The market opened in green on April 6, 2021, overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 3,08,42,118 contracts with a turnover of Rs. 29,68,150.27 crore.

The advance-decline ratio is quite strong, and all the sectoral indices were trading in green with Nifty Metal and Nifty Pharma being the top gainers.  On the Options’ front, the Put addition is seen in Nifty on 14,500 PE and 14,600 PE by 9.4 lakhs and 9.65 lakhs, respectively. 

HDFC: The bank has invested in 3,88,303 equity shares of Rs 10 each of Kerala Infrastructure Fund Management Limited, representing 9.90 per cent of its share capital issued on a private placement basis.

So far in the year 2021, BSE Sensex has given a return of 4.77 per cent by closing at 50,029.83 on April 1, 2021 as against 47,751.33 as of December 31, 2020. 

GAIL (India) Limited, country’s leading natural gas company, announced this afternoon about its plans to invest in start-ups operating in its focus areas via its start-up initiative, ‘Pankh’. 

Speaking with DSIJ, Dr Ramesh Chandra Mansukhani, Chairman of Man Industries India Ltd believes that Man Industries is better-placed in comparison to its peers when it comes to weather the current unprecedented situation & challenges to take advantage of pipe demand globally as well as in the domestic market

On Monday, Cadila Healthcare announced that its subsidiary, Zydus Wellness Limited has obtained DCGI approval for the use of Pegylated Interferon Alpha-2b in treating COVID-19. Higher clinical improvement is shown by the Phase III clinical trials with Pegylated Interferon Alpha-2b in COVID-19. 

Cues from the global markets: Dow Jones Futures was up by 196 points or 0.59 per cent.  

Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Limited (APSEZ), country’s leading commercial ports operator, announced this morning that it has acquired complete ownership of Krishnapatnam Port by acquiring Vishwasamudra Holdings’ 25 per cent stake for Rs 2,800 crore.

The market opened in red on April 5, 2021.

The market opened in red on April 5, 2021, overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 7,86,79,983 contracts with a turnover of Rs. 73,41,038.21 crore.

The market opened in red on April 5, 2021, overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 7,86,79,983 contracts with a turnover of Rs. 73,41,038.21 crore.

Cost of capital for an entire company can be defined as the required rate of return that investors demand the average-risk investment of a company.  

On Thursday, the stock of Happiest Minds Technologies Limited had surged over 10 per cent after the breakout of bullish continuation pattern. Read onto know what the technical chart and momentum indicators suggest about the stock.

On Thursday, the stock of Lincoln Pharmaceuticals Limited had gained over 5 per cent. Read onto know what the technical chart suggests about the stock. 

Wipro: Wipro has completed the takeover of Metro-NOM GMBH and Metro Systems Romania SRL for a purchase consideration of EUR 52.04 million based on the financials at the time of completion of the transaction.

Using complex algorithms, high-frequency traders (HFTs) have been practically preventing a retail trader to place a legitimate ‘limit’ order by out-bidding or out-asking the limit price placed by the retail trader. This practically disallows the retail traders' right to put a limited order. The Algorithms of HFTs often manage to reduce the priority of such limit orders placed by the retail segment.   

Interest rates of small saving schemes were slashed sharply until it was withdrawn today. Read onto find out more.

During the financial year 2020-21, Navratna defence PSU, Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) has achieved a turnover of around Rs 13,500 crore as against the previous year’s turnover of Rs 12,608 crore despite COVID-19 challenges faced by the world, coupled with stiff competition. 

‘The Big Bull’ is an upcoming Hindi language crime drama film directed by Kookie Gulati, produced by Ajay Devgn, Anand Pandit, Vikrant Sharma and Kumar Mangat Pathak. The storyline of the film is based on the life of Harshad Mehta, a stockbroker, involved in financial crimes over a period 10 years, from 1980 to 1990. Abhishek Bachchan has portrayed the protagonist in the film. In this interview, he talks about what drove him to do the film and his own interest in the financial markets.

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Speaking with DSIJ, Parag Jhaveri, MD & CEO of Yasho Industries mentions that the company continues to maintain a sustained focus on research, development, & innovation, and keeping the same in mind, are also looking at continually expanding its product range.

Global cues: Nasdaq Futures is up by 0.85 per cent while Dow Jones Futures is up by 0.10 per cent. Meanwhile, the US 10-year bond yield cooled off by 1.61 per cent, quoting around 1.71.

Wipro Limited, a leading global information technology company declared the acquisition of Ampion, an Australia-based provider of cybersecurity, devOps, and quality engineering services.  

HCL Technologies, a leading global technology company announced today regarding its multi-year agreement with Tenneco Inc, which is a leading Fortune 500 global tier-1 automotive supplier & manufacturer for integrated application development, modernisation, and operations services contract.   

One of the premium property developers in Mumbai, Sunteck Realty Limited has secured a marquee 7-acre land in Borivali (West). It has partnered with JLL India and would develop a luxury residential project in the upmarket residential locality. 

Speaking with DSIJ,  Gaurav Davda, Head, Corporate Finance & Strategic Initiatives, Jindal Worldwide Ltd states that for the company, the important strategic focus is backward integration, which shall enable it to save on the conversion margin thereby, improving returns to the shareholders. 

Equities never move in a linear line due to inherent volatility. Here is how you can stabilise your equity MF portfolio using debt MFs. 

The market opened in green on April 1, 2021.

The market opened in green on April 1, 2021, overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 3,70,51,964 contracts with a turnover of Rs. 35,37,748.85 crore.

The market opened in green on April 1, 2021, overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 3,70,51,964 contracts with a turnover of Rs. 35,37,748.85 crore.

We have considered the period from April 1, 2020 to March 31, 2021, which is the financial year 2021 wherein, BSE Sensex index gave returns of whopping ~68 per cent. BSE 500 index too gave returns of 77 per cent.

Rossari Biotech, a speciality chemical manufacturer, announced that it has operationalised all phases of its Greenfield manufacturing facility at Dahej (Gujarat) successfully.  

HCL Technologies: HCL Technologies announced an agreement with Tenneco Inc. The company will help Tenneco in enhancing their IT simplification, modernisation & transformation journey while helping to reduce technical complexities and support the global IT application portfolio.

BSE StAR MF, India's largest and leading Mutual Funds Distributor platform has scaled new highs by recording 1 crore monthly transactions, the highest ever on the platform.

Archegos (a Greek word for one who leads the way) Capital, a New York-based family office was founded by Bill Hwang, who spent some part of his career with Tiger Global Fund Management as an equity analyst.

SpiceJet, which is the country's favourite airline and the largest regional player has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with New York-based company, Avenue Capital Group for a strategic alliance. 

Mahindra & Mahindra Limited’s subsidiary Mitsubishi Mahindra Agricultural Machinery Co. Ltd, Japan (MAM) has entered into a business collaboration arrangement with Kubota Co. Limited.

Niks Technology Limited became 9^th company to get listed on the BSE Startup Platform on March 31, 2021. Niks Technology Limited came out with an initial public offering of 1,00,200 equity shares of Rs.10 each for cash at a price of Rs. 201 per equity share, thus aggregating to Rs. 201.40 lakhs. The company has successfully completed its public issue on March 23, 2021.

Sterling & Wilson Solar Solutions, the US subsidiary of Sterling & Wilson Solar Limited announced on Wednesday it has signed an order worth Rs 890 crore in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States of America (USA).  

By having a low volatility factor-based fund in the portfolio, an investor has an opportunity to cushion the portfolio from the potential downside risk. 

The market opened in red on March 31, 2021, overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 2,88,83,134 contracts with a turnover of Rs. 27,97,458.58 crore.

Kalpataru Power Transmission announced today that it has secured new orders worth Rs 625 crore. It includes orders from Africa in the power transmission business, order for railway electrification in India as well as power transmission projects in Europe.

The market opened in red on March 31, 2021.

The market opened in red on March 31, 2021, overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 2,88,83,134 contracts with a turnover of Rs. 27,97,458.58 crore.

If we go by the fact that financial market cycles are primarily investor behaviour cycles and human nature doesn’t change much or causes the recurrence of past patterns, then we could see another round of rally emerging in these stocks.     

IRB Infrastructure announced on Tuesday after the market hours that it has won two highway projects in West Bengal and Himachal Pradesh, amounting to a total of Rs 5,004 crore.

Interestingly, 22 stocks from the Futures segment have seen open is equal to low. It includes stocks such as Tata Power, Godrej Properties, SBIN, Bank of Baroda, Glenmark, etc.  

MHRIL: The company has informed that in compliance with the advisories/directives issued by the Finnish Government arising out of COVID-19, the operations in 3 SPA hotels of Holiday Club Resorts Oy (HCR), Finland, a material unlisted subsidiary of the company, will continue to remain suspended till May 2, 2021.

On Tuesday, the bulls began the week with robust energy as the domestic benchmark indices surged, led by healthy buying by investors in metal and healthcare stocks. 

The software company, Intellect Design Arena announced on Tuesday that it has been selected by Concentra Bank to power its exciting new digital banking strategy.

"FY21 was the year when not only did many retail investors join D-street but they also dipped their toes in the global markets for the first time, which made it exciting for us at Vested Finance", says  Mr. Viram Shah, Co-Founder and CEO, Vested Finance.

To understand the degree to which a market is efficient, American economist Eugene Fama had developed a framework describing that markets are efficient when asset prices reflect all relevant information at any point in time.  

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The market opened in green on March 30, 2021.

The market opened in green on March 30, 2021, overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 2,24,13,620 contracts with a turnover of Rs. 21,44,905.25 crore.

The market opened in green on March 30, 2021, overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 2,24,13,620 contracts with a turnover of Rs. 21,44,905.25 crore.

On the way up, Nifty has reclaimed its 50-DMA and is trading near the day’s high. With this, it is on its way to record best gains in percentage terms since March 03, 2021.    

Tata Power Limited has received a letter of award (LoA) from Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Limited (GUVNL) to develop a 60 MW solar project in the state of Gujarat. It has won this capacity in a bid announced by GUVNL in the month of January 2021.

The wholly-owned subsidiary of Biocon Ltd namely, Biocon Pharma Limited has collaborated with the leading Brazilian pharmaceutical company, Libbs Farmaceutica to launch generic drugs in Brazil. 

The board of directors at Minda Industries Limited has given a nod for expansion plans in its two businesses i.e. four-wheel (4W) lighting and 4W alloy wheel.   

Speaking with DSIJ,  Suman Chowdhury, Chief Analytical Officer at Acuité Ratings & Research indicates that the near to medium-term domestic growth prospects have strengthened significantly amidst the progress on COVID vaccination, improved mobility, robust rural demand, supportive fiscal and monetary policy environment and a V-shaped global recovery.

Kalyan Jewellers: One of India’s largest jewellery companies has announced that the brand is planning to increase its retail footprint by 13 per cent in the first quarter itself.

So, is buying the dip a wrong strategy? Not at all, but this strategy needs to be followed with a slightly more targetted approach. 

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HG Infra Engineering Ltd announced Thursday after the market hours that it has been declared as L-1 (lowest) bidder by National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) for a road project in Andhra Pradesh. 

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While India's growth prospects are brighter over the medium term, there are concerns about the economy in the short term. Europe's manufacturing sector grows rapidly in March.

Adani Transmission has responded to the clarification demanded by the exchanges regarding a news item in a recent media report stating that Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (MERC) had granted a licence to Adani Transmission for 1,000 MW transmission link.  

The market opened in green on March 26, 2021.

The shares of Confidence Petroleum India have gained by around 160 per cent in the last one year backed by strong business growth. Recently, the company also informed that it has signed an agreement with GAIL Gas.  

Godrej Properties Limited has informed the bourses that it has achieved sales of Rs 475 crore in a single day by selling 275 residences at the launch of its project, Godrej Woods in Noida (Uttar Pradesh).

Ashok Leyland, a flagship company of Hinduja Group today announced its launch of India’s first 4-axle 8x2 DTLA Truck (14-wheeler) AVTR 4120, which has a capacity of 40.5 tonnes gross vehicle weight (GVW).

Tata Steel is up by about 7 per cent and interestingly, the 910 call option has surged more than 140 per cent while open interest change witnessed in 910 call option is staggering over a thousand per cent.

Bajaj Auto announced strengthening its strategic cooperation with PIERER Mobility AG for the development of electric products especially, e-mobility vehicles in the two-wheeler sector.  

The shares of Welspun India Limited (WIL) gained around 8.63 per cent on Friday after its credit ratings were upgraded.  

Big names in the pharmaceutical industry have said that they have subscribed to partnership interest in ABCD Technologies LLP.  

The market opened in green on March 26, 2021, overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 10,38,66,820 contracts with a turnover of Rs. 95,13,616.02 crore.

The market opened in green on March 26, 2021, overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 10,38,66,820 contracts with a turnover of Rs. 95,13,616.02 crore.

Welspun India: India Ratings & Research, a Fitch Group Company has upgraded the long-term credit rating of Welspun India from IND AA- to IND AA and the outlook is stable.

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On Thursday, Zydus Cadila announced that it has received tentative approval from United States Food & Drug Administration (USFDA) to market Emtricitabine and Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumarate tablets in the strengths of 100 mg/150 mg, 133 mg/200 mg and 167 mg/250 mg.  

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The insured claim ratio saw a decline in health insurance, which indicates that health insurers are settling claims cautiously. Read onto find out more. 

With investors around the world have been reported of being entitled to extremely high profits of even around more than 1,000 per cent over a number of years simply through investments made in cryptocurrencies and a leading company like Tesla expressing interest in Bitcoin, the new financial phenomenon has caught the attention of investors across the world. Join Geyatee Deshpande to explore more about cryptocurrencies. 

Jubilant FoodWorks Limited (JFL) announced on Wednesday after the market hours that it has entered into an exclusive master Franchise & development agreement with PLK APAC Pte Limited.

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