The shares of Future Retail surged more than 5 per cent post the verdict given by Delhi High court on the ongoing tiff between RIL and Future Group on one side and Amazon on the other.  

On Monday, Sensex was comparatively flat with a positive bias, up by 35.71 points or 0.08 per cent at 46,996.40 levels.  

Taking into consideration the increasing commodity prices, Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) announced on Monday that it is planning to increase the prices of its tractors. Reacting to this, the stock of M&M soon slumped nearly 3 per cent on BSE. 

Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Limited informed on Monday that it has received a tentative approval for abbreviated new drug application (ANDA) Dabigatran Etexilate capsules 75 mg, 110 mg and 150 mg. 

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Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) and British Petroleum (BP) announced on Friday that they would be commissioning the production from the R Cluster i.e. the ultra-deep-water gas field in block KG D6 off the east coast of India.

Taking into consideration, the increasing demand for bookings in the upcoming festive season i.e. Christmas and New Year, the popular travel company, Thomas Cook (India) Ltd has announced a 72-hour year-end holiday sale, with effect from December 18, 2020.

On Friday, ICICI Prudential Life Insurance announced that it has launched an innovative retirement plan, offering guaranteed life-long income. The plan is a non-linked non-participating individual annuity product, which provides its customers with an option to choose between immediate and deferred annuity.

On Friday, Sensex gained by 0.15 per cent or 70.35 points to close at 46,960.69 levels while Nifty rose by 0.14 per cent or by 19.85 points to settle at 13,760.55 levels.

The stock of HG Infra Engineering was trading up by 3 per cent on Friday after the company announced that it was the recipient of a letter of award (LOA) for an NHAI project worth Rs 1,258.11 crore in Rajasthan, India.

During Friday’s trading session, even as Sensex and Nifty were trading flat, the stock of Datamatics Global Services jumped 16 per cent and registered a new 52-week high of Rs 109.75.

Strides Pharma Science today announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Strides Pharma Global Pte Ltd (Singapore) has received approval for Oxybutynin Chloride tablets USP, 5 mg from United States Food & Drug Administration (USFDA). The tablet is therapeutically and bioequivalent equivalent to the reference listed drug (RLD), Ditropan tablets, 5 mg, of Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Simple price action shows that UTI AMC is probably taking support at the current levels. Read on to find out more.

The market opened in red on December 18, 2020, overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 5,76,99,481 contracts with a turnover of Rs. 48,87,816.78 crore.

The market opened in red on December 18, 2020.

The market opened in red on December 18, 2020, overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 5,76,99,481 contracts with a turnover of Rs. 48,87,816.78 crore.

Equity AUM of the domestic mutual fund industry crossed Rs 8 lakh crore in the month of November 2020. Read on to find out the sectors where MFs has shown big interest.

Tracking solid cues from their western counterparts, the Indian markets are expected to open with glory on Friday as in the overnight development, all the three major indices on Wall Street ended at record highs. SGX Nifty trades up by 16 points at 13,760 levels. 

Stocks to remain in focus today: Natco Pharma, ZEEL, Route Mobile, Tata Motors, Godrej Agrovet, EPL, Dishman Carbogen, ISGEC Heavy Engineering and EKC.

No prizes for guessing! Nifty formed yet another indecisive candlestick pattern on the daily chart today. It’s more or less like hitting 6 sixes in 6 balls as for the sixth day in a row, Nifty has formed this pattern. There are high chances that we would once again enter into a phase of consolidation after hitting the targets of 13,800-13,840.

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Tata Motors has signed an agreement to purchase the balance 49 per cent shareholding from its joint venture partner, Marcopolo SA in Tata Marcopolo Motors Ltd (TMML).

Natco Pharma today announced the launch of the Rivaroxaban molecule, under the brand RPIGAT. Rivaroxaban is an anticoagulant medication, which is used to treat as well as prevent blood clots.

Divi’s Laboratories, one of the largest active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) manufacturers in the world, gained more than 3 per cent per share on Thursday.

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Very few years in the history of equity markets have been as eventful as 2020. That makes 2021 extremely interesting for both bears and bulls as the markets are precariously poised at record highs. Geyatee Deshpande discusses how the year 2020 has been for equity investors and Vinayak Gangule shares his technical view on the markets while Yogesh Supekar forecasts what one can expect in 2021 even as the DSIJ research team highlights its ‘where to invest in 2021’ portfolio in this cover story 

The market opened in green on December 17, 2020.

The market opened in green on December 17, 2020, overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 3,01,10,678 contracts with a turnover of Rs. 25,87,753.33 crore.

The market opened in green on December 17, 2020, overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 3,01,10,678 contracts with a turnover of Rs. 25,87,753.33 crore.

With its 'premium yet affordable' tag, Blue Star has continued to deliver good financial performance supported by its lines of businesses and operational efficiencies

There seems to be no stopping the market bulls. The benchmark Nifty 50 on Monday hit a fresh all-time high of 13,597.50 mark amid relentless buying by foreign portfolio investors (FPIs).

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.

In this edition, we have reviewed KNR Constructions Ltd. and National Aluminium Company Ltd. We suggest our reader-investors to HOLD in KNR Constructions Ltd. and National Aluminium Company Ltd.

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.

Jubilant FoodWorks Limited has recently stepped into a food space, which is very close to the heart of all the Indians. Yes! We are talking about none other than biryani. 

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.

Overall, all indices reported gains during the fortnight owing to strong investor sentiments as well as continuing market rallies. PSU stocks and PSU banks continued to remain in the limelight in the last few weeks. 

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As every coin has a flip side, mutual funds are no different in that sense. Fund managers not only buy but also sell. It becomes equally important to know what they are selling. So, let’s find out.

A breath-taking equity market rally is finally showing signs of consolidation. And yes, consolidations are always good as they let the market forces synchronize with reality.

There are arguments in favour of both concentrated portfolios and diversified portfolios in terms of risks and rewards.

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Your cover story Mid Cap Funds a Better Choices' was quite insightful. However, if my investment horizon is five years from today, then would investing in mid cap funds make sense?

Lupin has officially announced that the dispute with the sellers of Gavis Pharmaceuticals and Novel Laboratories regarding the breaching of the terms of purchase & sales agreement of the definitive agreement entered in 2015 by the company has now been resolved on a friendly note.

On Wednesday, Indian markets displayed a strong performance as Nifty witnessed a breakout of the consolidation range while the key benchmark indices ended the day at record highs. However, on Thursday morning, SGX Nifty is indicating a soft opening as the global cues are not encouraging. SGX Nifty was trading down by 17 points at 13,668 levels.

Hero MotoCorp: There has been a steady rise in commodity costs across the spectrum, including steel, aluminium, plastics, and precious metals. In order to partially offset the impact of the commodity costs, the company will be increasing the prices of its products by up to Rs 1,500, with effect from January 1, 2021. The increase will vary across models, and the exact quantum will be communicated to dealers in due course.

One interesting observation is that along with the breakout of the range, we have also witnessed the daily and the hourly Bollinger bands expanding while the upper Bollinger bands on both the timeframes are making room on the upside.

NIIT Limited, a global skills & talent development company announced on Wednesday that it has extended its partnership for three more years with Unilever, a leading global fast-moving consumer goods company.

The shares of Punjab National Bank (PNB) fell as much as 6 per cent on Wednesday, continuing the trend seen in the last two days after the bank announced the opening of qualified institutional placement (QIP) issue. The price of the state-owned lender fell below the QIP flow price of Rs 37.35 during today’s early trading session before showing some recovery.

Ratnamani Metals & Tubes has received a domestic order of Rs 105 crore for coated carbon steel pipes from the oil & gas sector, to be executed between May 2021 and September 2021.

Everyone is eager to know what the mutual fund managers bought and sold but mostly keen to know what they actually bought. So, let’s find out the stocks that attracted fund managers in the month of November 2020.

The market opened in green on December 16, 2020.

The market opened in green on December 16, 2020, overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 2,42,99,801 contracts with a turnover of Rs. 21,05,350.46 crore.

The market opened in green on December 16, 2020, overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 2,42,99,801 contracts with a turnover of Rs. 21,05,350.46 crore.

Cipla Limited today announced its partnership with Premier Medical Corporation Private Limited for commercialisation of rapid antigen test kits for COVID-19 in India

Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd (M&M) announced on Tuesday after the market hours that the company is planning to increase the price of its range of passenger & commercial vehicles across models with effect from January 1, 2021. The company has done this as a result of an increase in commodity prices and other input costs.

Ice Make Refrigeration Limited: The company is fully geared to tap opportunities and provide cold chain solutions to healthcare stakeholders for the much-awaited requirements of the COVID-19 vaccination drive.

Tuesday was all about the turnaround on D-Street as the key benchmark indices reversed their losses and eked out modest gains. In the current scenario, the bulls seem to have conditioned to buy a dip and there is no point in fighting the trend.

The trend of the index is up, and as long as it trades above the 13,400 mark dips, it would attract buyers while on the upside, the zone of 13,600-13,650 is a strong resistance zone for fresh momentum index, which needs to move above this resistance zone.

On Tuesday, the domestic markets witnessed a highly volatile session. Sensex recovered by 421.5 points from the day’s low to close at 46,263.17 levels, up by 9.71 points or by a mere 0.02 per cent. Nifty gained by 9.70 points or 0.07 per cent to settle at 13,567

Tata Elxsi, a global design & technology services company, has added an offering to its reference design kit (RDK) portfolio by developing an end-to-end, full-stack; intuitive UI/UX solution or reference application framework for RDK video accelerator set-top boxes (STBs)

BSE Ebix Insurance Broking Private Limited, a joint venture of BSE and Ebix Fincorp Exchange Pte Ltd., today announced the beta launch of term Insurance of ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Co. Ltd. on its state-of-the-art hi-tech platform.

Parag Parikh Long Term Equity Fund has changed its name to Parag Parikh Flex Cap Fund. Read on to find out more.

The market opened in red on December 15, 2020.

The market opened in red on December 15, 2020, overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 1,90,63,372 contracts with a turnover of Rs. 16,50,943.80 crore.

The market opened in red on December 15, 2020, overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 1,90,63,372 contracts with a turnover of Rs. 16,50,943.80 crore.

L&T infrastructure, a well-known player in the infrastructure sector has bagged orders from prestigious clients for two of its businesses.

Mrs Bectors Food Specialities, one of the leading companies in the premium & mid-premium biscuits segment, is hitting the primary capital market with its IPO. Read on to find out if you should subscribe to the issue. 

Sterlite Technologies: The company has made a number of key leadership appointments to expand its capabilities to offer end-to-end advanced solutions for digital networks, and drive its next phase of growth.

Even though the markets ended in green on Monday, volatility was the hallmark of the session as India VIX rose by 3.25 to 19.40. Further, multiple indecisive candle formations on the daily chart signalled that the dominant bulls are witnessing a slowdown in their pace of ascending.

Overall, Nifty seems to move slowly and gradually in the northward directions but with the formation of multiple indecisive candles in the last couple of trading sessions, it clearly indicates that the momentum is dwindling and if the indecisive bars get a confirmation (by closing below the prior bar low), the bears would smell the blood.

Ramco Systems on Monday stated that it has signed four agreements worth multi-million dollars.

On Monday, Burger King gained by around 131 per cent, touching its high of Rs 18 per share on BSE on the listing debut day. 

Markets ended close to record highs as Sensex gained by 154.45 points or by 0.34 per cent to settle at 46,253.46 levels while Nifty rose by 44.30 points or 0.33 per cent to close at 13,558.15 levels.

Franklin India Focused Equity fund is a focussed multi-cap fund offering from Franklin Templeton AMC India. Read on to find out more.

Cipla has settled its patent litigation with Celgene over the blockbuster cancer drug Revlimid. Celgene Corporation, a subsidiary of Bristol Myers Squibb, has agreed to provide Cipla with a licence to Celgene’s required patents. Cipla can then sell or manufacture certain volume-limited amounts of generic Lenalidomide in the United States sometime after March 2022.

United Phosphorus Limited (UPL) has denied news relating to the forensic audit initiation by SEBI in respect to the whistleblower complaint raised against the company.

The market opened in green on December 14, 2020.

The market opened in green on December 14, 2020, overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 2,09,10,961 contracts with a turnover of Rs. 18,01,927.52 crore.

The market opened in green on December 14, 2020, overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 2,09,10,961 contracts with a turnover of Rs. 18,01,927.52 crore.

A subsidiary of Biocon Limited i.e. Biocon Biologics and Mylan, a subsidiary of Viatris Inc., have received a positive opinion from European Medicines Agency's committee for medicinal products for human use (CHMP), recommending approval of the market authorisation of Kixelle, a biosimilar Insulin Aspart, which is rapid-acting insulin for the treatment of type 1 and 2 diabetes.

KEC International Ltd, a flagship company of RPG Enterprises, informed that it has received new orders worth Rs 1,438 crore. This order is divided into various businesses namely railways, civil, transmission & distribution as well as cables.

United States Food & Drug Administration (USFDA) has issued the first emergency use authorisation (EUA) as a vaccine for COVID-19.

UPL: UPL has denied a report appearing in certain sections of the media that SEBI has initiated a forensic audit with respect to the whistle-blower complaint. UPL is asking SEBI to inquire about this and similar malicious reporting in the last few months.