Himadri Speciality Chemical zoomed past 4 per cent in the morning trade on Thursday on the back of company’s plan to invest Rs. 1,000 crore to setup a greenfield plant in West Bengal.

Electric equipment major Havells India signed an agreement with South Korea-headquartered Hyundai Electric & Energy Systems to manufacture magnetic contactors on Wednesday.

Following stocks are close to their 52-week low as at 1.07 p.m. on March 15, 2018.

The markets on March 15, 2018 opened down. BSE Sensex is trading at 33,793.22, down by 42.52 points and the Nifty is trading at 10,396.65, down by 14.25 points.

The initial public offer (IPO) comprises an offer for sale by the promoter selling shareholder of up to 77,249,508 equity shares of face value Rs. 5 each.

Overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 89.24 lakh contracts with a turnover of Rs. 8,00,356.04 crore.

Overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 89.24 lakh contracts with a turnover of Rs. 8,00,356.04 crore.

Going ahead, Nifty is likely to see support around the level of 10,360, followed by 10,300. On the upside, the level of 10,450 is a crucial resistance zone. Stocks in the news: Havells, Asian Granito, Wipro, Bharti Airtel, Majesco, TVS Motor, Himadri Speciality Chemical and Welspun Enterprises.

Indian equity benchmarks are likely to start the session on negative note on back of weak global cues. However, traders will get some support from the report of World Bank which has projected India’s GDP to grow at 7.3% in FY19, driven by private consumption, investment and exports. The SGX Nifty is indicating that the Nifty could open with a marginal loss of 27 points around 10,403 at the opening bell.  

The stocks that are likely to witness significant movement on the bourses on March 15, Thursday are Wipro Limited, Havells India Limited, Balrampur Chini Mills Limited, Dish TV India Limited and Asian Granito India Limited.