The edge, an investor gets by tracking earnings over the investors who do not, is huge and can often explain the difference between winning and losing money in the markets.

BSE Telecom index was up by more than 1.47 per cent on Friday when most of the sectorial indices slipped in the trade on Friday.

As the monsoon season has begun, the agriculture sector is once again in the spotlight as investors remain optimistic about the sector’s outlook.  

Cryptocurrency prices have always been surging with a significant jump in the last few years. However, on Friday, major cryptocurrencies traded lower as the US regulator delayed the approval of Bitcoin ETFs.  

Several Small cap stocks caught investors’ attention after gaining on intraday basis.

The stocks to watch out on June 21 include Maruti Suzuki, Insecticides (India), Oriental Carbon & Chemicals, Phillips Carbon Black, and Fine Organic Industries.  

Sensex and Nifty witnessed increased volatility on Friday. Recovering from the day’s low, Sensex closed at 52,344.45 levels, up by 21.12 points or 0.04 per cent. Unbothered by the volatility in markets, some stocks locked in their upper circuits on Friday.  

IT sector has seen a massive improvement in the investor sentiment and has also been rerated since the advent of the pandemic.

A summary of the news that is impacting markets and the economy over the last one week.

In line with Tata Group’s philosophy to promote green manufacturing, Tata Motors and Tata Power today jointly inaugurated India’s largest grid-synchronised, behind-the-metre solar carport at Tata Motors’ car plant in Chikhali (Pune).   

Wipro Limited announced a partnership with Exaware, a leading provider of open network routing solutions to jointly develop advanced engineering solutions to foster innovation in networking & streamline 5G technology upgrades.   

An index fund is a type of mutual fund that imitates the portfolio of the index.

In the Indian stock market, we have seen many stories of penny stocks becoming multi-baggers over a period of time. However, the big challenge in investing in the penny stock is ‘to find a needle in a haystack’. The probability of striking a multi-bagger penny stock is extremely low.  

Datamatics Global Services Limited has made a new 52-week high of Rs 179.70 today by surging 15 per cent during the early morning session. On a YTD basis, the stock has given a return of approximately 55 per cent to the investors.

The broader markets relatively underperformed the frontline indices with Nifty Midcap 100 and Smallcap 100 being down by 1.25 per cent and 1.35 per cent, respectively. Interestingly, India VIX has slipped back below the 15-mark.   

Infosys Finacle, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Infosys, on Thursday after the market hours announced its digital banking software-as-a-service (SaaS) offering, designed as an accessible solution to help Indian urban cooperative banks (UCBs).

Tube Investments of India Ltd recently announced its March quarter results. Since then, the stock has been rallying. 

On Friday, the stock markets remained volatile as the board sell-off continued.

Sensex has gained by around 8.57 per cent on a YTD basis. Catching up with the positive momentum in the stock markets, some stocks proved to be fairytales, rewarding investors with sumptuous returns.   

Wallfort Financial Services is one of those 334 stocks that made a fresh 52-week high for themselves.

The market opened in red on June 18, 2021.

The market opened in red on June 18, 2021, overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 9,78,84,919 contracts with a turnover of Rs. 94,56,030.26 crore.

The market opened in red on June 18, 2021, overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 9,78,84,919 contracts with a turnover of Rs. 94,56,030.26 crore.

BSE Metal Index is dragged by the heavyweights such as JSW Steel, Tata Steel and Vedanta which are down by 5.6 per cent, 4.44 per cent and 6.85 per cent respectively.

Sensex after witnessing profit booking in past few sessions has opened in green. However it is struggling to hold on to its early gain. Several sectorial indices are trading in green on the last day of week.

Mid-caps are an essential part of any diversified portfolio. In fact if we track the performance of midcap index versus large cap index and even small cap index over 12 years, the midcap index has outperformed.

Cement manufacturers could see pricing power coming back with rising demand. Majority of the cement manufacturers were able to reduce their working capital requirements as the demand was upbeat leading to lower capital gearing.

Infosys: Infosys Finacle announces digital banking SaaS offering for urban cooperative banks in India.  

Venus Remedies in one year has gained more than 532 per cent. In one month the stock is up by 6.33 per cent. The stock has almost doubled on YTD basis.

The stock has more than doubled in three months and is up by more than 81 per cent in one year. In past one month alone the stock has gained by more than 51 per cent and is catching investors’ attention.

The stock opened the session with marginal gains but soon after that, it began to move higher and that too, with a spike in volumes. The stock made a high of Rs 62.15 and gained as much as 15 per cent at the high of the day.

Lupin Limited has received approval for its Sevelamer Hydrochloride tablets, 400 mg & 800 mg from United States Food & Drug Administration (USFDA) to market a generic equivalent of Renagel tablets, 400 mg & 800 mg, of Genzyme Corporation. The product will be manufactured at Lupin’s facility in Nagpur (Maharashtra). 

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Going hand in hand with the overall positive sentiments in the domestic stock markets in June 2021, a number of low-scrip stocks caught investors’ attention as well.

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While certain political and healthcare issues created ripples in the commodities’ markets, a slowdown in industrial production was also responsible for the overall drag

The global markets remained mixed during the fortnight. In the US, the Dow Jones Industrial Average shrunk by 0.75 per cent while S & P 500 gained 1.21 per cent and NASDAQ Composite added 3.09 per cent while closing for the fortnight.

The increased trust and confidence thus generated will enable NRIs to easily monetize their existing vacant residential properties by letting them out in a coherent, cohesive, and easily manageable way, opines Shajai Jacob, Managing Director and Country Head, Apna Complex and CEO (GCC), ANAROCK Research

On one hand, many analysts are worried about the bubbling of stock market bubble while on the other hand, some are extremely optimistic about the bull run. Even then, June 2021 has been an interesting month for domestic stock markets as penny stocks seem to be back in action.  

For many the tourism and hospitality sector may have become a long forgotten story. However, with the recent developments and pent-up demand it is now quite ready to shine again. Or it is so? Geyatee Deshpande discusses the ground realities of this sector and presents the bare facts through numbers

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Ever since the markets started recovering from the lows of March 2020, the stocks prices have not looked back and what we are witnessing now is a historic rally, which may rarely repeat itself in our lifetime. While the stunning rally has created wealth for investors across the board, what has surprised most participants is the number of multibaggers this market has created. If you look at the past one-year returns for any random listed stock, chances are that more than 50-50 of the returns being more than 100 per cent. Yogesh Supekar discusses at length what makes a multibagger and how best we can identify such stocks

Marico along with Tata consumer products, UBL and Nestle are contributing the most to the index gains. UBL is up by more than 2 per cent while Nestle gained nearly 1 per cent.

The pharmaceutical sector is very important for the Indian economy. Not only does it generate export revenues but it also gives India the distinct advantage of being a global leader in a field that serves humanity. This sector, since the advent of the current pandemic, has been continuously in the limelight. In fact, the sector has seen re-rating since March 2020 and the kind of wealth creation that has happened on the bourses in this sector is mindboggling. No wonder the sector has produced more multibaggers than most other industries thriving in India in the last one year. Shreya Chaware discusses at length the opportunities that lie ahead for the sector while also throwing light on some of the top performing pharmaceutical companies in India. 

The market opened in red on June 17, 2021.

The market opened in red on June 17, 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 17, 2021, overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 4,52,48,287 contracts with a turnover of Rs. 44,28,511.46 crore.

BSE Consumer Durable Index is one of the top performing sectoral indices, up by more than 70 per cent in one year.

Nazara Technologies Limited, a leading mobile game company in India, announced today that it has signed a binding term sheet for acquiring a majority stake in Arrakis Tanitim Organizasyon Pazarlama San Tic Ltd Sti (Publishme).  

The company's rich product portfolio consists of diversified brands and diversified product categories under the same brand. Its footprint in multiple markets ensures diversification as well as continuous improvement. As such, it is on a clear path towards big-time growth

The Nifty has rallied almost 111 per cent since its March 2020 low. During the 15 months of this rally, the market ignored several historical patterns. Fundamentally, the high PE has become obsolete. Many bearish technical patterns have failed. 

The scrips in this column have been recommended with a 15-day investment horizon in mind and carry high risk. Therefore, investors are advised to take into account their risk appetite before investing, as fundamentals may or may not back the recommendations.
 

Contrary to what many have believed, COVID-19 has hit us back with a renewed vigour, infecting more people and testing the healthcare infrastructure more than ever before. The silver lining that appeared with the news of vaccines is under duress as India crossed 3 lakh new cases every day.  

This section gives a recommendation of a stock having stock price below Rs 100 with sound fundamentals and expected to give handsome returns over a one-year time horizon.

Insurance planning is a crucial part of every financial plan.

While doing some research on term plans on an insurance aggregator website, I came across some interesting statistics that were flashing constantly: 23 per cent of policy buyers opted for plans that return premium at the end of the policy term.

This column gives you scrip chosen by the research team during the fortnight that is fundamentally strong and expected to give good capital appreciation over a time period of 1 year. 

The last few years had been a bumpy ride for small-cap stocks. This year, unexpectedly, the small-cap stocks have not only recouped the losses but also overshadowed the previous peaks

I was thrilled to see the list of top-quality small-caps shared in your magazine.

The key benchmark indices recouped the bulk of the losses and were seen trading with modest losses. Nifty has recovered nearly 100 points from the day’s low. Moreover, the advance-decline ratio is in the favour of advances and this is because the broader markets have relatively outperformed.   

The markets are at a lifetime high and from what I understand, barring Vietnam Stock Index, Nifty and Sensex have been world-beating indices in the year gone by.

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.

The recommendations provided in this column are taken from various market sources such as brokers, analysts, dealers and investment strategists, etc. These recommendations may not be backed by strong fundamentals. Therefore we advise readers to use their own discretion before investing in these recommendation
 

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.

In this edition, we have reviewed SBI Life Insurance Company Ltd. and Amara Raja Batteries Ltd. We suggest our reader-investors to HOLD in SBI Life Insurance Company Ltd. and Amara Raja Batteries Ltd.

This section gives decisive investment rationales to our subscribers on the stock queries they have raised to our research team.

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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.

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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.