The Modi government’s target of doubling farmer income by 2022 may appear to be quite ambitious, but if the comprehensive recommendations made by Swaminathan Commission are implemented across the country by the Central and state governments, the target may still be achievable.

Siemens, a global powerhouse that is engaged in electrification, automation and digitisation, retested a significant Rounding bottom breakout at 1293 levels on a closing basis. During the week the company bagged Gujarat Metro Link Express contract for consideration of Rs. 580 crores.

The stocks that are likely to witness significant movement on the bourses on January 15, 2018 are Bharti Airtel Limited, Mohota Industries Limited, The Karnataka Bank Limited, Federal bank Limited and Religare Enterprises Limited.  

To analyse the relationship between portfolio and index as well as its volatility, statistical tools like R-squared, Beta and Standard deviation are used. These tools analyse the risk involved in the schemes and assists investor to choose the best suited investment.

Infosys's reported consolidated results for the quarter beat market estimates on bottom-line. Revenue for the quarter came in 0.2 % lower than the estimated figure of Rs. 17829 crores. And lastly, net profit for the quarter came in 42.12% higher than the estimated figure of Rs. 3609 crores.

Den Networks hit an upper circuit at 20 per cent in intraday trade making a new 52-week high and has given downward sloping trendline breakout at 108 levels on weekly basis. Above 134.50, the stock may see potential upside.

Despite the neutral stance of Mumbai-based NBFC Capital First and private sector lender IDFC Bank, the market is rife with widely discussing the possibility that the two companies are in the final stage of merger talks.

The market experienced wild intraday swings on Friday. At one point in time, it was trading at an all-time high of 10690, but it slipped to days low of 10,597 level. The market was scaling new highs on a daily basis appeared to take slow down following an unprecedented move by four senior-most sitting Supreme Court judges who held a press conference regarding the irregularities in the functioning of the apex court.

Tata Chemicals completed the sale of its urea and customised fertilisers business for Rs. 2,682 crore to Yara Fertilisers India on Friday. 

Ulcer index one of the ways to calculate investment risk, scores over other traditional risk measures. It gives a sense of stress of an investor.