Jet Airways has announced a limited period offer named ‘Seat Select’ sale scheme which will offer an opportunity to the passengers to select preferred seats at Rs. 200 for economy class passengers.

Ion Exchange reported that it has successfully signed a contract for engineering, procurement, supply and construction of water treatment plant worth Rs. 438.84 crore from Cairn Oil & Gas, a division of Vedanta.

IT major Tech Mahindra on Thursday announced signing a four-year technology partnership deal with a US-based football team Jacksonville Jaguars.

Trigyn Technologies’ subsidiary has won a contract to provide enterprise staffing services for Minnesota, a state in the mid-west of US. The stock of Trigyn surged more than 4 per cent at 14:33 hours, but continued with its 4-day consolidation at lower levels.

IL&FS Transportation Networks has signed a definitive agreement with Ramky Infrastructure for sale of entire stake in NAM Expressway and acquire 50 per cent stake in Jorabat Shillong Expressway, on Thursday. The stock surged more than 8 per cent during Friday’s trade, bouncing back from its 52-week low.

Many of the fund houses are coming up with the NFOs in the FMP category, that is, fixed maturity plans. In the month of July 2018, AMCs have launched more than 40 FMPs both in short and long-term tenure.

PVR announced the opening of a multiplex at SKLS Galaxy Mall, Chennai on Friday. The stock of PVR is trading up with marginal gains of 0.9 per cent at 12:00 hours. The stock of PVR has been trading in a consolidation phase for the last four trading sessions after six consecutive upbeats prior to that.

Following stocks are close to their 52-week low as at 1.03 p.m. on August 17, 2018.

The markets on August 17, 2018 opened gap up. BSE Sensex is trading at 37,951.17, up by 287.61 points and the Nifty is trading at 11,466.45, up by 81.40 points. 

Ashok Leyland has announced that it has bagged an order from Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) for supplying 300 Ashok Leyland buses. The order consists of Double Decker buses which would help decongest roads of Dhaka.