividend payout of 25.82 per cent. 

"Higher volumes (and revenues) and a strong control on our conversion cost as well as fixed costs have led to strong operating leverage for us, which is visible in our margins as well as profits!" says Sunil Chordia, Chairman and Managing Director, Rajratan Global Wire Ltd.

BSE has setup a wholly owned subsidiary company 'BSE Administration & Supervision Ltd.' (BASL) for carrying out the administration and supervision activities of all SEBI-registered investment advisors (RIA). BASL (https://www.bseasl.com/ria/index.html) has received recognition from the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) to administer and supervise Investment Advisors (IAs) registered with SEBI and commenced its operation from June 1, 2021.

Nifty Pharma Index, after underperforming for most of 2021, managed to make life highs for itself on Friday’s trading session. Nifty Pharma Index inched up by 11.25 per cent on YTD basis while in one year the index was up by nearly 45 per cent. 

Housing finance companies (HFCs) are on a roll on the bourses with several HFCs outperforming the markets. HUDCO is one stock that is joining the party late. 

The metal producer company, Shyam Metalics & Energy Limited (SMEL) is coming out with its IPO. Read onto find out if you should subscribe to the issue.

The automotive technology company, Sona BLW Precision Forgings (Sona Comstar) is coming out with its IPO. Read onto find out if you should subscribe to the issue.

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), a leading provider of IT services, consulting & business solutions, announced today that it has designed a novel customer engagement process for Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise (ALE), a software company headquartered in Colombes (France).

A summary of the key economic news impacting markets over the week.

Continuing its stellar performance, BSE StAR MF, India's largest Mutual Funds Distributor platform is moving consistently towards transforming itself into a unique end-to-end-value based platform. In May 2021, BSE StAR MF contributed net equity inflow of Rs 5147 crore as compared to industry’s total of Rs 10083 crore, raising more than 50 per cent of net equity funds.

In the last half an hour, the 15,800 Put option has also seen massive open interest addition of 20.63 lakh shares. 

Cosmo Films Limited informed the exchanges that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Cosmo Speciality Chemicals has forayed into the fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) industry with the launch of Fabritizer, an after-wash laundry sanitiser for germ-free clothing.   

Suven Pharmaceuticals Limited (SPL) announced that it has entered into an agreement for the process technology transfer & manufacturing of the anti-COVID drug, Molnupiravir, and 2-DG with CSIR Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (CSIR-IICT) and CSIR National Institute of Interdisciplinary Science & Technology (CSIR-NIIST).   

The market opened in green on June 11, 2021, overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 8,74,60,210 contracts with a turnover of Rs. 83,46,719.08 crore.