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Government calls for the merger of Vijaya Bank, Dena Bank into Bank of Baroda. The combined entity will form the third-largest bank in India with a total loan book of Rs. 14.82 lakh crore. Of the three, Dena Bank is the weakest, while Bank of Baroda and Vijaya Bank have cleaner books.

Overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 82.31 lakh contracts with a turnover of Rs. 7,94,587.42 crore.

Overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 82.31 lakh contracts with a turnover of Rs. 7,94,587.42 crore.

The stocks that are likely to witness significant movement on the bourses on September 18 are Indraprastha Gas, Alembic Pharmaceuticals, Avenue Supermarts, IL&FS Transportation Networks Limited and SMS Lifesciences. 

Tata Elxsi, announced partnership with Ayla Networks to deliver value-added IoT services to communications service providers (CSP). The stock of Tata Elxsi withstood overall market pessimism and closed 1 per cent up from its previous close.