Larsen & Toubro Construction announced on Friday that its heavy civil infrastructure arm has started mobilising of resources for the execution of a hydro-electric project for Assam Power Generation Corporation Limited.

On the last day of the week, both the Sensex and Nifty tumbled pushing the key benchmark indices down by 1.13 per cent and 1.05 per cent respectively. Therefore the  Sensex closed at  37877 levels down by 433 points and Nifty closed at  11181 levels down by  118.6 points.

One of the largest amusement park chains in India, Wonderla Holidays Limited (WHL) announced on Thursday that the company is all set to launch its second ‘Wonder Kitchen’ outlet in Bangalore at Rajarajeshwari Nagar, popularly known as RR Nagar.

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Going ahead, the street would also take into consideration the commencement of 10,000 TPA agrochemical capacity in the third quarter of the current fiscal. The company expects Rs 200 revenue growth after these plants get operational.

The management, in its recent commentary with investors, said that the impact of the pandemic on water purifier business is above expectation. This was led by an e-commerce channel on establishing brand and customer recall.

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The market opened in green on August 14, 2020. 

The market opened in green on August 14, 2020, overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 5,10,09,027 crore contracts with a turnover of Rs. 33,70,833.70 crore.

The market opened in green on August 14, 2020, overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 5,10,09,027 crore contracts with a turnover of Rs. 33,70,833.70 crore.

The new facilities, located in Switzerland and France, will be phased in over the next four years, with investments in excess of CHF 100 million (over €90 million), which will provide six years of constant growth for the company.

The consolidated net sales reported in Q1FY21 came in at Rs 50,909.24 crore, which declined by 41.09 per cent YoY from Rs 86,412.87 crore in Q1FY20. 

The consolidated net sales reported in Q1FY21 came in at Rs 2,969.08 crore, which declined by 63.73 per cent YoY from Rs 8,185.97 crore in Q1FY20. 

The company’s order book as on March 31, 2020, stood at Rs 7,462 crore (4x of FY20 revenue), which is likely to be executed over the next two and a half years. The total order inflow so far in FY21 stands at Rs 290 crore. This inflow, combined with a healthy order book, provides strong revenue visibility.

Individual investors have shown tremendous interest in the penny stocks in 2020 as the risk-on mood was seen in the markets since its crashing in March. The buying trend in penny stocks is a global phenomenon.

On the downside, a breach of 11,238 levels would open the gates for a further correction towards the zone of 11,157-11,128. This zone is the next important support zone as this a confluence of 20-DMA and 50 per cent retracement level of the recent upswing. Stocks in news: Ahluwalia Contracts, Jindal Steel and Power, Bank of India.

Be prepared for a likely flat start for the Indian markets, owing to mixed global cues. At 7:50 am, SGX Nifty was trading down by 8 points at 11,326.50 levels. Over the last couple of trading sessions, the market is in a state of flux and this has resulted into no clear headway.

The consolidated net sales reported in Q1FY21 came in at Rs 818.16 crore, which declined by 65.65 per cent YoY from Rs 2,381.92 crore in Q1FY20. 

The consolidated net sales reported in Q1FY21 came in at Rs 12,180.62 crore, which declined by 34.09 per cent YoY from Rs 18,481.56 crore in Q1FY20. 

U GRO capital, a new-age listed fintech platform gained 3.50 per cent on Thursday after declaring its Q1 FY21 results.

Eicher Motors on Thursday said that it has signed definitive agreements for the integration of Volvo Buses India business into VE commercial vehicles (VECV), an Eicher Motors’ arm that covers Eicher's commercial vehicles, components, and engineering design businesses as well as the sales and distribution of Volvo trucks.

The shares of eClerx Services were trading in the green and surged 20 per cent to hit its intraday high on Thursday, a day after the company came out with its June quarter earnings.

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The Sensex opened in green and stayed like that for the first couple of hours after which it slipped owing to profit booking. It closed at 38310 levels, down by 59 points or 0.15 per cent whereas Nifty closed at the important support level of 11300 levels, down by eight points or 0.07 per cent.

Aleor Dermaceuticals Limited, a joint venture of Alembic Pharmaceuticals Limited, has received tentative approval from United States Food & Drug Administration (USFDA) for its abbreviated new drug application -Tavaborole Topical Solution.

Affle has entered into a definitive share subscription agreement as well as into shareholders’ agreement to acquire 8.0 per cent ownership in Talent Unlimited Online Services Private Limited (Bobble AI) incorporated in India.

Sadbhav Engineering Limited (SEL) has bagged two new engineering, procurement & construction (EPC) road projects from National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) with a bidding cost of Rs 1,572.30 crore. Both projects are estimated to get completed within 24 months.

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The Sensex has recovered almost 46 per cent from its March lows while the BSE Small-Cap index has recovered an impressive 56 per cent and the BSE Mid-Cap index has recovered by 48 per cent.

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The market opened in green on August 13, 2020. 

The market opened in green on August 13, 2020, overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 2,43,77,404 crore contracts with a turnover of Rs. 16,67,098.85 crore.

The market opened in green on August 13, 2020, overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 2,43,77,404 crore contracts with a turnover of Rs. 16,67,098.85 crore.

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Against all odds and in contradiction to many a people's expectations, the market is on a roll.

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Indian markets are likely to open with a positive bias on Thursday aided by strong close on Wall Street overnight. At 7:50 am, SGX Nifty was up by 6.50 points trading at 11,317.50 levels. The zone of 11,340-11,380 is a stiff resistance for the bulls and as long as the index stays below this level do not expect a runaway rise. 

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The 20-DMA is likely to act as an important support in the near term, and on the upside, the bulls need to pierce the zone of 11,340-11,380 to extend its upmove. Stocks in news: Affle, Genus Power Infrastructures, Adani Power, Wipro.

The consolidated net sales reported in Q1FY21 came in at Rs 5,924.78 crore, which increased by 8.82 per cent YoY from Rs 5,444.6 crore in Q1FY20. 

The consolidated net sales reported in Q1FY21 came in at Rs 336.55 crore, which declined by 5.12 per cent YoY from Rs 354.72 crore in Q1FY20. 

CARE Ratings announced on Wednesday that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Tresata, a global leader in artificial intelligence (AI) & predictive analytics software in a bid to launch predictive intelligence business solutions in India.

The domestic benchmark indices closed flat with a negative bias on Wednesday as Sensex declined by mere 37.38 points or 0.10 per cent to settle at 38369.63.

The sales growth for these two businesses for the first quarter also reflected the same. It reported 10 per cent growth in the content solution business for the quarter.

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One of the leading diagnostics company, Metropolis Healthcare, reported its first-quarter result of FY21 on Tuesday. Owing to the nationwide lockdown, its consolidated net sales in Q1FY21 dipped nearly 30 per cent YoY to Rs 143 crore

Equity funds from Axis mutual fund have remained the favourite of investors, however, in the last few months funds from this AMC are lagging in performance. 

The market opened in red on August 12, 2020. 

The market opened in red on August 12, 2020, overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 1,95,69,107 crore contracts with a turnover of Rs. 13,68,029.32 crore.

The market opened in red on August 12, 2020, overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 1,95,69,107 crore contracts with a turnover of Rs. 13,68,029.32 crore.

With the lower output of manufacturing, mining, and power generation, India's factory output, measured on the basis of Index of Industrial Production (IIP), declined by 16.6 per cent in June 2020.

JMC Projects (India) Limited, a leading civil engineering and EPC company, has bagged new orders worth Rs 1,363 crore. The orders include building projects in South India worth Rs 1,169 crore along with water supply project in Bihar worth Rs 194 crore.

On Tuesday, the stock has formed a reversal dark cloud cover candlestick pattern on the daily timeframe. The dark cloud cover is a bearish reversal candlestick pattern, which usually occurs at the top of an uptrend.

After crawling for almost five to six trading sessions in the past, the Indian indices mirroring weak cues from global peers are likely to witness a free fall at the opening bell as at 7:55 am, SGX Nifty was trading down by a staggering 118.5 points at 11,222 levels.

If the index moves below 11,280, bears would have an advantage, while above 11,380, the bulls would break the shackles and regain their power. Stocks in news: JMC Projects, KRBL, Hexaware, Eicher Motors.

The market is inching up by taking cues from the global markets in spite of the surge in the COVID-19 cases. The pharma stocks are rallying, which shows its maximum strength in 2020, so far.

The consolidated net sales reported in Q1FY21 came in at Rs 469.61 crore, which declined by 37.27 per cent YoY from Rs 748.57 crore in Q1FY20.

Federation of Automobile Dealers Associations (FADA) in its latest data has shown that the passenger vehicle (PV) retail sales declined by 25.19 per cent to 1,57,373 units in July 2020 as compared to the sales of 2,10,377 units in July 2019 as Coronavirus pandemic continued to impact vehicle offtake

CRISIL has reaffirmed its 'CRISIL A1+' rating on the commercial paper programme of Jubilant FoodWorks Limited. The rating continues to reflect an established market position in the quick-service restaurant (QSR) segment, healthy operating efficiency driven by a robust supply-chain network, and a strong financial risk profile.

The company also informed that it has launched two products during the quarter in the US market. This has taken the total tally of products to 175 US generics market.

The Sensex closed today at 38407.01 by gaining 224.93 points or by 0.59 per cent whereas the Nifty registered 52.35 points or 0.46 per cent to settle at 11322.50. The metal, banking stock and pharma stock did well in today’s buying session.

Like AMFI did campaigning for mutual funds, now even Life Insurance Council has come up with such a campaign for life insurance.

InterGlobe Aviation, which runs one of India’s most popular airlines IndiGo, announced that the company’s board of directors has approved fundraising of up to Rs 4,000 crore through the issuance of equity shares by way of a qualified institutional placement (QIP).

The market opened in green on August 11, 2020. 

The market opened in green on August 11, 2020, overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 1,48,78,121 crore contracts with a turnover of Rs. 10,49,122.07 crore.

The market opened in green on August 11, 2020, overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 1,48,78,121 crore contracts with a turnover of Rs. 10,49,122.07 crore.

The consolidated net sales reported in Q1FY21 came in at Rs 1,979 crore, which declined by 61.58 per cent YoY from Rs 5,151 crore in Q1FY20. 

BSE StAR MF contributed Rs 653 crore as net equity inflow whereas, the industry experienced a net outflow of Rs 2,480 crore.

Dr Reddy's Laboratories informed the bourses that along with its US subsidiary, it has launched Ciprofloxacin 0.3 per cent and Dexamethasone 0.1 per cent Otic Suspension, USP, a therapeutic equivalent generic version of Ciprodex

Gufic Lifesciences Private Limited (GLPL) has entered into a loan license agreement with Hetero Labs Limited to manufacture and supply Remdesivir lyophilised powder for injection (100 mg/vial) on loan license basis to Hetero for its sale in various countries, including India.

The company has received USFDA nod for the additional four variants to market them in the United States. Earlier, the company had received USFDA approval for one variant of male contraceptives.

Tracking positive global cues with indications of Nifty to open with gains of 43 points at 11, 362 levels, the Indian markets are likely to open in green. With index likely to open near its resistance level as on the upside, the zone of 11,340-11,380 continues to be a strong hurdle for the bulls.

As long as the resistance zone of 11,340-11,380 is not cleared convincingly, do not expect a run-away rise. On the downside, the level of 11,230 is likely to act as an immediate support level, followed by 11,120 levels. Stocks in news: Cupid, Titan, Suven Pharmaceuticals, Gufic Biosciences, BLS International Services, Kotak Mahindra Bank.

The consolidated net sales reported in Q1FY21 came in at Rs 2,480.14 crore, which declined by 24.91 per cent YoY from Rs 3,302.79 crore in Q1FY20. 

Sensex on Monday gained by 141.51 points or 0.37 per cent to close at 38182.08 while Nifty rose by 60.65 points or 0.54 per cent to settle at 11274.70. The day saw pharma stocks like Cipla and Natco Pharma doing well.

The stock of State Bank of India has been picked up by our Bollinger Band Squeeze scanner, which suggests that the stock is near a consolidation breakout.