While it appeared that the current highs were only meant for high-risk takers, the flurry of good news hitting the markets is an invitation for others to join in too.

Hero Motocorp, sold more than 14 lakh units of motorcycles and scooters, in retail sales during the just concluded festive season, which helped it in gaining market share and strengthen its leadership. The company's market share has grown by more than 500 bps in the month of October.

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We now have the 37th category of mutual funds in the form of a flexi-cap fund. This has been in the wake of SEBI’s decision to regulate the multi-cap category that needs to be necessarily diversified among large-cap, mid-cap and small-cap stocks in the proportion of at least 25 per cent each.

The Nifty PSU Bank index, which is known as the backbenchers of the market has surged above its 200-DMA for the first time after July 22, 2019. The index was trading below its crucial 200-DMA level since last 329 trading sessions.

On Wall Street, the stocks cracked impulsively in the second half of trading session and the Asian peers too are feeling the pinch and this weakness will inevitably spill on the Indian shores as well. The SGX Nifty is indicating a scary fall on D-Street as it has cracked 136 points or 1.05 per cent and was trading at 12,857 levels.

As the Nifty is nearing the pattern targets, the upside move could be limited from the current levels. It may test 13000-13200 levels, but beyond this point it is challenging to forecast.

During Wednesday’s trading session, the stock of Gayatri Projects jumped by more than 4 per cent and made an intraday high of 30.35. Shares of Gayatri Projects have gained by 26 per cent in the last five trading days.

With this trendline breakout, the stock after a span of over six months has managed to successfully close above its crucial long-term moving average i.e. 200-day EMA. The stock has also managed to close above Upper Bollinger band and started band walk, which is very bullish sign.

On Wednesday, domestic benchmark indices continued their gaining momentum. Sensex gained by 227.34 points or 0.52 per cent to settle at 44180.05 levels while Nifty rose by 64.05 points or 0.50 per cent to close at 12938.25 levels.

With extensive reach, partnership and network with the public health authorities and other institutions, Cipla will be ensure uninterrupted access of these kits across more than 25 markets in Asia, Australia, Europe, Middle East, North Africa and Latin America.

Wonderla Holidays Limited, India’s leading amusement park operator, today informed the bourses that the water rides at the theme park will be open to the public from November 20, 2020. The dry rides have already been operating since November 13th.
 

The equity markets are on song and several stocks are making record highs. While the momentum is clearly with the bulls and quality stocks with earnings visibility and growth are making new highs the beaten down stocks are also keeping investors busy.

Shares of auto stocks continue to dazzle on Tuesday as well. BSE Auto index was up by 2.33 per cent. The index has jumped by around 11.84 per cent since the beginning of the month.

On the order book front, total order book stood at Rs 9397.38 crore as on September 30, 2020. Out of this, transport sector is the largest contributor with order book of Rs 7087.76 crore. Mining sector and Irrigation sector order book stood at Rs 1957.03 crore and Rs 352.59 crore, respectively.

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During Wednesday’s trading session, even as Sensex and Nifty were trading negative, the stock of Larsen & Toubro was trading 5 per cent up.

The market opened in red on November 18, 2020.

The market opened in red on November 18, 2020, overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 2,38,00,040 contracts with a turnover of Rs. 19,18,919.64 crore.

The market opened in red on November 18, 2020, overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 2,38,00,040 contracts with a turnover of Rs. 19,18,919.64 crore.

Steel Strips Wheels Limited (SSWL) announced of receiving export orders of nearly 57000 wheels for US & EU trailer market. Post announcement, shares of the company witnessed a positive momentum.

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Shares of companies belonging to the Adani Group continue to be buzzing. Majority of the shares touched their all-time highs on Tuesday. A high trading volume was seen in these stocks as investors find them attractive with positive growth prospects.

In the West, the markets are facing ripples of bad news as US retail sales showed slowest growth in six months and the cases of coronavirus are on a surge. But, the news flow on the Indian shores is quite cheerful and the latest one is that Morgan Stanley is expecting Sensex to touch 50,000 mark by end of next year.

Nifty has immediate support placed in the region of 12,740-12,780 as long as this support is intact buying on dips would be a prudent strategy. On Other hand, targets on upside are placed in the region of 13,000-13,220.

The 14-period RSI on the daily timeframe is in bullish territory. Furthermore, in the recent sideways phase the RSI never breached its 60 mark, which indicates that the stock is in a super bullish range as per RSI range shift rules.

The stock of HDFC Life Insurance Company Limited has given a breakout of Inverted Head and Shoulders pattern on the daily timeframe. This breakout was confirmed by the more than 50-day average volumes.

The stock of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited has formed a Bearish Engulfing candlestick pattern on the daily timeframe. The Bearish Engulfing Candlestick pattern is considered to be a bearish reversal pattern and usually occurs at the top of an uptrend.

On Tuesday, the first full day trading session of the new year, Sensex gained by 314.73 points or 0.72 per cent to close at 43952.71 levels while Nifty rose by 93.95 points or 0.74 per cent to settle at 12874.20 levels.

The market opened in green on November 17, 2020.

The market opened in green on November 17, 2020, overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 33,24,896 contracts with a turnover of Rs. 2,57,976.92 crore.

The market opened in green on November 17, 2020, overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 33,24,896 contracts with a turnover of Rs. 2,57,976.92 crore.

The Indian markets logged a fresh high record closing in the short one-hour Diwali Muhurat trading session on Saturday. Though the Diwali festive is behind us, but the bulls are likely to continue their fireworks On Tuesday as the global peers are trading buoyant after the news emerged that Moderna’s vaccine candidate has proven to be 94.5 per cent effective in preventing Covid-19 infection.

The next target which looks likely to be achieved is around levels of 13,000-13,200 and on the downside major support is seen around 12,350 as long as the index is above this level the structure of the markets would remain healthy.

Ahead of Muhurat Trading session, the domestic benchmark indices closed in the green on Friday. Sensex gained by 85.81 points or 0.20 per cent to settle at 43,443 levels while Nifty closed up by 29.15 points or 0.23 per cent at 12,719.95 levels.

On Friday, Natco Pharma announced that its marketing partner, Breckenridge Pharmaceutical Inc., has received final approval for its abbreviated new drug application (ANDA) for Pomalidomide capsules, from United States Food & Drug Administration (USFDA).

Dr Reddy’s Laboratories informed the exchanges after trading hours on Thursday that it has launched Succinylcholine Chloride injection USP, 200 mg/10 ml (20 mg/ml), multiple-dose vials in the US markets.

Small-cap and mid-cap stocks have been the highlight of 2020. Being one of the investors’ most preferred choices of scrips, below are some of the small-cap and mid-cap stocks, which have outperformed Sensex since last Diwali and have spread happiness among investors by giving significantly high returns.

Generally, Indian stock exchanges hold a special symbolic trading session which is a one-hour session on the occasion of Diwali. Known as Muhurat Trading, it is considered auspicious to symbolise the beginning of the traditional Hindu accounting year, ‘Samvat’.

The market opened in red on November 13, 2020.

The market opened in red on November 13, 2020, overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 7,06,70,316 contracts with a turnover of Rs. 55,31,324.77 crore.

The market opened in red on November 13, 2020, overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 7,06,70,316 contracts with a turnover of Rs. 55,31,324.77 crore.

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The stock of Bajaj Electricals Limited gives a downward sloping trendline breakout formed by connecting swing highs since August 2020. Further, the breakout is supported by a robust volume of more than 5 times of the 50-day average volume, indicating a strong buying interest by the market participants.

On Thursday, the stock formed a reversal ‘three inside up’ candlestick pattern on the daily timeframe. The three inside up pattern represents the confirmation of the bullish harami pattern, which shows the success of the forecast.

SGX Nifty is trading with losses of more than 100 points or 0.89 per cent on Friday. We can expect a gap down opening on the Indian bourses on Friday.

As long as Nifty stays below the level of 12,770, it is better not to indulge in aggressive buying as we expect a round of cool-off or consolidation before the next leap forward. On the downside, the level of 12,571 is a key level to watch out for.

The domestic benchmark indices lost their gaining streak on Thursday as Sensex declined by 236.48 points or 0.54 per cent to settle at 43,357.19 levels while Nifty closed down by 58.35 points or 0.46 per cent at 12,690.80 levels.

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The market opened in red on November 12, 2020.

The market opened in red on November 12, 2020, overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 4,54,21,818 contracts with a turnover of Rs. 36,38,198.82 crore.

The market opened in red on November 12, 2020, overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 4,54,21,818 contracts with a turnover of Rs. 36,38,198.82 crore.

The company’s total order book stands strong at Rs 1,745 crore as of September 30, 2020. Out of which, the order book from Coal India stood at Rs 601 crore, SCCL (a government-owned coal mining company) stood at Rs 442 crore while Defence stood at Rs 702 crore.

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The key level to watch out for on the upside is 12,770; if Nifty sustains above this level, it may test our target of 12,854 on the upside. However, a failure to pierce this level would mean that the index may witness a consolidation phase where the 12,550 level would act as immediate support.

If we go by what SGX Nifty suggests, we are all set for an opening with minor losses on Nifty.

To capture demand growth during the festive season, the world’s largest manufacturer of motorcycles & scooters, Hero MotoCorp continues to make additions to its product portfolio. Meanwhile, on Wednesday, Hero MotoCorp announced the launch of Xtreme 200S BS-VI.

This is an extremely rare pattern and usually occurs at the top of an uptrend. Generally, we rely on the typical momentum indicators or oscillators for recognising an overbought and oversold condition of the stock.

The domestic markets remained volatile during today’s trading session. In spite of that, the benchmark indices managed to close in the green for the eighth straight session. Sensex rose by 316.02 points or by 0.73 per cent to close at 43,593.67 levels while Nifty gained by 118.05 points or 0.93 per cent to settle at 12,749.15 levels.

The strategic collaboration includes software development and integration. It also covers maintenance of the combined powertrain coordination units including charging control.

Nifty is now at its lifetime high, most of the rebound from its March lows has been far from even. Now the laggards of the first six months after March lows may now become leaders.

On Wednesday, the domestic markets remained volatile. Though the benchmark indices remained subdued during today's morning trading session; Sensex gained by more than 200 points later and was seen trading at 43,515.39 levels. It touched its all-time high of 43,708.47 on Wednesday.

On Wednesday, the shares of Bata India fell by around 3.39 per cent per share on BSE after the company announced a net loss for Q2FY21.

JB Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd (JBCL) announced its Q2FY21 results on Tuesday after the market hours.The company’s domestic formulations & international businesses have maintained positive momentum.

ONGC Videsh Limited (OVL) announced on Wednesday about its entry in Senegalese offshore after signing a definitive binding agreement with Australia’s FAR Limited.

The market opened in green on November 11, 2020.

The market opened in green on November 11, 2020, overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 3,42,04,412 contracts with a turnover of Rs. 27,13,906.22 crore.

The market opened in green on November 11, 2020, overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 3,42,04,412 contracts with a turnover of Rs. 27,13,906.22 crore.

Glenmark Pharma informed the bourses today before the market hours that it has received final approval from United States Food & Drug Administration (USFDA) for Tacrolimus capsules USP, 0.5 mg, 1 mg & 5 mg, the generic version of Prograf 1 capsules, 0.5 mg, 1 mg & 5 mg of Astellas Pharma.

As investors continued to book profits, equity mutual funds are witnessing outflows for the fourth straight month. Read on to find out more.

Overall, go with the trend but also maintain a trailing stop-loss on all the long positions as the bears won’t give any invitation before attacking.

SGX Nifty is trading with minor gains of about 33 odd points or 0.28 per cent on Wednesday. The global markets, especially the European markets, closed higher with gains of more than 1 per cent each on Tuesday on the back of optimism over the vaccine development. 

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The company’s branded textile & branded apparel segment witnessed good traction in September, owing to the wedding and festive season. Currently, the company is witnessing 85 per cent-90 per cent recovery levels in The Raymond Shop (TRS) network in tier IV-VI markets, mainly driven by reverse migration, good harvest & lower COVID-19 impact.

Sales volume from plywood decreased by 11.8 per cent on a YoY basis but on a QoQ basis, it jumped by 174.5 per cent. Also, sales volume from decorative ply declined by 30.8 per cent on a YoY basis but on a QoQ basis, it jumped by 145.7 per cent.

Considering the daily timeframe, the stock has given a downward sloping trendline breakout. Along with this trendline breakout, the stock has also managed to close above the upper Bollinger band and started band walk, which is a very bullish sign.

The stock has formed a bearish engulfing candlestick pattern on the daily timeframe, which suggests a pause in the uptrend. This pattern is considered to be a bearish reversal pattern and usually occurs at the top of an uptrend.

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Sensex closed Tuesday’s session up by 680.22 points or 1.60 per cent from Monday’s close to end the session at 43,277.65 levels while Nifty was up by 170.05 points or 1.36 per cent at 12,631.10 levels.

The market opened in green on November 10, 2020.

The market opened in green on November 10, 2020, overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 2,17,05,944 contracts with a turnover of Rs. 16,80,248.61 crore.

The market opened in green on November 10, 2020, overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 2,17,05,944 contracts with a turnover of Rs. 16,80,248.61 crore.

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and Deutsche Bank AG on Monday evening after the market hours announced an agreement, under which, TCS will acquire 100 per cent of the shares of Postbank Systems AG (PBS) from Deutsche Bank AG.

The upside target for Nifty, based on the Fibonacci price extension, is around 12,854 in the near term. On the downside, Monday’s gap area (12,280-12,367) is likely to act as immediate support. Be with a bullish bias as long as Nifty maintains its rhythm of higher high and higher lows.

After a stellar rally on Monday, the markets are expected to build on gains today as the global markets traded higher, owing to vaccine development as well as US election clarity.

Dr Lal PathLabs announced its financial results for quarter ending September 2020 today. Non-COVID business was back to 98 per cent of last year levels in Q2FY21. Revenue increased in Q2FY21 by 18.2 per cent to Rs 431.9 crore from Rs 365 crore last year during the same quarter.

Cigniti Technologies, a global leader in independent quality engineering & software testing services, announced on Monday that it has now become a strategic quality engineering panel vendor for Toyota Motor Corporation Australia (TMCA). It would help accelerate its quality & digital transformation journey over the next 3 years.

The stock of Motherson Sumi Systems Limited has given a downward sloping trendline breakout, formed by connecting swing highs since August 2020. This breakout is confirmed by the above 50-day average volume.

 The demand in the metro cities remained muted during the quarter and has improved due to the festive season and pent-up demand. The revival in the automotive sector benefitted the business while infrastructure, oil & gas and power segments continued to see demand challenge.

Sensex closed Monday's session up by 704.37 points or 1.68 per cent from Friday’s close to end the session at 42,597.43 levels while Nifty was up by 197.50 points or 1.61 per cent at 12,461.05 levels.