Overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 1.20 crore contracts with a turnover of Rs. 9,82,263.19 crore.

Hi-Tech Gears announced creation of a wholly-owned subsidiary at Ontario, Canada, by the name of Neo-Tech Smart Solutions Inc today after market hours. The company bought it for cash consideration of 2.5 lakh Canadian dollars remitted against allotment of 2.5 lakh common shares of 1 Canadian dollar each.

A move beyond 10,220 would provide a relief rally up to the level of 10,280, followed by 10,340. The 14-period RSI on the daily time frame shows bullish divergence against the price. Stocks in news: Bharti Airtel, Laurus Labs, Salzer Electronics, Sun Pharma, Shalby and DCM Shriram.

Much to our delight, it seems that the Indian markets may witness a positive opening on Wednesday. As the saying goes, someone’s loss is always another’s gain and the sharp fall in crude oil prices is certainly a big positive for the Indian markets. Too much supply combined with demand concerns led to a sharp drop in crude oil prices on Tuesday. The SGX Nifty is trading up by 66 points and indicates that Nifty may open around the level of 10,238. Among Nifty 50 companies, Bajaj Auto, Bharti Infratel, Kotak Mahindra Bank and Wipro will declare their quarterly earnings today.  

Ahluwalia Contracts (India) Limited has announced that the company has been awarded Rs. 538.76 crore for a project in Lucknow. Shares of the company dipped below 3 per cent.

The PAT for the quarter came in at Rs. 33.48 crore as against Rs. 26.87 crore in the corresponding quarter last year, an increase of 25 per cent YoY. This jump in profit was mainly due to sharp decline in effective tax rate to 8 per cent in Q2FY19 from 21 per cent in Q2FY18.

The company reported highest ever quarterly profit and turnover, on Tuesday. The stock of Aksh Optifibre closed at Rs. 26.55 per share, up by 3.51 per cent on the BSE exchange.

Automaker TVS Motors posted revenue of Rs. 4,994 crore for Q2FY19, registering an increase of almost 22 per cent from the corresponding quarter last year. 

GNA Axles Limited Ltd. reported its results for the quarter ended September 30, 2018 during the market hours. GNA Axles Limited standalone revenue for the quarter came in at Rs. 227.24 crore.

The NII for the quarter increased by 35.9 per cent yoy and 3.3 per cent qoq to Rs. 2,319.86 crore in Q2FY19 as against Rs. 2,245.54 crore in Q1FY19 and Rs. 1,707.54 crore in Q2FY18.