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Indiabulls Ventures Limited on Friday informed the exchanges on Friday that the board of directors have approved the buyback of Rs. 1000 crores of up to 6,66,66,666 fully paid-up equity shares.

Muthoot Finance Ltd has been assigned Long Term rating of ‘BB+’ with ‘Stable’ outlook by Fitch Ratings. S&P Global Ratings has assigned a Long Term rating of ‘BB’ with ‘Stable’ outlook. Moody’s Investor Service has assigned ‘Ba2’ Corporate Family Rating with ‘Stable’ outlook. The stock jumped nearly 2 per cent intraday in BSE.

Arvind Homes, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Arvind SmartSpaces, has entered into a Platform Funding agreement of Rs. 250 crore with HDFC Capital Advisors Private Limited.

The decline in crude steel output is negative for the company. Owing to prolonged slowdown in the steel sector, it received a rating downgrade from CARE to negative from stable.

Tech Mahindra Limited has been picked up by our Bollinger Band Squeeze scanner which suggests that the stock is near a consolidation breakout.

Following stocks are close to their 52-weeks low as at 12:51 p.m. on October 11, 2019.

The IATA data showed that the country’s domestic air passenger market clocked an 8.9 percent growth in July 2019 when compared to the same month last year. 

Biocon’s wholly owned subsidiary, Biocon Biologics and Evotec’s wholly owned subsidiary, Just - Evotec Biologics have entered into a strategic licensing agreement for an early-stage, pre-clinical bio-similar asset. The shares of Biocon gained nearly 2 per cent intraday on Friday.

The markets on October 11, 2019 opened gap up. BSE Sensex is trading at 37,961.50, up by 81.10 points and the Nifty is closed at 11,251.85, up by 17.30 points.

On Thursday, SMS Lifesciences informed the bourses that it has done preliminary analysis of its Ranitidine product and processes and found that the NDMA impurity is in trace levels, in many cases lower than the levels found in commonly consumed food, milk, meat etc.

However, sustained foreign fund outflows and rising crude prices weighed on the domestic currency and restricted its rise. Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) remained net sellers in the capital market, pulling out Rs. 263.11 crore on Thursday, as shown by the exchange data.

The construction arm of Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has secured orders from clients for its varied businesses. Despite the announcement, the shares of the company were trading flat in the BSE on Friday.

Tata Motors disappointed the Street by reporting weak global wholesale numbers on Thursday. The Tata Motors Group’s global wholesale, which includes sales of Jaguar Land Rover, was down 27 per cent YoY in September 2019.

Steel Strips Wheels (SSWL) has received an export order worth Rs. 69 crore for market in the Western Hemisphere. The stock is trading with a positive bias in BSE on Friday.

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Overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 4,11,92,020 contracts with a turnover of Rs. 25,59,668.78 crore.

Overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 4,11,92,020 contracts with a turnover of Rs. 25,59,668.78 crore.

ARSS Infrastructure bags orders worth Rs. 220.65 crore

Wednesday's high (11,322) and low (11,090) are critical resistance and support levels now. As long as these levels are not broken, it is better to stay in the sidelines. Stocks in news: Biocon, ARSS Infrastructure Projects, Tata Steel, Vakrangee, Eveready Industries.

Welcome to the final trading sessions of the week on the D-Street and we begin the day with positive sentiments as news from the west is fueling the optimism. Also, the SGX Nifty is indicating that the markets are likely to open in green with a gain of about 0.25 per cent from it's previous day's close at 11,290 level.

On Thursday, Just Dial clarified about the flaws in its security systems allowing accounts of users to be easily hacked. Post this news, the stock of the company was down by 3.11 per cent.

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Sintex Plastics Technology Limited on Thursday informed the divestment of entire equity holding in indirect wholly owned subsidiary, Sintex NP SAS.

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The stocks to watch out for October 11 include Godrej Agrovet, NHPC, Talwalkars Better Value Fitness, Biocon and TCS.

Following stocks are close to their 52-weeks low as at 14:40 p.m. on October 10, 2019.

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The markets on October 10, 2019 opened gap down. BSE Sensex is trading at 37,881.46, down by 296.49 points and the Nifty is closed at 11,230.60, down by 82.70 points.

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In this edition, we have reviewed Man Industries (India) and Sandur Manganese & Iron Ores. We suggest our reader-investors to hold in Man Industries (India) and Sandur Manganese & Iron Ores.

The recommendations provided in this column are taken from various market sources such as brokers, analysts, dealers and investment strategists, etc. These recommendations may not be backed by strong fundamentals. Therefore we advise readers to use their own discretion before investing in these recommendation

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One of the essential conditions for an active fund manager to outperform the market is a dispersion in the returns of the equity market. In simple words, if returns are smooth then anyone can invest and earn, it is the variation in the returns due to various conditions that help a fund manager to generate better returns. They use their skills and experience to understand the dynamics of the market and position themselves to take advantage of the situation.

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India has traditionally been a nation of savers, but when it came to investing, physical investments along with traditional investment products used to capture the lion's share in such savings.

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What will be the impact of the corporate tax rate cut on mutual funds? Our study shows that they will indeed stand to benefit. However, now it is in the hands of companies to use this benefit provided by the finance ministry. Meanwhile, for mutual fund investors a ‘wait and watch’ stance is advisable.

Shares of Transformers and Rectifiers (India) Ltd jumped more than 20 per cent as the market participants cheered the company’s new order win.

The board of directors of Indiabulls Housing Finance will be meeting on October 14 to consider share buyback.

Most of the global investors might be having a sense of déjà vu when in an unexpected move Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced cut in Indian corporate tax rates. Earlier, during December 2017, US President Donald Trump overhauled US tax code and cut US corporate tax,

Overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 2,39,35,635 contracts with a turnover of Rs. 15,58,081.67 crore.

Overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 2,39,35,635 contracts with a turnover of Rs. 15,58,081.67 crore.

The 11,400 would act as an immediate resistance level and a breakout above the same, along with decent advancement in the market breadth, would signal increasing strength in markets and open gates for further up move towards the level of 11,550 in the short-term. Stocks in news: Indiabulls Housing Finance, Infosys, Reliance Industries, Torrent Pharmaceutical, Bharti Airtel.

The first big corporate results comes today when the IT bellwether TCS and private banking major IndusInd Bank will showcase its July-September quarterly results. IndusInd Bank and TCS will set the tone not only for the respective sectors, but also for the key indices in the near term. 'Results' will be the keyword for the markets over the next few weeks or rather a month or a so from now.  At the time of writing, the SGX Nifty was trading almost 53 points below its yesterdays close at the level of 11,284.

Mahindra Susten, the renewable business arm of Mahindra and Mahindra (M&M) has formed a wholly owned subsidiary MSPL International DMCC in Dubai.

Diligent Media Corporation (DMCL) will stop the print edition of Daily News and Analysis (DNA) in Mumbai and Ahmedabad from October 10.

With the new outlets, total number of V-Mart Retail stores has increased to 243 stores in 186 cities across 19 states. 

The news is likely to have an adverse impact on the stocks of both the private sector bank and the mortgage financier.

The latest data by industry body, Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI) shows that asset under management (AUM) of the domestic mutual fund has declined by 3.8% month on month basis.

Polycab India Limited on Wednesday announced that the company has inaugurated Polycab Experience Centre at Shop No. 1, Sakharam Apartment, old Tapkir Galli, Pune.

Last week, Religare Enterprises announced that the company will conduct postal ballot to obtain approval of the shareholders of the company by the way of special resolution on disinvestment of entire investment of the company in material subsidiaries and Religare Housing Development Finance Corporation Limited and Sales, disposal and leasing of assets exceeding 20 per cent of assets of Religare Finvest Limited.

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The answer to both these questions may not be easy for a majority of investors. If the market history has taught us anything – it is the fact that some of the best times to buy stocks is during the collapses, drops, hiccups and free falls that may happen once in few years. These are exactly the tough times when the investors have to summon courage of conviction and show presence of mind to actually "buy" when the gut feeling says "sell". 

India being in the league of developing nations, the scope for development of infrastructure is certainly high. As skyscrapers continue to reach for the skies, roads and other amenities are being developed at a rapid pace. The most important raw material needed for all infrastructural works is, undoubtedly, cement. It is but natural therefore for investors to place their faith in the cement sector, irrespective of whether the economy is in the grip of a downturn. Geyatee Deshpande provides an overview of the cement industry scenario

Ashok Leyland is a manufacturer of commercial vehicles such as medium and heavy commercial vehicles M&HCV, light commercial vehicles (LCV), passenger vehicles and automobile components and services related to automotive aggregates, vehicle financing and engineering design services.

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11061 to act as near term support for Nifty

The scrips in this column have been recommended with a 15-day investment horizon in mind and carry high risk. Therefore, investors are advised to take into account their risk appetite before investing, as fundamentals may or may not back the recommendations.

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The domestic sectoral indices registered a fall during the fortnight, which could be considered as a correction to the recent increase in the market during previous weeks.

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While the entire country is amplifying the current pain that is being faced and partly blaming the government for the same, I find it unfair to overlook the wonderful things the government has done and working towards. It may come as a surprise but there are over 1,300 rules that have been removed in the last four years by the government,

Zydus Cadila has received the final approval from the United States Federation of Drug Authority (USFDA) to market Colesevelam Hydrochloride Tablets, (US RLD - Welchol), 625 mg. It will be manufactured at the group’s formulations manufacturing facility at SEZ, Ahmedabad.

Following stocks are close to their 52-weeks low as at 14:15 p.m. on October 09, 2019.

The markets on October 09, 2019 opened gap up. BSE Sensex is trading at 37,991.57, up by 459.59 points and the Nifty is closed at 11,256.80, up by 130.40 points.

Lupin Limited has informed the bourses that it has received GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice) Certificate from the Pharmaceutical and Medical Devices Agency (PMDA), Japan for its Mandideep API facility (Unit II).

The public sector company informed the exchanges that it has won orders for the Turbine Generator and associated packages for the greenfield 2x660 MW Khurja Super Thermal Power Project situated at Bulandshahr district of Uttar Pradesh.

Raymond has forayed into real estate business in FY19. Around 20 acres of land has been approved for residential development and, at present, 14 acres are being developed. In this residential project, Raymond will develop overall 3,000 residential units across 10 towers.

Tata Consultancy Services Limited has announced that it has expanded its strategic partnership with Legal & General (L&G) to help L&G transform into a digital workspace, leveraging TCS' Machine First Delivery Model and design thinking approach.

In response to Titan’s Q2FY20 quarter update, the stock of Titan fell as much as 7 per cent to touch intra-day low of Rs. 1177.75 apiece.

The company’s entry into the polyacrylamide business is expected to be a game changer for the Indian polyacrylamide industry. While polyacrylamide liquids are already produced in good volumes in India, the country still depends on imports for 99 per cent of its 100,000MT polyacrylamide solid demand.

Overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 1,33,63,361 contracts with a turnover of Rs. 8,66,676.50 crore.

Overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 1,33,63,361 contracts with a turnover of Rs. 8,66,676.50 crore.

If Nifty falls below the 11,060 level, the next level support is placed at 10,890. Below this, there are chances it may test the prior lows.On the upside, the immediate resistance is placed at 200 DMA (11,264) and only by moving above this level will the bulls get confidence to move higher.

The SGX Nifty, which is currently trading almost 38 points higher, is reflecting that Nifty may open at around the 11,135 levels.

Glenmark Pharmaceuticals has informed the bourses that US FDA has issued a warning letter for its Baddi facility at Himachal Pradesh. The said facility was inspected by US FDA during 15^th to 20^th April of 2019. 

Indoco Remedies Limited has received the final approval for its Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) for Rasagiline 0.5 mg and 1 mg tablets from the United States Food & Drug Administration (USFDA).

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Lupin has launched Mycophenolate Mofetil Capsules USP, 250 mg. The shares could be in focus on the following trading day as a reaction to the launch.

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 Total order intake in current fiscal stood at Rs. 1245 crore. Also, the total external order book stood at Rs. 1900 crores.

The board of Greaves Cotton Limited on Thursday approves buyback of 1.30 crore equity shares of Rs. 2 each.

The Indian benchmarks continued the weak streak on closing basis with fifth consecutive red closing on Friday. For the week, Sensex closed down by 2.57 per cent, while the Nifty index was down by 2.61 per cent.

Mahanagar Gas has reduced prices for the compressed natural gas (CNG) and domestic piped natural gas (PNG). The shares gained over 1.5 per cent intraday.

The immediate task for the bulls is to cross the level of 11,400 and sustain above these levels. In case of failure to move beyond the 11,400 mark, the bulls will once again hope that the 200-DMA will come to their rescue. Stocks in news: HDFC, Engineers India, Dhampur Sugar Mills, Hindalco Industries, New India Assurance Company, Indian Hotels.

The SGX Nifty is trading higher by 24 points at the 11,383 levels.