India VIX is back in green thereby, indicating that volatility is rearing its ugly head. Going forward, the level of 14,880 can be an important level to watch out for on the index.  

GHCL: The company recommended a dividend of Rs 5.5 per share for the financial year ended March 31, 2021.   

PowerGrid InvIT is owned by the state-run Power Grid Corporation of India. It is coming out with its IPO. Read onto find out if you should subscribe to the issue.

When the price is being pushed up to the higher end of the range, sellers are letting it to run-up, to see how far the price can move. If it inches higher, it would fetch more profits for the sellers when they sell into it. Hence, as the price is approaching the upper end of the range, it tends to accelerate.

Cipla Limited, a global pharmaceutical company, announced this afternoon that it has entered into a non-exclusive licensing agreement with Merck & Co, Inc (MSD) for the manufacturing & distribution of Molnupiravir.

On Wednesday, SC Soft Private Limited (Singapore), a subsidiary of Aurionpro Solutions Limited signed a strategic alliance with Mastercard to provide services in the areas of contactless ticketing for transit operators & system integrators, enabling digital fare media adaptation and implementation globally.  

A 70-year-old global consumer food company, LT Foods Ltd is joining hands with Humankind Group (HKG), USA to explore an opportunity to develop commercial-scale biomass plants, which would recycle rice paddy straw into green energy and bio-fertiliser in India.

On April 19, 2021, Mirae Asset launched its international fund offering Mirae Asset NYSE FANG+ ETF & FoF and is currently open for subscription. Read onto find out more about it.

The market opened in green on April 28, 2021, overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 3,00,83,274 contracts with a turnover of Rs. 27,85,598.83 crore.

The market opened in green on April 28, 2021, overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 3,00,83,274 contracts with a turnover of Rs. 27,85,598.83 crore.

The market opened in green on April 28, 2021.

On the options' front, broad put addition has been witnessed in the range of 14,700-14,800. The 14,700 put options have added nearly 37 lakh shares in the open interest in today’s session itself, while the 14,800 put option has seen the addition of 26.55 lakh shares in the open interest.

We have listed down the top five companies (listed on BSE 500 index) in which promoters increased their stake along with another set of the top five companies in which promoters have decreased their stake in the quarter ended March 2021 from December 2020 quarter. 

The board of directors of Morepen Laboratories Limited has approved the investment proposed by Corinth Group, a global private investment group, headquartered in Switzerland, to the extent of USD 32.50 million in the parent company, Morepen Laboratories Limited out of a total USD 100 million investment in the promoter group. 

The 2000 CE and PE together have a premium of Rs 28.55. This means that if the stock closes between Rs 1,976 - Rs 2033, the theta will melt like ice. In this condition, one can apply a short straddle by selling both 2000 strike CE and PE in this April series.   

Info Edge: Zomato is proposing an IPO of its equity shares, comprising a fresh issue of equity shares by Zomato and offer for sale by Info Edge aggregate up to Rs 750 crore. 

Atul Limited and Nouryon have started production at Anaven, their new joint venture in Gujarat to meet the rapidly growing demand in India’s agricultural, personal care & pharmaceutical markets.

Small-cap funds have delivered spectacular returns in the year 2020. So, is it the right time to book profits from them? Let’s find out.

Goldiam Group has received export orders worth Rs 70 crore from its international clients for the manufacturing of diamond-studded designed gold jewellery. The order will be delivered within the next 100 days. With this additional order, Goldiam Group's order book crosses an aggregate of Rs 150 crore as of now.

Jindal Steel & Power Limited (JSPL), an industrial powerhouse of the country, informed this morning about its divestment in Jindal Power Ltd, which is a material subsidiary of the company. The company has accepted a binding offer from Worldone Private Limited (acquirer) and has divested its 96.42 per cent stake in Jindal Power Limited (JPL).

The market opened in green on April 27, 2021.

The market opened in green on April 27, 2021, overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 2,83,10,902 contracts with a turnover of Rs. 25,96,258.17 crore.

The market opened in green on April 27, 2021, overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 2,83,10,902 contracts with a turnover of Rs. 25,96,258.17 crore.

What is a bull call spread strategy? A bull call spread strategy includes initiating one long call with a lower strike price and one short call with a higher strike price. Both call options have the same underlying stock as well as the same expiration date.

Akash Infra Projects Limited has bagged a work order from the office of the Executive Engineer, Mehsana (R&B) Division worth Rs 9.36 crore for resurfacing of the different road of R&B Sub Division Mehsana (Gujarat) package.

Instances of financial indiscipline are always noticed when real estate developers get over-ambitious and go on a land-buying spree, or take more projects than possible. 

Managing Partner of Pecan Reams, Rohit Garodia believes that cash flow management plays a critical role when a crisis hits real estate.   

Real estate developers encountering a cash flow management crisis is often not unheard of. A fairly common situation, it is often seen to be a fallout of expected market trends of the sale price increase and high-volume unit sales not being realised. Alarm bells are set off when developers face a situation where receipts are lesser than payments that need to be made.  

Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services Ltd witnessed a strong dip of 8.75 per cent on Monday. The company had recently announced its quarterly results and reported a decline in financials of the last quarter of FY21. 

Pharma-major, Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Limited announced that it is concluding the final, national phase of its marketing approval application process to enable the launch of Ryaltris nasal spray in 17 countries in the European Union.  

Heranba Industries Limited, one of the leading agrochemical companies in the country, announced this morning that it has acquired an industrial shed in Gujarat.  

KRBL is the company known for its world-renowned brand 'India Gate' for premium Basmati rice. The company recently launched ‘India Gate Rice Flour’ thus, adding to its diversified product portfolio. 

Mindtree has partnered with Duck Creek to improve the customer experience for UPC Insurance customers through the implementation of SaaS-based core systems. 

Not all rules are meant to be broken as they may dent your pocket heavily. However, in this article, we would be explaining why you should break the 10 per cent retirement planning rule.

Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) informed today that it has collaborated with BP, one of the world's seven oil & gas ‘supermajors’ and British multinational company to commence production from the Satellite Cluster Gas Field in block KG D6, off the east coast of India.  

Biocon Limited’s subsidiary Biocon Biologics Ltd has informed the bourses that Abevmy 100 & 400 mg, a biosimilar of Bevacizumab co-developed with Viatris Inc. has received marketing authorisation approval from European Commission (EC), following the positive recommendation by the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency. 

The company today announced that it has applied to Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) of India for the approval of phase 3 clinical trials of ‘Molnupiravir’ capsules, which have shown promising results during the treatment of COVID-19 positive patient. 

We follow a ‘growth at a reasonable price (GARP) investing style’ since it combines the best of both worlds. We have identified themes that provide secular growth opportunities such as private banks, unorganised to organised, speciality chemicals, manufacturing in India, and technology/digital.

Canara Robeco has launched its Canara Robeco Focused Equity Fund and is currently opened for subscription. Read onto find out more about it.

Following the global trend of medication shifting from allopathy to herbal therapy in veterinary, Hester Biosciences announced on Saturday that it has embarked on a journey to produce research-based herbal products for livestock and poultry.  

How should investors evaluate a company while considering an investing in the company's stock? Read on to find out more.

SEBI registered investment advisers (RIAs) do promote direct plans in mutual funds a lot. So, does it make sense to invest in direct plans via them? Let’s find out.

The most important market moving news for the week ending April 23, 2021.

Caplin Steriles Limited, a subsidiary company of Caplin Point Laboratories Limited announced this morning that it has been granted approval from USFDA for its abbreviated new drug application (ANDA) Prochlorperazine Edisylate injection USP, 10 mg/2 ml (5 mg/ml) vials presentations.

Considering the most important assumption in technical analysis i.e. 'history tends to repeat itself’, we believe that a similar quantum of moves is on cards.

Tata Elxsi is turning out to be a star performer from the pack of Tata Group stocks. The stock jumped more than eight per cent on Friday, trading at Rs 3,291.55 per share.   

On Friday, Alembic Pharmaceuticals informed the exchanges that it has received final approval from US Food & Drug Administration (USFDA) for its abbreviated new drug application (ANDA), Doxepin Hydrochloride capsules, in the strengths of 10 mg, 25 mg, 50 mg, 75 mg & 100 mg.  

Indian markets were trading near the lowest point of the day with Nifty and Sensex slipping by half a per cent. 

Kameda Seika, Japan’s largest rice crackers company as well as LT Foods’ joint venture company has started exporting Kari Kari in the markets of Australia & UAE.

Gland Pharma Limited announced after the market hours on Thursday that it has received approval from United States Food & Drug Administration (USFDA) for generic Foscarnet Sodium injection, 6,000 mg/250 ml (24 mg/ml) single-dose bag for infusion.

In just one year, Orient Refractories Limited has rallied by approximately 147 per cent making an all-time high level of Rs 319.20 from its 52-week low level of Rs 129.50 on BSE. On a YTD basis, this stock has given approximately 27 per cent returns to the investors. 

The market opened in red on April 23, 2021.

The market opened in red on April 23, 2021, overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 9,98,78,806 contracts with a turnover of Rs. 88,49,231.75 crore.

The market opened in red on April 23, 2021, overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 9,98,78,806 contracts with a turnover of Rs. 88,49,231.75 crore.

Zydus Cadila informed today that it has received approval from USFDA to market Propafenone Hydrochloride extended-release capsules. 

Greenpanel Industries is a market leader of MDF segment in India. MDF stands for medium-density fibreboard. On a YTD basis, the company's stock is up by nearly 70 per cent while in one year, it is up by more than 600 per cent. 

Sustaining through this pandemic, pharma companies are the ones, which are witnessing an increase in their revenue as well as the overall business due to production of medicines & vaccines.

On National Stock Exchange (NSE), there are around eight stocks whose circuit limit has been revised. Morepen Laboratories, Supreme Petrochem, Kopran, Alpa Laboratories

Tata Motors: The company’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Jaguar Land Rover UK, like any other automotive manufacturers, is currently experiencing some COVID-19 supply chain disruption

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On Thursday, Caplin Point Laboratories announced that its subsidiary, Caplin Steriles Limited has been granted final approval from United States Food & Drug Administration (USFDA) for its abbreviated new drug application (ANDA) for Neostigmine Methylsulfate injection.   

On Thursday, Easy Trip Planners Limited informed the bourses that it has joined hands with JustDial to provide air travel services.  

Given the change in scenario with work-from-home becoming a feasible option, both the salaried and entrepreneurial class of people are now looking at homes with extended space, says Santhosh Kumar, Vice Chairman, Anarock Property Consultants

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

NPS is one such investment that everyone must have, irrespective of their income. In this article, we would be revealing the best pension fund managers. So, keep reading.

Pharma stocks are in vogue ever since the pandemic hit us last year. Several pharma companies have turned out to be multibaggers in the past couple of years or even in the past one year. 

Sensex is down by more than 2 per cent in one month even as the metal and healthcare-related stocks are buzzing on the bourses.  

Usually, low P/E stocks are considered attractive for investments. However, not all low P/E stocks turn out to be multibaggers. Titan Biotech is one such stock, which is trading at low P/E and is turning out to be a classic multibagger. 

The market opened in red on April 22, 2021.

The market opened in red on April 22, 2021, overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 4,56,59,667 contracts with a turnover of Rs. 41,71,483.21 crore.

The market opened in red on April 22, 2021, overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 4,56,59,667 contracts with a turnover of Rs. 41,71,483.21 crore.

Several pharma stocks are rallying and Wanbury is just another lesser-known name that is attracting investors. According to BSE website, the company is trading at a P/E of 4, with a market cap (free float) of Rs 107 crore.  

Hero MotoCorp announced a strategic partnership with Gogoro Inc to accelerate the shift to sustainable electric mobility in India. The partnership aims to bring together Hero and Gogoro, the global leaders in urban battery swapping and smart mobility innovation.

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), a leading global IT services company announced its partnership with Wavin, Netherlands-based global innovative solutions provider for the building and infrastructure industry to expand in the markets of India & Indonesia. 

Indian markets were seen trading near the day’s high, aided by strong recovery in banking & financial stocks.

Vaishali Pharma Limited, a pharmaceutical company based in Mumbai, announced this morning that it has bagged an order worth Rs 2.02 crore from Afghanistan.  

As per the deal, the company will engage in the supply of active pharmaceutical ingredients (API), packaging material like capsules, glass vials, rubber stoppers, flip-off seals, and sterile water for injection, etc. It will also provide specific machinery setups such as tablet manufacturing machines.

The buildings & factories business of Larsen & Toubro Construction has secured a significant contract from Oilfields Supply Company in Saudi, owned by Dubai-based Oilfields Supply Center Ltd to design and build one of the world's largest oil & gas supply bases at King Salman Energy Park, Dammam (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia). 

In this edition, we have reviewed Hindustan Unilever Ltd. and J B Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals Ltd. We suggest our reader-investors to HOLD in Hindustan Unilever Ltd. and J B Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals

In this article, Mohit Ralhan, Managing Partner & CIO, TIW Private Equity talks about the sectors to look forward to equity investments in 2021.

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The Indian film & music industry has witnessed a confluence of two iconic entities during the weekend.  

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FY 2021 has been a phenomenal year for equity as an asset class. The question is whether FY 2022 will build on the gains of FY 2021 or will the markets shed some of the weight? Yogesh Supekar discusses in detail how FY 2021 has panned out while the DSIJ Research Team shares their top seven picks to enlighten investors’ portfolio

If we purely look from a cost to benefit prespective, then it makes complete sense to invest in normal health insurance policy rather than corona rakshak or corona kavach policy.

When the markets went into a slump last year on account of the pandemic, we used our experience of many years to cherry-pick mutual funds that investors would do well to choose for their portfolio.

Home loan is one of the biggest liabilities of an individual and in order to protect your financial dependents, you need to have a product that, in case of your demise, would pay off the outstanding loan to the mortgage company.

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There are very many variables that impact stock prices. However, the government fiscal policy which is announced in the annual budget every year and the monetary policy announced by the Reserve Bank of India have a special significance not only on overall economic growth and stability but also on the equity prices. Geyatee Deshpande analyses the connection and impact of both these policies on the equity prices

Is your fund’s return lower than actual fund’s return? The article explains why that can be so 

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Financial independence can be defined as having enough resources at every stage of your life.

Equity valuations, it is said, is the key to understanding the equity markets. Valuation is also one of the most confusing aspects of the equity market game. Shreya Chaware focuses on a group of stocks where the PE expansion was most visible. She also discusses at length why certain stocks always manage to fetch a premium over the other players in the same industry

With over 3,368 diagnostic tests and related healthcare tests and services on offer, the company is well-equipped for performing substantially all of the diagnostic healthcare tests and services currently prescribed by physicians in India. As such, its growth curve is well-assured

Making investment mistakes is part and parcel of the game.

The year 2020 was quite active wherein the pandemic-induced lockdown in the already dwindling economy led the equity market to shed close to 40 per cent all across the globe.

The Indian stock market finally realises that it has many obstacles and limitations to make a new lifetime high. The Nifty has formed indecisive bars in successive weeks.