Balkrishna Industries, the auto tyres and rubber products maker, surged more than 8 per cent in Tuesday’s trade with the F&O segment grabbing the top most position in the gainers’ list. The rally was on the back of robust Q1FY19 earnings performance by the company.

The company informed the bourses that it has received approval from the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board to manufacture Sulphuric Acid and Derivatives at its plant in Tarapur, Maharashtra on Tuesday.

Through this acquisition, the company aims to expand its pharma manufacturing footprint, said the company's filing to the exchange. The cost of acquisition is Rs. 155.55 crore and the deal will be completed by the end of September 2018

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.