Domestic bourses are likely to make a flat to positive start. The earnings season will continue to garner much of the attention today as a host of companies are reporting their earning today, including ACC, Apollo Tyres, BHEL, CESC, DLF, GAIL, Hind Petro, Marico, PNB, Reliance Iinfra, Tata Global, Tech Mahindra, Torrent Power. In a major development, the Modi government has won a psychological victory as the UK home secretary has approved the extradition of Vijay Mallya to India. 

Capacite’s order book (excluding MHADA) as on December 31, 2018, stood at Rs 7,519 crore. This strong order book gives revenue visibility for the next 4-5 years. The residential segment contributes nearly 77 per cent to the order book, while the commercial & institutional segment contributes around 23 per cent. 

The project comprises of automation with measurement of input and output water quantity and quality at each level through suitable SCADA and other instrumentation works. This will cater drinking water for 919 villages in Keonjhar and Mayurbhanj districts of Odisha.

The stocks that are likely to witness significant movement on the bourses on February 5 are Lupin, Havells, Darjeeling Ropeway, Wipro and Indian Overseas Bank

In the quarter, Insecticides reported EBITDA of Rs. 32 crore which represent growth of almost 39 per cent from corresponding quarter of previous year. With better product mix the company managed to improve its EBITDA margin to 14.8 per cent in Q3FY19 from 13.1 per cent in Q3FY18. 

The watch company reported strong numbers for the December quarter with profits up by 35 per cent and net sales up 34 per cent. The stock hit its 52-week high during the day and closed as the top gainer on Nifty50, up 3.45 per cent on Monday.

Lumax Industries Limited, a D.K Jain Group company, reported a consolidated PAT of Rs. 48.62 crore for the quarter ended December 2018. The company boasted its market share in the Indian Automobile Lighting Business to more than 60 per cent.

Auto majors reported mixed set of sales numbers for the month ended January 2019. With this, Nifty Auto struggled and made an intraday low of 8,325.75, down by 59.05 points at 14:47 hours.

Latest IPO Xelpmoc Design & Tech Limited listed on BSE at a 15 per cent discount at Rs. 56 per share compared to the higher end of its issue price of Rs. 66 per share. In the afternoon session, the stock recovered and was quoting Rs. 58 per share, down 12 per cent from its issue price. 

The recent spate of liquidity issue in some of the corporates has again spooked the debt MF market. Investing in debt schemes that invest in the highest grade of paper makes sense now.