Following stocks are close to their 52-week low as at 12.59 p.m. on October 29, 2018.

Alphageo (India), seismic survey data acquisition, processing and interpretation services provider informed the exchanges that it has received Notification of Award (NoA) of contract from ONGC, Western Offshore Basin for NSP Project, Mumbai for the provision of 2D Seismic Data Acquisition services.

The markets on October 29, 2018 opened positive. BSE Sensex is trading at 33,657.62, up by 308.31 points and the Nifty is trading at 10,121.55, up by 91.55 points. 

Leading travel company, Cox & Kings Limited agrees to sell its education business for Rs. 4,387 crore (GBP 467 million), following which the stock was 5 per cent.

The company informed that USFDA has completed the inspection of its Bavla facility on October 26, 2018. The inspection was concluded successfully without any major or critical observations.

Cipla has received a final approval from the USFDA for Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) for Metoprolol ER Tablets 50mg, 100mg, 200mg. Shares of the company gained in early trade on Monday.

Overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 90.22 lakh contracts with a turnover of Rs. 5,07,173.93 crore.

Overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 90.22 lakh contracts with a turnover of Rs. 5,07,173.93 crore.

Prices have corrected, making lower tops and lower bottoms from the 2018 top of 86.74 made on October 3. Currently, Brent crude is trading at USD 77.58/barrel. we hold 74.40-74 as the crucial supports provided 75.10 is broken on a closing basis. On the upside, 78 followed by 80.88 will act as major resistance.

The bank has acquired an additional stake of 4.95 per cent in NSDL, which now hold 9.95 per cent of the paid-up share capital of NDSL. The stakes were acquired from Axis Bank.