Hindustan Unilever (HUL) has reported results for the second quarter ended September 30, 2019. The shares of HUL closed in green on the same day, gaining by 9.95 points.

The stock of Tata Elxsi Limited has formed Three Outside Up candlestick pattern on daily time frame. The Three Outside Up pattern is representing the confirmation of Bullish Engulfing candlestick pattern.

The stock of Rites Limited has formed Bearish Engulfing candlestick pattern on daily time frame. The Bearish Engulfing Candlestick Pattern is considered to be a bearish reversal pattern and usually occurs at the top of an uptrend.

Some comfort also came in with a report that a high-level panel constituted by the government to suggest measures to augment GST revenue collection will hold its first meeting on October 15. Sentiments were also buoyed as India and China decided to set up a ministerial-level mechanism to resolve issues relating to trade, investment and services.

Morepen Laboratories Limited on Monday informed the exchanges that it has developed and added three drugs to its portfolio of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients for sale in domestic and global markets.

The supply contract is initially for a period of one year and of approximately US$ 5 million. The contract is extendable for a period of three years with total value of upto US$ 20 million.

Following stocks are close to their 52-weeks low as at 14:45 p.m. on October 14, 2019.

The markets on October 14, 2019 opened gap up. BSE Sensex is trading at 38,464.13, up by 337.05 points and the Nifty is closed at 11,409.90, up by 104.85 points.

Granules India has formed the JV in 2007 to ensure a regular supply of ibuprofen API to support its requirements for manufacturing Pharmaceutical Formulation intermediates and Finished Dosages.

Total will tender an open offer to public shareholders to acquire up to 25.2 per cent and purchase the residual shares from Adani Family. After the execution of this, both Total and Adani Family will hold 37.4 per cent each and rest will be with public.

Avenue Supermarts has reported results for second quarter ended September 30, 2019. The company could not please the Street with its Q2FY20 numbers.

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Birlasoft, a part of CK Birla group informed the bourses on Monday that it has signed a deal worth US$ 240 million (approximately Rs. 1700 crore) with Invacare Corporation to deliver IT‐as‐a‐ Service. 

InterGlobe Aviation informed the exchanges that IndiGo has commenced operations to Riyadh, capital of Saudi Arabia. The shares of the company gained during early trading session on Monday, hitting an intraday high of Rs. 1,764.00, rising around 1 per cent in BSE.

The shares of GOCL climbed around 4 per cent intraday on Monday as the company bagged an order from Coal India, announced by the company late on Friday.

Overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 1,42,97686 contracts with a turnover of Rs. 9,49,606.63 crore.

Overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 1,42,97686 contracts with a turnover of Rs. 9,49,606.63 crore.

In the coming week we will advise traders to keep watch on two key levels first one is the 11,400 on the upside and on the downside, the level of 11,090. As long as, these levels are not breached decisively, it is better to be on sidelines especially momentum traders. Stocks in news: NMDC, IRCTC, Jain Irrigation, HCL Technologies, Cadila Healthcare, Reliance Capital, GOCL Corporation.

We begin the week with sentiments badly torn between two extremes. On one hand are the dismal domestic IIP numbers for the month of August and the other is a report released on Sunday by the World Bank which slashed the growth forecast for India's current fiscal year to 6 per cent, down from 7.5 per cent. Just to put the numbers in perspective, IIP for the month of August contracted by 1.1 per cent,  a 7 year low for this indicator. On the other hand the global markets are seen trading with optimism after a 'mini' trade deal between the US and China. Look out for flat opening and watch out for developments as they unfold.

Himachal Futuristic Communications Ltd (HFCL) is going to launch the solution on 14th October, 2019 at the India Mobile Congress 2019, to be held at Aerocity, New Delhi.

The API manufacturing facility at Dabhasa is the Cadila Healthcare's largest API manufacturing site.

Index of Industrial Production (IIP) for the month of August contracted by 1.1 per cent compared to growth of 4 per cent in July 2019 and compared to growth of 4.8 per cent in August 2018.

. On Friday, Sensex rose 0.65 percent to end at 38,127 and the Nifty rose 0.63 percent to 11,305.05 to close at 11,305.05.

Considering the daily scale, the stock of Metropolis Healthcare Limited is trading in Symmetrical triangle pattern since last 21 trading sessions.

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On Thursday, the stock has given a breakout above the neckline of double bottom pattern. This breakout was confirmed by the above 50-day average volumes.

The Nifty PSU bank index has formed Doji candle on daily and weekly scale as traders turn indecisive.

Vakrangee Ltd. announced its partnership with Aadhar Housing Finance Ltd to offer distribution of home loan & loan against property through its Nextgen Vakrangee Kendras.

Shares of Aban Offshore Ltd. jumped nearly 5 per cent after the company bagged a 3-year contract from the PSU company ONGC.

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Indiabulls Ventures Limited on Friday informed the exchanges on Friday that the board of directors have approved the buyback of Rs. 1000 crores of up to 6,66,66,666 fully paid-up equity shares.

Muthoot Finance Ltd has been assigned Long Term rating of ‘BB+’ with ‘Stable’ outlook by Fitch Ratings. S&P Global Ratings has assigned a Long Term rating of ‘BB’ with ‘Stable’ outlook. Moody’s Investor Service has assigned ‘Ba2’ Corporate Family Rating with ‘Stable’ outlook. The stock jumped nearly 2 per cent intraday in BSE.

Arvind Homes, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Arvind SmartSpaces, has entered into a Platform Funding agreement of Rs. 250 crore with HDFC Capital Advisors Private Limited.

The decline in crude steel output is negative for the company. Owing to prolonged slowdown in the steel sector, it received a rating downgrade from CARE to negative from stable.

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

Following stocks are close to their 52-weeks low as at 12:51 p.m. on October 11, 2019.

The IATA data showed that the country’s domestic air passenger market clocked an 8.9 percent growth in July 2019 when compared to the same month last year. 

Biocon’s wholly owned subsidiary, Biocon Biologics and Evotec’s wholly owned subsidiary, Just - Evotec Biologics have entered into a strategic licensing agreement for an early-stage, pre-clinical bio-similar asset. The shares of Biocon gained nearly 2 per cent intraday on Friday.

The markets on October 11, 2019 opened gap up. BSE Sensex is trading at 37,961.50, up by 81.10 points and the Nifty is closed at 11,251.85, up by 17.30 points.

On Thursday, SMS Lifesciences informed the bourses that it has done preliminary analysis of its Ranitidine product and processes and found that the NDMA impurity is in trace levels, in many cases lower than the levels found in commonly consumed food, milk, meat etc.

However, sustained foreign fund outflows and rising crude prices weighed on the domestic currency and restricted its rise. Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) remained net sellers in the capital market, pulling out Rs. 263.11 crore on Thursday, as shown by the exchange data.

The construction arm of Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has secured orders from clients for its varied businesses. Despite the announcement, the shares of the company were trading flat in the BSE on Friday.

Tata Motors disappointed the Street by reporting weak global wholesale numbers on Thursday. The Tata Motors Group’s global wholesale, which includes sales of Jaguar Land Rover, was down 27 per cent YoY in September 2019.

Steel Strips Wheels (SSWL) has received an export order worth Rs. 69 crore for market in the Western Hemisphere. The stock is trading with a positive bias in BSE on Friday.

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Overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 4,11,92,020 contracts with a turnover of Rs. 25,59,668.78 crore.

Overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 4,11,92,020 contracts with a turnover of Rs. 25,59,668.78 crore.

ARSS Infrastructure bags orders worth Rs. 220.65 crore

Wednesday's high (11,322) and low (11,090) are critical resistance and support levels now. As long as these levels are not broken, it is better to stay in the sidelines. Stocks in news: Biocon, ARSS Infrastructure Projects, Tata Steel, Vakrangee, Eveready Industries.

Welcome to the final trading sessions of the week on the D-Street and we begin the day with positive sentiments as news from the west is fueling the optimism. Also, the SGX Nifty is indicating that the markets are likely to open in green with a gain of about 0.25 per cent from it's previous day's close at 11,290 level.

On Thursday, Just Dial clarified about the flaws in its security systems allowing accounts of users to be easily hacked. Post this news, the stock of the company was down by 3.11 per cent.

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Sintex Plastics Technology Limited on Thursday informed the divestment of entire equity holding in indirect wholly owned subsidiary, Sintex NP SAS.

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The stocks to watch out for October 11 include Godrej Agrovet, NHPC, Talwalkars Better Value Fitness, Biocon and TCS.

Following stocks are close to their 52-weeks low as at 14:40 p.m. on October 10, 2019.

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The markets on October 10, 2019 opened gap down. BSE Sensex is trading at 37,881.46, down by 296.49 points and the Nifty is closed at 11,230.60, down by 82.70 points.

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In this edition, we have reviewed Man Industries (India) and Sandur Manganese & Iron Ores. We suggest our reader-investors to hold in Man Industries (India) and Sandur Manganese & Iron Ores.

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One of the essential conditions for an active fund manager to outperform the market is a dispersion in the returns of the equity market. In simple words, if returns are smooth then anyone can invest and earn, it is the variation in the returns due to various conditions that help a fund manager to generate better returns. They use their skills and experience to understand the dynamics of the market and position themselves to take advantage of the situation.

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India has traditionally been a nation of savers, but when it came to investing, physical investments along with traditional investment products used to capture the lion's share in such savings.

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What will be the impact of the corporate tax rate cut on mutual funds? Our study shows that they will indeed stand to benefit. However, now it is in the hands of companies to use this benefit provided by the finance ministry. Meanwhile, for mutual fund investors a ‘wait and watch’ stance is advisable.

Shares of Transformers and Rectifiers (India) Ltd jumped more than 20 per cent as the market participants cheered the company’s new order win.

The board of directors of Indiabulls Housing Finance will be meeting on October 14 to consider share buyback.

Most of the global investors might be having a sense of déjà vu when in an unexpected move Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced cut in Indian corporate tax rates. Earlier, during December 2017, US President Donald Trump overhauled US tax code and cut US corporate tax,

Overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 2,39,35,635 contracts with a turnover of Rs. 15,58,081.67 crore.

Overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 2,39,35,635 contracts with a turnover of Rs. 15,58,081.67 crore.

The 11,400 would act as an immediate resistance level and a breakout above the same, along with decent advancement in the market breadth, would signal increasing strength in markets and open gates for further up move towards the level of 11,550 in the short-term. Stocks in news: Indiabulls Housing Finance, Infosys, Reliance Industries, Torrent Pharmaceutical, Bharti Airtel.

The first big corporate results comes today when the IT bellwether TCS and private banking major IndusInd Bank will showcase its July-September quarterly results. IndusInd Bank and TCS will set the tone not only for the respective sectors, but also for the key indices in the near term. 'Results' will be the keyword for the markets over the next few weeks or rather a month or a so from now.  At the time of writing, the SGX Nifty was trading almost 53 points below its yesterdays close at the level of 11,284.

Mahindra Susten, the renewable business arm of Mahindra and Mahindra (M&M) has formed a wholly owned subsidiary MSPL International DMCC in Dubai.

Diligent Media Corporation (DMCL) will stop the print edition of Daily News and Analysis (DNA) in Mumbai and Ahmedabad from October 10.

With the new outlets, total number of V-Mart Retail stores has increased to 243 stores in 186 cities across 19 states. 

The news is likely to have an adverse impact on the stocks of both the private sector bank and the mortgage financier.

The latest data by industry body, Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI) shows that asset under management (AUM) of the domestic mutual fund has declined by 3.8% month on month basis.

Polycab India Limited on Wednesday announced that the company has inaugurated Polycab Experience Centre at Shop No. 1, Sakharam Apartment, old Tapkir Galli, Pune.

Last week, Religare Enterprises announced that the company will conduct postal ballot to obtain approval of the shareholders of the company by the way of special resolution on disinvestment of entire investment of the company in material subsidiaries and Religare Housing Development Finance Corporation Limited and Sales, disposal and leasing of assets exceeding 20 per cent of assets of Religare Finvest Limited.

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The answer to both these questions may not be easy for a majority of investors. If the market history has taught us anything – it is the fact that some of the best times to buy stocks is during the collapses, drops, hiccups and free falls that may happen once in few years. These are exactly the tough times when the investors have to summon courage of conviction and show presence of mind to actually "buy" when the gut feeling says "sell". 

India being in the league of developing nations, the scope for development of infrastructure is certainly high. As skyscrapers continue to reach for the skies, roads and other amenities are being developed at a rapid pace. The most important raw material needed for all infrastructural works is, undoubtedly, cement. It is but natural therefore for investors to place their faith in the cement sector, irrespective of whether the economy is in the grip of a downturn. Geyatee Deshpande provides an overview of the cement industry scenario

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11061 to act as near term support for Nifty

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The domestic sectoral indices registered a fall during the fortnight, which could be considered as a correction to the recent increase in the market during previous weeks.

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