Indian equity markets are likely to make a flat to positive start on Friday with traders eyeing third-quarter corporate earnings results of index heavyweights like HDFC Bank, Reliance, ITC, Wipro, Kotak Mahindra Bank for directional cues. The SGX Nifty indicates that the Nifty could open at 10,823 up by 12 points at the opening bell. 

The stocks that are likely to record significant movement on the bourses on January 19, 2018 are SPML Infra Limited, HDFC Bank/ITC Limited, Geojit Financial Services Limited and Biocon Limited. 

Infrastructure company SPML Infra along with its joint venture partner OM Metals Infraprojects bagged an international order worth Rs. 205 crore from the Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Republic of Ghana.

Engineering research and development company L&T Technology Services bagged an order worth Rs. 319 crore from a global aerospace electronic systems manufacturer, announced the company on Thursday.

Panacea Biotech has signed two agreements with Serum Institute of India (SII) and Bilthovan Biologicals (BBIO). Under this collaboration, SII is entitled to manufacture and sell fully liquid whole cell Pertussis (wP) and salk-based injectable polio vaccine (IPV), developed by Panacea Biotech.

Infrastructure major Dilip Buildcon on Thursday announced that it has bagged a road project worth Rs. 730 crore from National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) in Madhya Pradesh.

India's private bank major, HDFC Bank extended its upward rally, ahead of its Q3 earnings release. HDFC Bank crossed Rs. 5 lakh crore (Rs 5 trillion) in terms of market capitalization for the first time on Thursday, marking its entry to the big league.

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Power Mech Projects bagged multiple orders worth Rs. 192 crore, the company announced on Thursday.