Insecticides India announced its financial results for the quarter and half year ended September 2019. The company’s revenue from operations increased by 9.8 per cent Y-o-Y to Rs. 503 crores in Q2FY20.

This is the third straight month of rise in CPI. The earlier high was reported in June 2018 when the retail inflation print was recorded at 4.92 per cent. The inflation in the food basket spiked to 7.89 per cent in October 2019 against 5.11 per cent the previous month, mostly due to the surge in vegetable prices.

As per this estimate, Bharti Airtel Group has a liability of Rs. 62,187 crores, Vodafone Idea’s liability stood at Rs. 54,184 crores, and the liability of BSNL and MTNL’s is of Rs. 10,675 crores.

Vedanta Limited participated in the bidding round for the Jamkhani coal block in Sundargarh district, Odisha,and emerged as the highest bidder in the 10th tranche of the captive coal block auction conducted by the Ministry of Coal, Government of India. The coal block is in the proximity to the company’s Jharsuguda aluminium smelter.

This morning, the biggest headlines is that the retail inflation jumped 4.62 per cent in October, breaching the RBI target of 4 per cent for the first time in 14 months on higher food prices. This latest retail inflation data may not go down well with market participants as it reduces the headroom for a rate cut by the RBI at its monetary policy meet due in December.

The level of 11,800 would hold the key as a sustainable move below this level the doors for correction would open up towards the zone of 11,670-11,700. Stocks in news: Vedanta, Aurobindo Pharma, Greaves Cotton, ITC.

The following stocks will be in focus during Thursday’s trading session in light of their results announcements: Action Construction Equipment, Balkrishna Industries, Apollo Hospital Enterprises, Bharti Airtel and CESC.

A part of the RPG Group, KEC International Limited, has bagged new orders worth Rs. 2,255 crores across various businesses. Its transmission and distribution segment has secured orders worth Rs. 885 crores for T&D projects, urban transport segment received orders worth Rs. 853 crores, and railways segment gained orders of Rs. 517 crores.

During the quarter in review, the overall production has increased by 25 per cent Y-o-Y, thanks to higher capacity utilization at existing plants and additional capacities installation at new facilities in Ghana and Tanzania.

Thanks to critical global conditions, gold showed a good rally a few months back. However, it seems to be consolidating at present. Is gold losing its shine? Let’s find out.

Trident Limited has been granted the patent for ‘Apparatus and Method for treating an industrial Effluent containing Sodium Sulphate’ by Indian Patent Office, the Government of India.

Today, the activity on the D-Street would resume after a day’s holiday and the early indication from the SGX Nifty suggests that the markets are in for a weak start. There are not one, but multiple factors, which are dampening the sentiments of D-Street.

The bias remains positive as long as the Nifty holds above 11,800 mark and traders should adopt buy on dips strategy. The index is likely to consolidate in the range of 11,800-12,050. Stocks in news: Lupin, Tata Power, Wipro, Escorts, Avanti Feeds, Indian Hotels.

The innerwear business progressed on its aggressive growth trajectory, with continued launch of newer categories and styles, along with the expansion of its distribution network, which stood at ~18,000 outlets at the end of this quarter.

The stock of Avanti Feeds Limited has formed a Bearish Engulfing candlestick pattern on the daily timeframe.

The stock of AU Small Finance Bank Limited has given a downward sloping trendline breakout on the daily timeframe, formed by connecting swing highs from August 2018. This breakout is supported by strong volumes.

The recent data from the industry body, AMFI shows that mutual fund investors have increased their holding period. Read on to know the exact details. 

The Sensex and the Nifty closed today's session at 40345.08 and 11912.95 levels, closing flat or adding 0.05% each, over their previous closing.

The United States Food & Drug Administration (USFDA) has given its final approval to Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Inc., USA (Glenmark), for Adapalene and Benzoyl Peroxide Gel, 0.1%|2.5%.

Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) reported a 5.5 per cent YoY fall in its retail sales for October. On the contrary, the company reported a sales recovery in China, up by 16.2 per cent YoY, which was reflected an upward stock movement of Tata Motors.

Larsen & Toubro (L&T) Construction has been awarded various contracts from many prestigious clients spread across the country.

The following companies will be in focus on announcement of their Q2FY20 on Tuesday: Aditya Birla Fashion, Aurobindo Pharma, Cochin Shipyard, Godrej Industries and Natco Pharma.

To err is human. We are humans and, hence, bound to make mistakes. However, we also need to learn from those mistakes to avoid further losses. Even in financial planning, people tend to make silly mistakes. Let’s discuss a few financial mistakes that are common and how to avoid them.

VRL Logistics, the goods and passenger transportation provider, reported a healthy set of numbers. The stock rose by nearly 4 per cent and made an intraday high of Rs. 270 on BSE.

At a meeting, the Board of Directors of Gujarat Alkalies and Chemicals approved the expansion of its existing Caustic Soda plant from 785 MTPD to 1310 MTPD. This plant is located at located at Dahej Complex.

The Board Directors of MRF Limited approved to raise funds by issuing Non-convertible Debentures on private placement basis, aggregating to approximately Rs. 102 crores in one or more tranches.

The Friday session’s low is a crucial level to watch out in the coming session as a close below this level would result in further decline. On the upside, the last week’s high of 12,034 is likely to continue to act as a resistance level. Stocks in news: Vimta Labs, NTPC, Narayana Hrudayalaya, TTK Prestige, Laurus Labs, Lupin, Credit Access Grameen.

The early indications from the SGX Nifty, which is flashing red, suggest that the selling pressure is likely to continue today. The global rating agency, Moody’s Investors Service, has dampened the sentiments on D-Street by lowering its view from ‘stable’ to ‘negative’ on the top Indian companies, including SBI, HDFC Bank, Infosys, TCS, BPCL, and several others.

The following stocks will be in focus during Monday’s trading session in light of their results announcements: JK Cement, NTPC, Oil India, Meghmani Organics and Amara Raja Batteries.

The stock of Hindustan Unilever has formed a Three Outside Down candlestick pattern on the daily timeframe.

Hero MotoCorp Limited has been picked up by our Bollinger Band Squeeze scanner, which suggests that the stock is near a consolidation breakout.

uto stocks, such as Tata Motors, Ashok Leyland, Eicher Motors, Escorts, and Maruti, rose as much as 23 per cent to 38 per cent. The auto ancillary stocks, too, rallied on the sentiment to give more than 11 per cent returns since September 19 to November 7 this year. 

The stock of DLF Limited has given a downward sloping channel breakout on the weekly timeframe. This breakout was confirmed by above 50-week average volumes.

The stock of Max Financial Services Limited (MFSL) has given A Symmetrical Triangle breakout on the weekly timeframe with massive volumes - the highest buying volumes recorded after June 02, 2017.

The equity market has rally by more than 5 per cent in last one month. Read on to find which are the funds that have gained most in last one month.

United Nations has extended the contract with Trigyn Technologies Inc. for the provision of IT Staffing service for Office of Information and Communications Technology (OICT). Reacting to this, the stock of Trigyn Technologies Limited was trading up by 9.04 per cent.

The asset managed by domestic mutual fund industry has increased by 7.4% on monthly basis in the month of October 2019. Read on to find what has helped such rise in AUM.

Strides Pharma announced that it is re-launching Ranitidine tablets for the US market. 

People in developed nations take retirement planning very seriously. However, in our country, folks are way behind. In this blog post, we will discuss the importance of retirement planning and what all you need to keep in mind while planning for your retirement.

Every Raymond shareholder will get shares of the new company in the ratio of 1:1. The move aims at creating a clear demarcation between Lifestyle and other businesses of the company, leading to a simplification of the Group structure.

In the last trading session, the Nifty finally managed to close above the important psychological 12,000 mark. Even though it scaled higher, it looks exhausted, which is clearly evident from the number of indecisive candles, it formed in recent times. This indicates that, rather than positive triggers, the market is waiting for a negative one to cool off.

Hold the long positions as long as the previous day's low is protected. Bear in mind that the sell opportunities will come only below 11,800 levels. Till then, it will be better if you avoid short positions and adopt buy on dips strategy as long as 11,800 is intact. Stocks in news: Reliance Industries, Federal Mogul, Bajaj Finance, Raymond.

PNB Housing Finance, a premier housing finance company in India, has raised Rs. 2,500 crores through the issue of secured redeemable nonconvertible debentures (NCDs).

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The celebration continues on D-Street with the Sensex recording fresh all-time highs. Meanwhile, the Nifty touched the 12,000 mark and achieved our target mentioned in our last editorial. But it is still away about a per cent from its all-time high levels.

In case of public sector banks, SBI came up with a robust result for the Q2FY20. The improvement in asset quality and strong growth in advances are the biggest takeaways from this quarter, when compared to the same quarter in the last fiscal. 

The following stocks will be in focus during Friday’s trading session in light of their results announcements: Ashok Leyland, Bank of Baroda, Eicher Motors, GAIL and Nestle India.

People often have a certain image of a financial planner in their mind. The most important thing that people expect from a financial planner is that s/he should work in their interest. But is it so? Let’s find out.

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The largecap index, Sensex, has gained over 14% in the last twelve months, a period when midcaps have barely inched up. In fact, 50% of stocks of the midcap benchmark index are still making losses with the worst, having witnessed a wealth erosion of up to 60-70% in the past one year.

This is our mutual fund recommendation. Every fortnight , we recommend one open-ended equity diversified fund that has the best potential of returns for the next one year considering its constituents remain the same. 

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It is heartening to see an increasing number of investors following a disciplined investment approach and planning investments to achieve their financial goals over determined time horizons. However, we witness across the wider investor fraternity that they neglect committing due allocations towards creating an emergency fund which we fell is quite necessary.

Equity dedicated mutual funds find popular favour among investors while building and managing their investment portfolios.

DSIJ analyses MF schemes on various parameters and conducts a relative analysis of schemes to arrive at the result outcome. 

Your MF data bank is a very useful one. It carries a column 'expected 1 year return'.

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The speed of the most tiring runner also increases when the road turns downhill; the reason being the gravity starts working in his favour. This is exactly what happened with the mutual fund industry in India during 2017 and early 2018.

In this edition, we have reviewed BCL Industries and TV18 Broadcast. We suggest our reader-investors to hold in BCL Industries and TV18 Broadcast

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. Therefore we advise readers to use their own discretion before investing in these recommendation

Identifying quality stocks that can beat Sensex returns is a material discovery, practically for any investor

AstraZeneca Pharma India Limited is a biopharmaceutical company. It is engaged in discovery, development and commercialization of medicines for core areas of healthcare, including cardiovascular and metabolic disease, cancer and respiratory, inflammatory and autoimmune disease.

It Is Private Banks -Once More! Banking sector is one sector that truly captures India’s growth story. The banking index, in spite of recent challenges faced by the banking sector is amongst the best performing sectoral indices. Yogesh Supekar along with Karan Bhojwani track the banking sector performance and share its outlook, going forward.

Q2FY20 results gain prominence as the market discounts a slowdown in the economy. DSIJ Research team analyses the quarterly results performance, highlighting the hits and misses of this season.

A fortnightly view on Nifty 50 and two investment ideas on the basis of intensive technical analysis in a 15-day horizon.

This section gives you some of the momentum stocks which are in buzz for past few days and are expected to give quick returns in a 15-day horizon. 

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.

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. 

The bellwether Indian equity indices, the Sensex and the Nifty, added 2.55 per cent and 2.39 per cent respectively during the fortnight. Among the sectoral indices, the BSE Metal index (+7.61%) was the highest gainer followed by the Bankex (4.01%), while the BSE IT index inched marginally lower (-0.16%). 

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Let me start my editorial giving you a quick perspective on the broader market scenario. Over the past five years, the Sensex has delivered a CAGR return of a mere 7.56%. This is way below the long-term average of 15%, that is expected from the market.

The Indian equity benchmarks ended Wednesday’s trade on an optimistic note, driven by strong buying sentiment in Realty and Banking. The Sensex and Nifty closed above their crucial 40,450 and 11,950 levels, respectively.

There are a lot of investment products and avenues available in the market. From fixed deposit (FD) to equity, we are surrounded by a wide range of investment options. In these situations, it is imperative for us to understand, which investment type suits our financial goals the best. For middle-class investors, investing a big amount at once is not that easy. Smaller investments at regular intervals, such as recurring deposits (RDs) with banks and systematic investment plans (SIPs) with mutual funds, are most convenient and apt for them. However, the question, here, arises, that which type of investment should you go with – RD or SIP? Let’s find out!

Sun Pharmaceutical Industries (Sun Pharma) announced that it has entered into a licensing agreement with AstraZeneca UK Ltd. (AstraZeneca) to introduce certain new ready to-use (RTU) infusion oncology products in China. These products will help in cancer treatments. The agreement will play a big role in bringing cost-effective and quality drugs to patients in China.

The Government of India, acting through the Directorate General of Hydrocarbons, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, has granted its approval for a 10-year extension of the production sharing contract (PSC) to Cairn Oil & Gas vertical of Vendata Limited, for the Ravva block in Andhra Pradesh. With this extension, the PSC is now valid, effective from October 28, 2019, for the next 10 years.

Maruti Suzuki and Toyota Tsusho Group have come together to set up Maruti Suzuki Toyotsu India Private Limited (MSTI), a 'one of its kind' vehicle dismantling and recycling joint venture.

Sun Pharma Advanced Research Company Limited (SPARC) has announced the grant of exclusive licenses to a subsidiary of China Medical System Holdings Limited (CMS) to develop and commercialize multiple products in Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan.

On Tuesday, the markets ended lower, with the benchmark indices halting their 7- day’s winning streak. Although the correction was mild as the markets bounced back from lower levels soon, the weakness of the preceding session is likely to continue on Wednesday. In early action, the SGX Nifty is seen sluggish and indicating a subdued start.

The level of 11,820-11,840 is a crucial support zone. On the upside, the level of 11,980-12,000 is expected to act as a stiff resistance. Stocks in news: Infosys, Sun Pharmaceutical, Hero Motocorp, PI Industries, Quess Corp, Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail, SPARC.

This fresh capital expenditure is mainly aimed at increasing production capacities at its facilities at Roha and Mahad. This capex is likely to be funded through the blend of debt.

Breaking a five-day winning streak, Indian equity benchmarks ended the volatile day of trade marginally in red on Tuesday due to the selling in frontline blue chip stocks, despite strong trend seen in the other Asian markets.

Dabur India reported an 8% YoY rise in revenues for Q2FY20. EBIDTA grew by 27% and PAT grew by 7.2% on YoY basis. The company’s FMCG business in India reported a volume growth of 4.8%.

When it comes to investing for your financial goals or even for the wealth creation purposes, you are bound to be anxious. Many a time, this anxiety results in bad decisions that impact your investments, severely. Here, the question arises that how will you control this anxiety and protect your finances from going haywire. Read on to find out more:

The proposed capacity addition is 45,000 MTPA. The period, within which the proposed capacity is to be added, is by the end of second quarter of FY21. The project will be funded with the mix of internal accrual and debt.

Immediate support for the Nifty is placed at 11,880, followed by 11,840 levels. On the upside, the level of 11,980, followed by 12,040, would act as immediate resistance points. Stocks in news: Mahindra & Mahindra, SMS LifeSciences, Tata Power, Bajaj Finance.

The following stocks will be in focus during Tuesday’s trading session in light of their results announcements: Dabur, NCC, Titan, Ajanta Pharma and Divi’s Labs.

In the last trading sessions, the BSE Sensex recorded a fresh all-time high, whereas, the Nifty attempted to reclaim the magical figure of 12,000 mark. However, the 12,000 mark on the Nifty remained a far-fetched dream. In the overnight trade on Wall Street, all three major indices touched record highs but there is not much from Asian peers to drive the market today.

Hikal Limited announced having received the Establishment Inspection Report (EIR) from the United States Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) for its Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API) unit located in Bangalore.

Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) won an order for renovation, modernisation and uprating (RM&U) of the Chilla Hydro Electric Plant (HEP) from Uttarakhand Jal Vidyut Nigam Ltd (UJVNL). The project is valued at over Rs. 200 crore.

On the downside, the immediate supports are seen around 29890-29630 levels as it is the confluence of 8-day EMA and 13-day EMA. On the upside, the Bank Nifty needs to sustain above the zone of 30800-30600 level to maintain its positive stance. If it is unable to surpass this level, then there are chances of the index entering a corrective to sideways phase.

The stock of Adani Power Limited has given ascending triangle breakout on a daily time frame. This breakout was confirmed by the above 50-day average volumes.

 Traders were encouraged with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s statement that India is among the top 10 destinations for foreign direct investment (FDI) in the world and received $286 billion of FDI in the last five years.

There have been quite some noteworthy events bearing significant influence on the stock markets in the past one year, right from credit events to the slashing of corporate tax rates. Let's figure out the performance of equity MFs in the past one year amidst all the buzz?