The worst might not yet be over for the banking sector as bad loans of commercial banks are expected to worsen to 12.2 per cent of total loans by March 2019, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said in its Financial Stability Report.

Gallantt Ispat jumped over 9 per cent in the early trade on Wednesday after the company announced plans to consider splitting its equity shares.

Indusland Bank has signed a purchase agreement to acquire 100 per cent shares of IL&FS' securities services subsidiary. The agreement is subject to regulatory approvals.

Overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 1.05 crore contracts with a turnover of Rs. 9,31,576.17 crore.

Overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 1.05 crore contracts with a turnover of Rs. 9,31,576.17 crore.

It has been observed that in the last couple of weeks, Nifty has been trading in the range of 10,700-10,837. On the charts one thing remains distinctly clear that unless this range is breached either on upside or downside, we will see each upmove getting stalled in the range of 10,830-10,840. Stocks in news: Infosys, Hindustan Unilever, Tata Communications, IDBI Bank, Relaxo Footwears, Majesco, PNB Housing Finance, IndusInd Bank and NMDC.

The outlook for the day is a quiet start and there are chances that the market may continue to exhibit sluggishness on account of continuing consolidation. The Nifty 50 index future on the Singapore stock exchange is currently trading with modest loss of 4 points at 10,751. 

Equity markets yet again ended in doldrums on Tuesday, repeating what it has been doing for the past four to five trading sessions. FMCG sector gained more than a per cent, while energy sector shedding 1.4 per cent, which led to a roller-coaster ride in the markets.

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Following stocks are close to their 52-week low as at 1.20 p.m. on June 26, 2018.