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The following stocks will be in focus during Friday’s trading session in the light of their result announcements: UltraTech Cement, Sonata Software, Bank of Baroda, JSW Steel and Atul Limited.

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Syngene International reported its third quarter result of FY20 on Wednesday after the market hours. The company’s Q3FY20 revenue was at Rs 539 crore, representing an increase of 11 per cent from the corresponding quarter last year.

GE T&D India Limited has been awarded Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) and Advanced Distribution Management Solution (ADMS) project by the Jammu & Kashmir Power Development Department (JKPDD) for the distribution operations in the cities of Jammu and Srinagar.

After ending the day in red on Wednesday, the Sensex closed today’s trading session in green, which is, above 200 points and Nifty too ended in green. While the Sensex closed at 41,386.40 levels, up by 0.66 per cent, Nifty closed at 12,179.90 levels, up by 0.60 per cent.

KEC International Limited has bagged new orders worth Rs 1,255 crore, across various businesses. KEC International, which is a part of the RPG Group, has a presence in the verticals of power transmission and distribution, railways, civil, solar, smart infrastructure and cables.

Alembic Pharmaceuticals announced that it has received final approval from US Food & Drug Administration (USFDA) for its Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) for Fenofibrate tablets USP, 54 mg and 160 mg. The approved ANDA is therapeutically equivalent to the Reference Listed Drug (RLD) product Tricor tablets, 54 mg and 160 mg of AbbVie Inc.

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The market opened in the green on 23rd January, overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 2.36 crore contracts with a turnover of Rs. 16,74,537.87 crore.

The market opened in the green on 23rd January, overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 2.36 crore contracts with a turnover of Rs. 16,74,537.87 crore.

The market opened in the green on 23rd January. The previous day witnessed the Sensex going down by 208.43 points to end at 41,115.38 and the Nifty was down by 62.95 points to close at 12,106.90.

The Asset under Management (AUM) of domestic mutual fund industry has more than doubled in the last few years. It is the increased participation of retail investors that has helped to record such a growth.

The company released a press note to stock exchange informing that it has executed an EPC agreement with Uttar Pradesh Expressways Industrial Development Authority (UPEIDA) for project scope in the state. 

The market opened in the green on 23rd January. The previous day witnessed the Sensex going down by 208.43 points to end at 41,115.38 and the Nifty was down by 62.95 points to close at 12,106.90.

Drug firm Cipla announced that it has received observations from United States Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) for its Goa manufacturing facility.

The Aerospace customer has renewed contract with an increase scope of delivery and additional areas of business. The company also signed a new contract with Heavy Engineering customer in North America. 

One of the major skin care and healthcare brands in India, Emami Group, is in talks with American multinational investment bank-JP Morgan for raising Rs 1,500 crore through Non-Convertible Debentures (NCDs).

We expect to witness a pullback rally, but the sell on rise would be a preferred strategy for the market participants as long as Nifty stays below the 12,250 mark. Stocks in news: Oil India, UPL, Datamatics Global Services, Cipla, MRF, ITI.

In the early trend, SGX Nifty is trading above the dotted lines indicating a flat to positive opening for Indian markets. However, cautious would continue to prevail on the D-Street as the global cues could play a spoil sport as the markets participants assess China virus impact. At the time of writing, SGX Nifty was up by 6 points at 12,146 levels.

The stated debentures offer an effective yield of up to 10.25 per cent along with 0.20 per cent additional interest for tenure of 18 months, 36 months, 60 months and 120 months. 

The following stocks will be in focus during Thursday’s trading session in the light of their result announcements: Biocon, PVR, Radico Khaitan, HDFC Life Insurance Company and Cholamandalam Investment Finance Company.

ICICI Lombard announced that it has received a green signal to pilot five innovative applications and programs in its health and motor portfolio under the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) introduced Sandbox project. The company is to pilot the five proposals from February 1, 2020 to July 31, 2020.

The port rail corporation is a Government of India (GoI) enterprise, which has given the work order for modification in Jawaharlal Nehru Port trust (JNPT) rail yard and further work of development of integrated common rail yard facility at JNPT in Navi Mumbai.

During Wednesday’s trading session, Sensex and Nifty erased their gains as Sensex slipped by 0.50 per cent and closed at 41,115.38 level while, Nifty closed at 12,106.90, down by 0.52 per cent.

Power Mech Projects announced that it has received orders worth Rs 351 crore in total. As a result of this announcement, the stock of the company gained by more than 2 per cent.

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As on September 30, 2019, the company’s order book stood strong at Rs 20,292.60 crore, which translates into a book-to-bill of 2.2x, giving a revenue visibility for the next two years.

Hindustan Computers Limited (HCL) Technologies, a subsidiary of HCL Enterprise, announced the launch of a dedicated Microsoft Business Unit (MBU) in order to help joint customers by taking initiatives related to digital transformation.

The market opened in the green on 22nd January, overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 1.80 crore contracts with a turnover of Rs. 12,82,524.23 crore.

The market opened in the green on 22nd January, overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 1.80 crore contracts with a turnover of Rs. 12,82,524.23 crore.

The market opened in the green on 22nd January. The previous day witnessed the Sensex going down by 0.49 percent to end at 41,323.81 and the Nifty was down by 0.45 percent to close at 12,169.85.

The market opened in the green on 22nd January. The previous day witnessed the Sensex going down by 0.49 percent to end at 41,323.81 and the Nifty was down by 0.45 percent to close at 12,169.85.

One of the leading pharmaceutical companies, Glenmark Pharmaceuticals, sold its gynaecology business in India and Nepal to Integrace Health Pvt Ltd, backed by a private equity firm, True North, to cut down debt of the company.

We expect the buying interest to emerge around the 12,045-12,120 levels as it is a crucial support level for the index in the near term. On the higher side, the level of 12,230-12,250 is likely to act as a resistance area. Stocks in news: Biocon, Glenmark Pharmaceuticals, Bharti Airtel, PEL, ZF Steering Gear India, Vodafone Idea.

The outlook for the day is a flat to positive start as SGX Nifty trade with gains of 30 points at 12,221 levels. However, it would be interesting to see whether or not markets hold its initial gains or traders will use pullback rally to take profit off table and initiate short positions.

The following stocks will be in focus during Wednesday’s trading session in the light of their result announcements: Asian Paints, Axis Bank, Raymond, Larsen & Toubro and SBI Life Insurance Company.

Dish TV and Airtel Digital TV have stalled their merger over differences of the company’s structure, according to reports. However, Bharti Airtel’s Direct-to-Home (DTH) arm-Airtel Digital TV continues to offer its shares, post local reports on a possible merger last year.

BSE Sensex ended at 41,323.81, down by 205.10 points or 0.49 per cent after trading in a range of 41,301.63 and 41,532.59. There were 9 stocks advancing against 21 stocks declining on the index.

The stock of Prestige Estate Projects Limited has formed a dark cloud cover candlestick pattern on daily scale. The dark cloud cover is a bearish reversal candlestick pattern, which usually occurs when a bearish candle on day 2 closes below the middle of day 1’s candle.

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Spencer’s Retail, a chain of retail stores headquartered in Kolkata (West Bengal) jumped more than 19 per cent on Tuesday after the company informed that veteran Mumbai businessman and founder of Avenue Supermarts Ltd, Radhakishan Damani picked up over 2 per cent stake in the company during December quarter.

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The shares of Apollo Tricoat Tubes Limited jumped more than five per cent to record a new 52-week high on Tuesday, after the company reported 86 per cent QoQ rise in the net profit at Rs 17.5 crore for December quarter of the current fiscal year-Q3FY20.

Info Edge (India) Limited, which has about 23 per cent stake in Zomato, announced that Zomato Media Private Limited acquired the Indian business of Uber Eats in an all-stock deal that will give Uber 9.99 per cent stake in the Indian food delivery and restaurant discovery platform.

Looking at the current liquidity crunch and slow credit off-take in the infrastructure segment, the fund-raising will be a very important trigger for the company. The company, which has already faced de-growth in disbursement and its consolidated gearing, stood high due to a delay in equity-raising activity.

As the promoters increased their stake, the stock price of these companies have also delivered stellar return in the last quarter

The market opened in the red on 21st January, overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 1,75 crore contracts with a turnover of Rs. 12,81,508.03 crore.

The net returns of the sugar stocks have been robust since end of the second quarter of current fiscal. The average returns of sugar stocks since September 2019 to January, 2020 stood at 30 per cent, as against 21 per cent gain over Sensex, during the same period. 

The market opened in the red on 21st January, overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 1,75 crore contracts with a turnover of Rs. 12,81,508.03 crore.

National Buildings Construction Corporation (NBCC) Limited has received a Letter of Acceptance (LoA) from Central Coalfields Limited (CCL) worth Rs 720.32 crore, to provide Project Management Consultancy (PMC) services for the construction of smart township/colony roads, network and other road, service buildings and other allied jobs related to mines for Magadh and Amrapali area (Jharkhand).

The market opened in the red on 21st January. The previous day witnessed the Sensex going down by 416.46 points to end at 41,528.91 and the Nifty was down by 127.80 points to close at 12,224.55. 

The market opened in the red on 21st January. The previous day witnessed the Sensex going down by 416.46 points to end at 41,528.91 and the Nifty was down by 127.80 points to close at 12,224.55. 

Alembic Pharmaceuticals’ API facility located at Karkhadi was inspected by US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) from January 13-17, 2020.

The zone of 12,200-12,216 would be a good support for the index and failure to hold this support, could open doors for further correction towards gap area of January 9 (12,132-12,045). Stocks in news: NBCC, Bharti Airtel, Info Edge, Balrampur Chini Mills.

In the last session, Indian benchmark indices tumbled from record highs to close with deep cuts. However, with yesterday’s landslide, the market participants will be anxious to know what’s in store for the markets today! The International Monetary Fund (IMF) lowered India’s economic growth forecast to 4.8 per cent for this fiscal year, citing the crisis in the non-banking financial sector and weak rural demand.

The following stocks will be in focus during Tuesday’s trading session in the light of their result announcements: Zee Entertainment Enterprises, Havells India, HDFC AMC, Polycab and Granules India.

Cipla announced that it has received Establishment Inspection Report (EIR) which indicates the closure of the inspection by United States Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) at its Patalganga (Maharashtra) manufacturing facility.

The shares of Prestige Estate Projects Limited moved up by almost 10 per cent on Monday, after the company’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Prestige Falcon Realty Ventures Private Limited (PFRVPL), acquired 50 per cent stake in Lokhandwala DB Realty LLP.

Considering the daily time frame, the banking benchmark index, Bank Nifty is trading in head and shoulders pattern since the last 44 trading sessions. The head and shoulders pattern formation occurs when a market is in a bullish trend.

The stock of Avenue Supermarts Limited forms a bearish engulfing candlestick pattern of the daily time frame.

BSE Sensex ended at 41,528.91, down by 416.46 points or 0.99 per cent after trading in a range of 41,503.37 and 42,273.87. There were 9 stocks advancing, against 21 stocks declining on the index.

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On Monday, Bharati Airtel announced a partnership with Google Cloud to offer G Suite to Small and Medium-sized Business (SMBs) in India as part of its integrated Information and Communications Technology (ICT) portfolio, thus helping to serve the evolving need of millions of Indian businesses in a rapidly digitising economy.

The shares of Lupin Limited, a multinational pharmaceutical company based in Mumbai (Maharashtra), went down by around four per cent on Monday.

On the global front, US dollar strengthened as economic data pointed to strength right across the US economy, reducing the likelihood of any further interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve.

The market opened in the green on 20th January making new all time high and breaching 12400 mark for the first time ever, overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 1,14 crore contracts with a turnover of Rs. 8,37,592.91 crore.

The market opened in the green on 20th January making new all time high and breaching 12400 mark for the first time ever, overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 1,14 crore contracts with a turnover of Rs. 8,37,592.91 crore.

The market opened in the green on 20th January making new all time high and breaching 12400 mark for the first time ever. The previous day witnessed the Sensex going up by 12.81 points to end at 41,945.37 and the Nifty was down by 3.15 points to close at 12,352.35. 

HDFC Bank reported a 32.8 per cent YoY rise in the net profit to Rs 7,416.50 crore for the third quarter ended December 31, 2019, driven by interest and non-interest income.

The market opened in the green on 20th January making new all time high and breaching 12400 mark for the first time ever. The previous day witnessed the Sensex going up by 12.81 points to end at 41,945.37 and the Nifty was down by 3.15 points to close at 12,352.35. 

The aggregate enterprise value of the said transaction is valued approximately Rs 290 crore. The completion of the transaction is subject to fulfillment of certain conditions precedent as agreed in the SPA.

The trend is upward but the momentum is waning and as long as Nifty trades above 12,270, it will continue with positive bias. Any close below 12,270, may lead to a reasonable correction initially to the gap area of January 9. Stocks in news: Lupin, PNC Infratech, ITI, Mercator, Godawari  Power & Ispat.

The start to the fresh week is likely to be on a flat note for the Indian markets, as early cues from SGX Nifty indicates that markets may open with modest gains of 16 points at 12,398 levels. Last week, the bulls lacked that gush after a strong start, despite hitting all-time highs, as we approached the end of the week.

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The board of directors of Dishman Carbogen Amcis on January 16, 2020, approved the buyback of fully paid-up equity shares by the company having a face value of Rs 2 each. On Friday, the stock dipped by nearly 9 per cent from its intraday high level.

On Friday, the stock has given a neckline breakout of the double bottom pattern. This breakout was confirmed by the above 50-day average volumes. With this pattern breakout, the stock has also managed to close above their long-term moving averages that are, 100-day EMA and 200-day EMA.

The benchmark indices were also supportive with BSE-200 and BSE-500, gaining 1.42 per cent and 1.13 per cent each during the week. Emami emerged as the highest gainer with a gain of 15 per cent at Rs 351 on Friday.

The following stocks will be in focus during Monday’s trading session in the light of their result announcements: Chennai Petroleum Corporation, HDFC Bank, Cupid, Jindal Steel & Power and Goa Carbon.

The company had mentioned about its plan of FPO after the second quarter numbers of the current fiscal. In a statement to the stock exchanges, the company stated that the public offering is intended towards raising funds by issuing equity shares of face value of Rs 10.

Indian equity benchmarks ended the lacklustre day of trade flat on Friday, with frontline gauges swinging between red and green terrain throughout the session, despite a strong trend seen in other Asian markets.

The stock of Torrent Power Limited has given a breakout of downward sloping channel. This breakout was confirmed by the above 50-week average volume.

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Shriram Transport Finance Company (STFC) announced that it has managed to raise $500 million out of $ 3 billion raising plans, which was earlier approved by its board. The company completed the allotment through senior secured notes.

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The partially convertible currency is currently trading at 70.97, weaker by 4 paise from its previous close of 70.93 on Thursday. The currency touched a high and low of 71.00 and 70.94, respectively.

The telecom companies’ face a big blow as the apex court of the country ruled out its review petition for Adjusted Gross Revenue (AGR) verdict given on October 24, 2019.

On Friday, Kalpataru Power Transmission Limited (KPTL) announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary Alipurduar Transmission Limited (ATL) has successfully connected 'Element 1' or the Alipurduar to Siliguri Line with the interconnection facilities of the grid.

The market opened in the red on 17th January, overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 4.66 crore contracts with a turnover of Rs. 32,27,320.73  crore