Varun Beverage reported consolidated net sales of Rs. 1,359.2 crore for the March quarter, up by nearly 24.1 per cent from the corresponding quarter of the previous year. This was mainly on account of increase in overall sales volumes to 90 million-unit cases from 80 in Q1CY18

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The stocks that are likely to witness significant movement on the bourses on May 10 are JSW Steel, Excel Crop Care Limited, Maruti Suzuki India, Lupin and IDFC First Bank.

Market continued to be in the red, but managed to cut the losses. As it has been the case for the last two day, Reliance continued to be the top draggers on Thursday.

Delhi-based steel and power company, Jindal Steel and Power Limited, informed the stock exchanges in a press release that the company has won a contract worth Rs. 665. crore, on Thursday.

Dalal Street Investment Journal is pleased to bring to you the much-anticipated DSIJ PSU Award. Since 2009, the birth year of this flagship issue, we have identified the efforts and the brilliant achievements of the PSUs in India and we yet again present to you our celebrated PSU Journal. 

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Following stocks are close to their 52-weeks low as at 2:25 p.m. on May 9, 2019.

The markets on May 9, 2019 opened gap down. BSE Sensex is trading at 37,488.11, down by 301.02 points and the Nifty is trading at 11,276.05, down by 83.40 points. 

I have made a public appeal for contribution/donation for medical treatment of my son as I cannot afford his medical treatment. There was a good response and I am likely to receive around Rs.10 lakh. The cheque will come in my name or my son’s name. The issue for your consideration is whether such money collected and spent for medical treatment is chargeable to tax under the Income Tax Act?

Infrastructure development paves the way for rapid economic development of country. Pratap Padode provides an overview of the infrastructure development during the 5-year reign of the Modi government

Contra investing is one of the most difficult and yet one of the most rewarding exercises in the equity markets. Yogesh Supekar explains the nuances of contra investing and, along with DSIJ research team, identifies contra investing opportunities in the current market scenario...

Is it the right time to buy Eveready Industries as it is a beaten down stock?

According to DGCA India, passengers carried by domestic airlines during Jan-Mar 2019 were 354.53 lakhs. 

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Some of the key takeaways from FII actions can be used smartly while constructing a diversified portfolio. Advait Dharmadhikari observes the trend in FII investments in the Indian markets and identifies the sectors that FIIs are overweight on...

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In the housing finance business, quality of underwriting remains a key concern due to severe competition in this space. Also, the asset quality must be maintained while continuing to chase growth. A robust mechanism for collection is also important to avoid write-offs.

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Lupin Limited has announced that it has entered into a definitive distribution agreement with Aptissen S.A. Under this agreement, Aptissen has granted Lupin with the exclusive rights to market, distribute and sell the current Aptissen products in Canada.

The Indian stock markets are becoming more and more tricky and volatile since past five weeks. As we are nearing the event risk of general election mandate, market participants are becoming indecisive regarding their new investments and it is reflecting in the price action.

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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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Glenmark Pharmaceuticals announced positive results from a Phase 3 study of Ryaltris, an investigational fixed-dose combination nasal spray for the treatment of seasonal allergic rhinitis(SAR). 

Adani Group is said to be negotiating an approximately Rs. 1,500 crore deal with Kalpataru Power Transmission Limited (KPTL) for four of its transmission lines.

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The contest between bulls and bears in the equity markets is getting tougher than the IPL cricket matches, all thanks to the election outcome uncertainty and the fluctuations in the international crude oil market.

The financialisation of savings has led to the emergence of various financial products in the investment space. analyses the three most prominent among them DSIJ and elucidates their differences and their suitability to different types of investors.

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The market has started showing signs of nervousness before the election result and has thus become volatile.

The BSE benchmark Sensex is down almost 4 per cent from its recent all-time high of 39,275. Long term investors should see this correction as an opportunity to enter the markets as history has shown that no election results have impacted the markets in the long run. Poor earnings this season, renewed trade war fears and lack of liquidity in the markets have created headwinds for the markets in the short run. Such pessimism should be used smartly to enter markets.

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A journey of 1000 miles begins with a single step. The recent step taken by Franklin Templeton India, one of the largest asset management companies (AMC) in India, will help mutual fund investors to earn more on their investments.

Overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 1.98 crore contracts with a turnover of Rs. 13,24,483.37 crore.

Overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 1.98 crore contracts with a turnover of Rs. 13,24,483.37 crore.

The momentum indicators on the shorter time frame are slightly oversold and this may result in minor bent towards the 11,420-11,450 level. On the downside, if Nifty slips below the Wednesday’s session low of 11,347, then it may go down all the way up to the level of 11,300, followed by 11,220. Stocks in news: Yes Bank, Dilip Buildcon, TVS Motor, Bharat Financial Inclusion, Hindalco Industries.

Indian indices seem to be running out of luck for now as domestic markets are likely to witness yet another negative opening following depressing cues from Asian peers. At the time of writing SGX Nifty was trading down by 26 points at 11,376 level. Among the results to watch are Apollo Tyres, Asian Paints, Granules, HCL Technologies, MGL, OFSS, VBL and Voltas.

Satin Creditcare Network reported a consolidated net profit of Rs. 201 crore for FY19, registering a growth of 169 per cent YoY as against Rs. 75 crore in FY18 on a consolidated basis. The company reported revenues of Rs. 1,448 crore in FY19, up by 40 per cent YoY.

KEC International reported its results for the quarter ended March 31, 2019 on Wednesday after market hours. The company's consolidated revenue for Q4FY19 came in at Rs. 3,841.17 crore as against Rs. 3,662.37 crore in the corresponding quarter last year, registering 4.9 per cent yoy increase.

The stocks that are likely to witness significant movement on the bourses on May 9 are Lupin, Dilip Buildcon, Voltas, Eros International and UPL.

Market on Wednesday opened in the green but soon after the pre-opening session slipped in the red zone. Market trade around the 38,000 level for the most part of the first half of the day and then lost more ground in the afternoon session to close down by 487 points or 1.27 per cent. The biggest draggers were Tata Motors and Reliance.

The latest investors for the debt-ridden airline were a British airline, a non-resident Indian and investment firms Adi Partners, Future Trend Capital and Radcliffe Capital.

NBCC (India) has secured a total business of Rs. 361.91 crore in the month of April 2019. Earlier, the company had secured a total business of Rs. 3,031.70 crore in March 2019.

Indoco Remedies announced that it received approval from the UK-MHRA (Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency) for its new solid dosages manufacturing facility in Baddi, Himachal Pradesh (Baddi III unit). The inspection was held from October 16 to 18, 2018.

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Gujarat-based pipes and tubes manufacturer, Ratnamani Metals & Tubes Limited informed in the exchange through a filing that the company has secured a new order for CS coated pipes.

Natco Pharma’s marketing partner Alvogen has received final approval of Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) from USFDA for Nitroglycerin Sublingual Tablets USP, 0.3 mg, 0.4 mg, and 0.6 mg.

Following stocks are close to their 52-weeks low as at 12:51 p.m. on May 8, 2019.

The markets on May 8, 2019 opened gap down. BSE Sensex is trading at 37,999.34, down by 277.29 points and the Nifty is trading at 11,418.65, down by 79.25 points. 

Neogen Chemicals Limited has made a strong debut on BSE by getting listed with 16.7 per cent premium.

Trigyn Technologies Limited has informed the bourses that UNAIDS has signed a non-exclusive Long-Term Agreement (LTA) with its wholly-owned subsidiary Trigyn Technologies Inc. for providing open source IT services like Drupal/PHP and Django/Python.

Overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 1.45 crore contracts with a turnover of Rs. 9,81,837.10 crore.

Overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 1.45 crore contracts with a turnover of Rs. 9,81,837.10 crore.

The level of 50-EMA, which is placed around 11,436, is likely to act as an immediate support level and sustaining below this level may take the Nifty all the way down up to the level of 11,370. On the higher side, the level of 11,550 is likely to act as a strong resistance. Stocks in news: HCL Technologies, Trigyn Technologies, Vakrangee, Biocon, IDBI Bank, Dewan Housing Finance, FDC.

The global markets present a fairly scary picture with markets across the US and Europe succumbing to selling pressure. The SGX Nifty is under pressure and indicates lower opening in store for the Indian markets. At the time of writing, SGX Nifty was trading down by 63 points at 11,475 level. Some of the key results scheduled today are Titan and Shriram Transport Finance.

Mumbai-based plastic packaging manufacturer, Essel Propack Ltd, posted its Q4FY19 results on Tuesday. The company saw steady growth in revenue and net profits.

Revenue from agri machinery, construction equipment and railway equipment grew by 12.5 per cent, 10.2 per cent and 36.1 per cent, respectively, on a YoY basis.

The drug is a generic version of Emend for Injection, 150 mg single-dose vial of Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. The injection helps prevent nausea and vomiting caused by cancer drug treatment (chemotherapy).

Capgemini has signed an alliance partnership agreement with Majesco following which the stock was buzzing on Tuesday

Wipro announced that the company has partnered with enterprise blockchain software firm R3 and has developed a blockchain-based solution prototype to enable digital currency for inter-bank settlements for a consortium consisting of the Bank of Thailand and eight commercial banks in Thailand.

The stocks that are likely to witness significant movement on the bourses on May 8 are Lupin, Alembic Pharmaceuticals, Larsen & Toubro Infotech, JK Paper and Jyothy Laboratories.

Market held its fort until lunch hours on Tuesday but could not sustain and started slipping in the afternoon session and tanked more than 300 points in the last half an hour of trade. Rise of crude oil prices in the international market led to negative sentiments hit the stocks of oil retailers led by Reliance.

The company's consolidated revenue for Q4FY19 came in at Rs. 434.98 crore as against Rs. 362.56 crore in the corresponding quarter last year, registering a 20 per cent YoY increase.

Following stocks are close to their 52-weeks low as at 2:44 p.m. on May 7, 2019.

The markets on May 7, 2019 opened down. BSE Sensex is trading at 38,291.27, up by 309.07 Points and the Nifty is trading at 11,508.90, up by 89.35 points. Meanwhile, the following stocks are close to their 52 weeks high as on May 7, 2019.

Bharti Airtel and Hughes Communications India plan to combine their VSAT operations in India. The combined entity will have benefits of scale and reach, with Airtel having a significant shareholding.

Mumbai-based pharmaceutical products manufacturer, Unichem Laboratories made a public announcement that it received tentative ANDA approval from USFDA, on Tuesday.

Overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 1.01 crore contracts with a turnover of Rs. 6, 84,284.97 crore.

Overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 1.01 crore contracts with a turnover of Rs. 6,84,284.97 crore.

Marico reported a consolidated net profit of Rs. 213 crore for the quarter ended March 2019 as against a net profit of Rs. 183 crore in the corresponding period last year.

The stock of Sterlite Technologies was buzzing on the bourses as its promoter entity Volcan Investments reached an in-principle agreement with their lender to remove pledge on shares. Promoters are expected to release shares of Sterlite pledged with the lender by the end of July, 2019.

In a bid to raise capital, the public sector bank is identifying non-core assets or investments to be monetized. The bank plans to raise Rs. 850 crore this financial year.

In the coming session, April's month low of 11,549 would be the key level to watch out for as holding above the same would keep supportive options open. Stocks that will be in focus include Lemon Tree Hotels, HDFC Bank, Dhanuka Agritech, Wipro, TCS, Kesar Enterprises, HDFC and IOB.

Firstsource Solutions' net profit stood at Rs. 98.24 crore from Rs. 92.8 crore in December 2018, up 5.8 per cent in December 2018. The company’s revenue stood at Rs. 964.2 crore as against Rs. 871.3 crore, up 10.6 per cent YoY.

The company has reported its net profit at Rs. 2,012 crore for the Q4FY19 as compared to Rs. 2,505 crore for the same quarter in the previous year thus presenting a fall of 19.68 per cent. 

The stocks that are likely to witness significant movement on the bourses on May 7 are TCS, Mahindra CIE Automotive, Asian Oilfield, Alembic Pharmaceuticals and Ceat

After opening gap-down, the benchmark indices experienced continued selling pressure throughout the day on Monday. Following renewed tariff threat from the US President Donald Trump, negative sentiments gripped the market right from the opening bell with auto, metal and stocks dipping the most.

PNC Infratech has entered into a share purchase agreement with Cube Highways and Infrastructure for sale of its entire stake, i.e. 2,93,24,000 equity shares, representing 15.12 per cent of the total shareholding in Ghaziabad Aligarh Expressway, an associate of PNC Infratech.

Franklin Templeton MF abolishes exit load on a switch from regular plan to direct plan. What does it mean to you? Let’s find out.

Following stocks are close to their 52-week low as at 1:30 p.m. on May 06, 2019.

The markets on May 06, 2019 opened gap down. BSE Sensex is trading at 38,657.36 down by 305.90 points and the Nifty is trading at 11,614.50, down by 97.75 points. 

This is for the inspection carried out by them at Aleor Dermaceuticals’ formulation facility at Karakhadi, Gujarat during the period from February 4, 2019 to February 8, 2019.

Dr. Reddy's Laboratories informed the bourses that it has launched Testosterone Gel 1.62 per cent, a therapeutic equivalent generic version of AndroGel (testosterone gel) 1.62 per cent, approved by USFDA.

Ducon Infratechnologies has received a FGD project order from Chloride Metals. 

The US drug regulator has as classified Strides' Puducherry facility under the Official Action Initiated (OAI) category, the company informed in a press release.

Eyeing a bigger market share in the packaged fruit and juice segment, ITC has launched three new variants under its product ‘B Natural’, which is into fruit beverages.

Morepen Labs reported a steep 125 per cent rise in its net profit at Rs. 9.22 crore from Rs. 4.11 crore in YoY and a 31 per cent rise in its total revenue at Rs. 207.1 crore in the quarter ended March 2019 as against Rs. 158.34 crore.

Overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 97.24 lakh contracts with a turnover of Rs.  6,44,850.26 crore.

Overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 97.24 lakh contracts with a turnover of Rs.  6,44,850.26 crore.

The level of 11,650 is likely to act as a strong support and, on the flip-side, the level of 11,800 may act as a resistance level for the Nifty. With this narrow trading zone, the Bollinger Bands are contracted and any close below the 11,650 level will lead to 11,550 level once again. Stocks that will be in focus include BRNL, Torrent, HIL, Yes Bank and Cadila Healthcare.

SGX Nifty was trading down by 60 points at 11,701 level, which clearly indicates that the domestic markets may witness selling pressure at the start of the week. Bharti Airtel, ICICI Bank and Marico are some of the key results scheduled for the day. Traders will also look forward to Nikkei India PMI service data for April which will be released later on Monday. 

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Leading private lender Federal Bank reported strong numbers for the Q4FY19. The bank registered a 17 per cent growth in net interest income (NII) for the March quarter FY19 at Rs. 1,097 crore as against Rs. 933 crore in the Q4FY18.

Cadila Healthcare on Friday reported 14 observations by the USFDA post an inspection of its Ahmedabad plant.

The stocks that are likely to witness significant movement on the bourses on May 6 are Godrej Consumer, Spice Jet, Amber Enterprises, Cadila and TBZ.