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.

Sundaram Mutual has announced the launch of systematic investment plans (SIPs) in its open-ended liquid scheme, Sundaram Money Fund

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.

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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.

Happiest Minds Technologies Ltd and AutonomIQ announced a partnership to accelerate the enterprise digital transformation journey using autonomous testing capabilities.

Alembic Pharmaceuticals Limited announced during the first half of the trading session (at around 10 am to be specific) that it has received tentative approval from United States Food & Drug Administration (USFDA) for its abbreviated new drug application (ANDA) Palbociclib capsules, 75 mg, 100 mg, and 125 mg. 

Blue Star Limited is experiencing a gradual increase in the inflow of orders for bundled services. Presently, this order is one of the largest and fast-track projects, which is being executed by Blue Star in the factories’ segment.

The mineable reserve block is 1,091 million metric tonnes, which is to be exploited for a period of 25 years at a peak rated capacity of 50 million tonnes per annum.

On the volumes’ front, the company reported the highest-ever quarterly sales volume in Q2FY21. Besides, it registered a significant jump of 60.71 per cent QoQ to 61,224 MT in Q2FY21 vs 38,096 in Q1FY21.

Biocon Ltd announced that the board of its subsidiary, Biocon Biologics Ltd has approved a capital injection of Rs 1,125 crore from Goldman Sachs on Saturday. Under the terms of the agreement, Goldman Sachs will be issued optionally convertible debentures at a post-money equity valuation of USD 3.94 billion.

The market opened in green on November 09, 2020.

The market opened in green on November 09, 2020, overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 1,90,93,884 contracts with a turnover of Rs. 14,51,060.02 crore.

The market opened in green on November 09, 2020, overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 1,90,93,884 contracts with a turnover of Rs. 14,51,060.02 crore.

Gland Pharma, a pharmaceutical company focussed on generic injectables, is hitting the primary capital market with its IPO today. Read on to find out if you should subscribe to the issue.

Adani Group announced a strategic collaboration with Italy-based Snam, Europe’s leading gas infrastructure company, on Friday.

On Monday, the bull’s buying spree is showing no signs of abating as the early trends in SGX Nifty suggest that Nifty may open around its all-time high as it is trading up by 1.30 per cent at 12,424.50 levels. Certainly with the festive season i.e. Diwali being around the corner, the bulls are beaming with joy & celebrating with fireworks.

So, all the factors like the flag measure move target, all-time high levels, and the move away from its 20-DMA are indicating that we might move a per cent or two from here on, and then, we may consolidate. Interestingly, after trading above the long-term moving average i.e. 200-DMA for 79 days, the long-term moving average finally turned up, which is a positive sign. Further, Nifty outperformed Dow as Dollar has weakened. 

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On Friday, PNC Infratech Limited announced that its joint venture with SPML Infra Limited has been declared as the L1 (lowest) bidder for rural water supply projects in 979 villages in the Devipatan division of Uttar Pradesh.

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On Friday, Sensex jumped by 552.90 points or 1.34 per cent to settle at 41,893.06 levels while Nifty gained by 143.25 points or 1.18 per cent to close at 12,263.55 levels.

Interestingly, the daily RSI has given a breakout of the downward sloping trendline and it is in a rising trajectory, which is a bullish sign. The daily and the weekly stochastic oscillator is suggesting some bullish strength as well since per cent K is above the per cent D.

Considering the daily timeframe, the stock of Marico Limited has given a downward sloping trendline breakout, formed by connecting swing highs since September 2020. This breakout is confirmed by the above 50-day average volume.

The MoU would help to create a market for pre-engineered steel buildings made from structural steel tubes, which is consistent with APL’s strategy to create new markets for structural steel tubes in India.  

Firstsource Solutions Limited today announced that it has partnered with Uniphore, the global leader in conversational service automation to utilise its platform as an important component to Firstsource’s Digitally Empowered Contact Center (DECC).

During Tuesday’s trading session, the stock of SRF Limited jumped more than 4 per cent and made a new 52-week high of Rs 5,074.85. The shares of SRF have gained 14.3 per cent in the last three trading days.

In the domestic stock markets, Sensex has witnessed a strong rally, gaining by more than 1,500 points in the last week. The index is up by around 4.36 per cent or 1,726 points since the beginning of November 2020.

EBITDA margin for the quarter stood at 38.3 per cent vs 40.7 per cent in Q2FY20. This margin contraction was led by a jump in the cost of materials consumed to 41 per cent as against 38 per cent in Q2FY20.

Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) and Reliance Retail Ventures Limited (RRVL) announced on Thursday that Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund, Public Investment Fund (PIF) will invest Rs 9,555 crore for an equity stake of 2.04 per cent into RRVL. PIF has signed definitive documentation for the same.

The market opened in green on November 06, 2020.

The market opened in green on November 06, 2020, overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 6,22,31,284 contracts with a turnover of Rs. 45,33,245.34 crore.

The market opened in green on November 06, 2020, overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 6,22,31,284 contracts with a turnover of Rs. 45,33,245.34 crore.

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This margin expansion was supported by a significant decline in the cost of materials consumed to 18 per cent in Q2FY21 as against 30 per cent in Q2FY20.

The level of 12,000-12,025 would act as an important support for the index in the near-term as per the rule of change in polarity i.e. previous resistance once breached acts as a support level.

Nifty has rallied nearly 600 points from the lows of October 30 and with this, it has reached its pre-COVID level while on a year-to-date basis, it is trading with a loss of less than half a per cent. While Sensex has turned positive on a year-to-date basis after the stupendous run seen over the last week.

Nucleus Software today announced the recognition of its digital lending solution, FinnOne Neo by Aite Group.

The yearly business from the new US customer is expected to realise approximately USD 10 million in the current financial year.The new business relationship will support the company in maintaining full capacity production at its Chennai steel wheels’ plant.

Subex, an industry leader in providing services based on digital trust announced on Thursday that it has partnered with Tech Mahindra to roll-out blockchain-based solutions for telecom operators globally.

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