Finance Minister announced a record funding of Rs 1.12 lakh crore outlay for railways, out of which, Rs 1.07 lakh crore is for capital expenditure, the highest-ever till now. 

Today, Sensex is up by more than 1,600 points on an intraday basis and is well on its path to deliver one of the best Budget day performances till date.  

We have taken Nifty 500 universe into consideration and the criteria for volume & price is set as volume traded, which should be greater than its previous session’s traded volume and price should be greater or higher than its previous session's high. In all, 27 stocks are meeting these criteria.

The measures for boosting up the insurance sector were also highlighted during the presentation of Budget 2021. Some proposals were made to amend the Insurance Act 1938.  

The Government of India today announced Capex to the power sector of Rs 5.54 lakh crore in FY22 vs FY21's Rs 4.39 lakh crore. The government announced that power transmission assets of Rs 7,000 crore will be transferred to Power Grid InvIT. The centre will also provide Rs 2 lakh crore to states & autonomous bodies for Capex. 

The Finance Minister announced a sharp increase in the capital expenditure of nearly 34.5 per cent to Rs 5.54 lakh crore for FY 2022 as against Rs 4.39 lakh crore.

The Budget event so far is tilting towards bulls in a big way with Sensex recording gains of more than 900 points on an intraday basis.  

A high level of provisioning by the public sector banks surely stresses on the needs to have measures to clean up the books of banks and provide for additional support. With the announcements of PSU Banks, their shares zoomed.  

The Budget outlay for health and welfare is Rs 2.23 lakh crore in 2021-22 Budget. This is a 137 per cent increase.

With the announcement of ‘Voluntary Vehicle Scrappage Policy’, S&P BSE Auto index witnessed a jump of 1.14 per cent. 

Nirmala Sitharaman begins her Budget speech by quoting Rabindranath Tagore’s line, “Faith is the bird that feels the light when the dawn is still dark.”  

• Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman begins with Budget 2021 announcements. Currently, the announcements related to Part A are being made.

The market opened in green on February 01, 2021.

The market opened in green on February 01, 2021, overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 2,01,26,546 contracts with a turnover of Rs. 17,93,726.30 crore.

The market opened in green on February 01, 2021, overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 2,01,26,546 contracts with a turnover of Rs. 17,93,726.30 crore.

On Monday, while some stock witnessed buzz ahead of the Budget announcement, a few remained in the red zone as investors are worried whether Budget will show any support for these.  

As expected, the markets are showing volatility with a positive bias on the Budget day after the markets corrected for five straight sessions.  

High volatility in stocks is expected on Monday as Union Budget announcements will bring euphoria to some while disappointment to others. Investors have already been focussing on stocks by remaining optimistic about Budget announcements in some sectors.  

As the market eagerly awaits the contours of Budget; the banks, especially private banks are seen outperforming the markets. On the other hand, the IT & Pharma stocks are seen underperforming the markets during the first hour of the trade.  

The shares of IDBI Bank gained over 7 per cent on Monday, ahead of Union Budget 2021 announcements.  

Amber Enterprises: The ban on imports with refrigerant filled ACs has opened up new opportunities for the domestic manufacturers as well as for Amber. The company has already signed 6 new customers since the announcement. Amber Enterprises has bought land in the Supa region near Pune and the construction activity would start soon. 

Nifty has corrected 7.8 per cent from its all-time high of 14,753.55, which is its highest fall pointwise and the third biggest fall in percentage terms since March lows. A fall above 10 per cent is categorised as a correction. Now, with the last six days of fall, Nifty is giving many bearish signals. To begin with, Nifty has closed below the 50-DMA and at the same time, it closed below the 61.8 per cent retracement level of the recent upswing.

If the foundation is firm it can withstand all the vagaries of an economic scenario.

After an eventful 2020, Indian stock markets witnessed strong rallies towards the end of 2020, which seemed to continue at the beginning of January 2021 as well. On the contrary, January 2021 proved to be a volatile month for the Indian stock markets.  

The corporates and common man await favourable announcements with bated breath as Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman indicated this Budget to be like “never before”. What is more important for the market participant is to know historically which sectors performed well post the Budget announcements. To help the market participants know exactly which sectors performed well and which lagged behind, we have done an analysis of the last 10 Budgets, which includes Interim Budget as well. We have analysed one-month performance post the Budget announcement of key sectors and the broader indices (Nifty Mid-cap, Nifty Small-cap and Nifty 500) against NSE Nifty 50 Index.

On Friday, NSE announced that it has added five new stocks in the Futures and Options (F&O) segment.

As the month of January 2021 comes to an end, we observed that among all the sectoral indices, the auto sector has managed to lead by giving positive returns of around 8 per cent from January 1, 2021 to January 29, 2021.  

On Friday, the stock of Solara Active Pharma Sciences Limited zoomed 15.6 per cent, hitting its all-time level of Rs 1,542.05.  Later, it closed in green, up by 11.24 per cent at Rs 1,485.50 from its previous close of Rs 1,335.45. In less than a year, the stock has recovered by 320 per cent from its 52-week low of Rs 366.80. In the month of January 2021, the company has delivered a return of approximately 31 per cent. 

On the final trading session of the week, the stock of Maruti Suzuki India Limited plunged by over 5 per cent. Read onto know what the technical chart of the stock indicates.

During the last week of January 2021, Sensex fell by around 4.26 per cent. The bearish attack continued ever since January 21, 2021, when Sensex had tumbled by around 7 per cent.  

Larsen & Toubro Limited (L&T) informed on Friday during the market hours that its construction arm has secured a contract to supply 28 bridges for Mumbai-Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail Corridor.

The bearish attack continued in the domestic stock markets even on Friday as Sensex fell by 588.59 points or by 1.26 per cent to settle at 46,285.77 levels while Nifty plunged 182.95 points or 1.32 per cent to close at 13,634.60 levels. 

The time has come to invest in various avenues to avail deduction under section 80C. Here is the ELSS investment strategy that you can implement. 

The three sectors which have given a maximum number of multibagger stocks since the Union Budget 2020 are as follows: Pharmaceuticals & Drugs, IT (Software) and Chemicals. Talking about the pharmaceuticals & drugs, there are 68 active stocks in this sector, and out of these, around 90 per cent of the stocks have managed to deliver positive returns since the Union Budget 2020.

The stock of GameStop Corporation, the omnichannel video game retailers, has witnessed over 2,300 per cent upward momentum in just 11 trading sessions. Read onto know what the technical chart of the stock indicates. 

Prince Pipes & Fittings Limited (PPFL) has launched its seventh manufacturing facility in Sangareddy (Telangana) by initiating commercial production. With this new plant, it can further expand its pan-India manufacturing presence and strengthen its position in the South Indian market.

The market opened in green on January 29, 2021.

The market opened in green on January 29, 2021, overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 9,17,84,676 contracts with a turnover of Rs. 77,23,189.13 crore.

The market opened in green on January 29, 2021, overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 9,17,84,676 contracts with a turnover of Rs. 77,23,189.13 crore.

Presently, markets are trading at their all-time high and have also somewhat corrected in the near past. So, what should MF investors do? Let’s find out.

Nifty remained under selling pressure for the fifth consecutive session and ended down by 1.07 per cent. It opened with a gap-down, following feeble global cues, and further drifted lower as the session progressed. Nevertheless, during the second half of Thursday’s session, a recovery of 100 points was seen from the lower levels, which helped the index to settle above the 13,800 mark.

Infosys, a global leader in next-generation digital services announced on Thursday that it has achieved an elite status in Snowflake Partner network in order to enhance the ability to build & operate their own connected data ecosystems, create new data-powered offerings and revenue models, while managing cloud consumption efficiently.  

Sundaram Asset Management Company with assets under management of over Rs 40,000 crore has announced the purchase of  Principal Asset Management with assets under management of Rs 7,747 crore.

Considering the latest order, the order pipeline of Tata Power Solar Systems Ltd (TPSSL) stands at approximately 4.2 GWp with an approximate value of Rs 12,500 crore thus, strengthening the company’s position as India’s leading solar EPC player for the seventh year in a row among utility-scale. 

Quess Corp Ltd today announced its definitive agreement to subscribe to a 49 per cent stake in the gig economy start-up named Taskmo for a consideration of Rs 10 crore.

Jindal Poly Films (JPFL) has decided to enter into a partnership with DIC Corporation (DIC), Japan in the area of CPP films to fulfill the demands of the Indian as well as other exports market.  

The asset under management of the domestic mutual fund industry has increased by 13.59 per cent in December on a yearly basis. The participation of retail investors has declined during the same period.  

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Gold as an asset class has outperformed the Sensex over the past few years and has had investors study gold prices with a sense of disbelief. While the comparison with equities may not always be justified, gold as an asset class is expected to remain one of investors’ top preferred asset classes. Shreya Chaware discusses the key factors that may drive the gold prices in 2021

Aditya Birla Fashion & Retail Limited (ABFRL) informed about its strategic partnership with India’s largest designer brand-Sabyasachi on Wednesday after the market hours.

The market opened in red on January 28, 2021.

The market opened in red on January 28, 2021, overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 5,31,96,114 contracts with a turnover of Rs. 46,21,298.00 crore.

Currently there is quite a buzz revolving around electric vehicles (EVs) and allied segments. With the Indian government’s support, the question that lies ahead is: ‘Will 2021 see the beginning of India’s electric vehicles’ revolution?

The recommendations provided in this column are taken from various market sources such as brokers, analysts, dealers and investment strategists, etc.

Oil India Limited has kickstarted its exploration and production operations by launching its first-ever seismic survey in the North-Eastern state of Tripura. 

In this edition, we have reviewed Ashoka Buildcon and Shriram Transport Finance Limited.

The two-wheeler major, Hero MotoCorp announced that it will soon commence its operations in Mexico, in line with its global expansion strategy.   

Investors seek various ways to beat markets and attempt to create wealth in the longer run. Which strategy is to be used depends on the investors' investment horizon and also on the skills inculcated by the investment decision-maker. Yogesh Supekar explains why it is the right time to adopt a contrarian approach even as the DSIJ Research Team suggests top contrarian bets for 2021

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

On Thursday, bears continued to dominate the Indian stock markets as Sensex fell by more than 500 points or 1 per cent at around 46,904.20 levels. In spite of this, various stocks raced against the trend to report gains and locked in at their respective upper circuits.  

The Sensex touching 50,000 is something that most investors thought would never happen in 2021, given the fact that the world has been gripped in the claws of the pandemic.

Cadila Healthcare, a global pharmaceutical company today announced that United States Food & Drug Administration (USFDA) has granted orphan drug designation (ODD) to Saroglitazar Magnesium (Mg). 

The company not only offers a broad spectrum of vehicles that are customised for local conditions and meet the highest standards for quality, safety, environment norms and user comfort but its operational and financial performance has always stood the test of times and emerged victorious 

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Affle (India) Limited announced the global launch of Appnext OOBE platform, which is boosted by the acquisition of DiscoverTech. The announcement was made on Wednesday during the second half of the trading session.  

In the past couple of articles we have cautioned our readers about the overextended nature of markets both on the technical and valuations front and at the same time we signalled that volatility would be the name of the game in the weeks to come.

The market opened in red on January 28, 2021, overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 5,31,96,114 contracts with a turnover of Rs. 46,21,298.00 crore.

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The shares of Glenmark Pharmaceuticals were trading in green during Thursday’s morning trading session after the company announced that it has received final approval by United States Food & Drug Administration (USFDA) for Amphetamine Sulfate tablets USP, 5 mg & 10 mg.  

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.

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. 

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.

In case you have not planned for building a corpus for your children's education or generating substantial income post-retirement, it would be a wise step to consider solution-oriented funds. The article takes a closer look at what such funds entail and measures their performance.
 

Given the current buoyancy in the stock market, G Pradeep Kumar, Chief Executive Officer of Union Asset Management Company Private Limited, replies to queries about the future performance of the equity and mutual fund markets and the factors triggering the current rally along with a peek into the funds one must look out for 

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.

Selling pressure in heavyweights and profit booking in broader markets pulled the Indian benchmark indices lower. Sensex fell by 1.78 per cent while Nifty declined by 1.61 per cent during the last fortnight.

Most people make the common mistake of buying insurance policies with the notion that they also work as financial investments which will fetch good returns.

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In March 2020, there was mayhem in the markets and stocks fell like nine pins.

It's actually quite unthinkable that the Sensex should touch 50,000 at a time when the pandemic is not yet over and global economies are still to attain normalcy.

While investing in debt, certain things need to be looked out for as ignoring them, might lead your portfolio into serious trouble. Read onto find out more.  

One of the most challenging aspects of your investment process is to keep up with the rate of inflation in order to protect the value of your investments as well as returns earned on it.

Tax gain harvesting, as opposed to tax loss harvesting, is the process of turning unrealised long-term capital gains into realised capital gains at a specific time for tax purposes.

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The last quarter of a year is always hectic for many of us from a tax planning perspective.

From the high of Rs 2,369.35, which was registered on September 16, 2020, the stock of Reliance Industries has lost almost 20 per cent. On Wednesday, the stock slipped below its 200-DMA for the first time after April 22, 2020, which is a bearish sign.

The zone of 13,800-13,751 is a very crucial support level as it is a confluence of 61.8 per cent retracement level of the recent rise and also, the gap area of January 28 is placed in this region. On the upside, the immediate resistance is placed at 14,140 levels, followed by 14,310.

On Wednesday, the domestic stock markets were covered in red as Sensex tumbled by more than 900 points to close at 4,740.93 levels. Meanwhile, Nifty left its 14,000 mark, dropping by 271.40 or 1.91 per cent as compared to its previous close and settled at 13,967.50 levels.  

The global enterprise software specialist, Ramco Systems informed the exchanges on Wednesday that it will implement Ramco ERP Software at DLF Ltd, India's leading real estate provider, to digitally transform its business operations end-to-end.

Bears dominated the domestic stock markets and tightened their grip as Sensex fell by 937.66 points or 1.994 per cent to close at 47,409.93 levels while Nifty settled at 13,967.50 levels, dropping by 271.40 or 1.91 per cent from its previous close on Monday.  

Gayatri Projects Limited (GPL) has received four letters of awards (LoAs) for pipe drinking water schemes in the state of Uttar Pradesh, amounting to a total value of Rs 1,748 crore. 

The stock of Computer Age Management Services Limited has been picked up by our Bollinger Band Squeeze scanner, which suggests that the stock is near a consolidation breakout.

Sterling & Wilson Solar Limited (SWSL) has successfully commissioned its second project in Oman. The company, which commissioned this project on time with more than 3,00,000 man-hours during the pandemic, had received this 25 MW solar project from the global energy company, Shell. 

Tata Elxsi and Syntiant Corporation today announced a collaboration to help manufacturers design & develop low-power always-on voice applications across various product categories. Some of those categories include smart home devices and consumer electronics along with industrial & automotive use cases.