Overnight Digest: Stocks likely to be in focus on September 21

Watch out for these stocks for Wednesday's trading session.

On Tuesday, the buoyant domestic markets were not much affected by the weakness of the western markets.  

At close, Sensex was up by 578.51 points or 0.98 per cent at 59,719.74 while Nifty climbed 194 points or 1.10 per cent at 17,816.30.  

Apollo Hospitals, Cipla, Sun Pharma, Eicher Motors, and IndusInd Bank were among the major gainers on Nifty while the losers included Nestle India, Shree Cement, Grasim Industries, Power Grid Corp & Infosys. 

Each sectoral index ended on a positive note with the pharma sector delivering a healthy performance today, zooming 3 per cent.  

Watch out for these stocks for Wednesday's trading session - 

Infosys - Infosys announced its collaboration with Telenor Norway, Telenor’s wholly-owned Norwegian telecommunications operator, in its business transformation programme to become a digital telecommunications company. Infosys will accelerate Telenor Norway’s modernisation journey while supporting its ‘Beyond Connectivity’ strategy.  

Mindtree - Mindtree, the global technology services & digital transformation company, today announced that it has enabled UK’s leading retailer of technology products & services, Currys, to deliver a connected and highly personalised omnichannel shopping experience to its customers across multiple markets. The shares of Mindtree have closed flat at 0.68 per cent up on BSE.  

IRCON International - IRCON International has been awarded the work of Stage III i.e. detailed engineering & project management consultancy (PMC) services for the ‘Development of rail infrastructure for two proposed RLS (20 MTY) for Ananta OCP of Jagannath Area at Talcher’ by Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL) at a total value of Rs 256 crore. The shares zoomed 2.72 per cent towards the end of the trading session on Tuesday.  

Venus Pipes & Tubes - The shares of Venus Pipes & Tubes touched a new high of Rs 586.65 with the stock rallying 11 per cent on an intraday basis on a robust business outlook. On September 10, 2022, the company announced that it has become the first Indian company to receive Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) approval for stainless steel seamless as well as welded pipes and tubes. Post this news, the stock zoomed 47 per cent in the last two weeks.