Thirumalai Chemicals in Tuesday’s trading session surge almost 13 per cent as the stock turned ex-date on Tuesday, August 14, 2018.

Spark Minda, Ashok Minda Group through its flagship company, Minda Corporation Limited is set to install and set-up a manufacturing automotive lockset sub-assembly unit at the female cell of Yerwada Jail in Pune.

As the shock of Turkish Lira fall spreads across the global currencies, especially emerging economies, the Indian rupee hits US$ 70 mark in Tuesday morning's trade. At 12:12 hours on Tuesday, the rupee was at 69.82 mark.

Following stocks are close to their 52-week low as at 12.36 p.m. on August 14, 2018.

The markets on August 14, 2018 opened gap up. BSE Sensex is trading at 37,874.94 up by 230.04 points and the Nifty is trading at 11,430.80, up by 75.05 points. 

Lemon Tree, a mid-sized hotel operator, reported its first quarter result for FY19. The company’s revenue stood at Rs. 128.1 crore in the quarter, up by almost 18 per cent yoy.

Overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 69.23 lakh contracts with a turnover of Rs.  6,76,611.05 crore.

Overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 69.23 lakh contracts with a turnover of Rs.  6,76,611.05 crore.

Going ahead, the low of Monday’s session (11,340) is a critical support level to watch out and a follow through move below the level could lead to further decline up to the level of 11,280. Stocks in news: TCS, JSW Steel, Shaily Engineering Plastics, Kirloskar Pneumatic, Jet Airways, Navneet Education, Infosys and Confidence Petroleum.

Today, the markets are likely to see a positive start with the July retail inflation easing to a nine-month low of 4.17 per cent, Investors will also be eyeing WPI inflation data for July.  Moreover, investors expect the Reserve Bank of India to keep interest rates on hold at its review in October. The SGX Nifty suggests that the Nifty could open with an uptick of 43 points at 11,398. Among Nifty 50 companies, Grasim and Sun Pharma are set to report their numbers today.