On the way up, the index may attempt to test the 100-day moving average placed at the level of 10,938, while on the downside, the gap area (10,815-10,845) which was formed on December 17 is likely to provide support to the index. Stocks in news: Tata Steel, Graphite India, Ashoka Buildcon, NMDC, Bombay Dyeing, Bank of Baroda and Glenmark Pharmaceuticals.

Indian benchmark indices are likely to open a tad lower following cautious mood in the Asian markets and sharp fall seen on Wall Street overnight. The SGX Nifty indicates Nifty could open around the level of 10,886, down by 27 points.   

The metal index gained 2 per cent on Monday as base metal prices increase in the global markets following the cautious optimism that the US and China will resolve their trade conflict soon.

The stocks most likely to witness significant movement on the bourses on December 18 are Godrej Industries, Kotak Mahindra Bank, IDBI Bank, Ashoka Buildcon and Lupin.

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Integrated construction company Ahluwalia Contracts surged as much as 7 per cent to touch intra-day high of around Rs. 305 apiece, after the company informed the bourses that it has bagged order worth nearly Rs.425.42 crore.

Power Mech Projects, an engineering and construction company, received two orders in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka for different capacity of thermal power plants.

Following stocks are close to their 52-week low as at 12.35 p.m. on December 17, 2018.

The markets on December 17, 2018 opened gap up. BSE Sensex is trading at 36,202.70, up by 239.77 points and the Nifty is trading at 10,858.75, up by 53.30 points. 

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Hydrocortisone Valerate Ointment is used in the treatment of skin disease like swelling, itching and redness. As per IQVIA, the market for the said medicine was approx US$11.1 million in the 12-month period ending October 2018 in the US market.

NTPC Limited acquired Barauni Thermal Power Station (720 MW) in District Begusarai, Bihar. The company acquired the power station from Bihar State Power Generation Company Limited (BSPGCL) effective from December 15, 2018.

The biotech major's Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API) manufacturing facility located in Telangana was inspected by USFDA in the month of December. The inspection concluded without any observation.

Overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 80.12 lakh contracts with a turnover of Rs. 4,80,578.85 crore.

Overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 80.12 lakh contracts with a turnover of Rs. 4,80,578.85 crore.

Going ahead, the zone of 10,750-10,757 is likely to act as crucial support for the index. On the upside, immediate hurdle is placed around the level of 10,811. Stocks in news: Biocon, Reliance Industries, Wipro, NTPC, Cadila Healthcare, Datamatics Global Services, Infosys, Bharti Airtel, Future Consumer and Canara Bank.

Indian markets are expected to open with modest gains as cues from Asian peers are mixed. The SGX Nifty is currently trading at 10,858 level, up by 27 points.   

After witnessing fierce sell-off, crude oil prices traded in contracting consolidation from last three weeks which looks like symmetric contracting triangle in lower time frame. The contracting triangle can be a continuation or a reversal pattern. Although, more often it is a continuation pattern.

Chennai Petroleum Limited reached near its downward sloping trendline formed by connecting highs from January 2018, on the weekly time frame. This coincides by the stock's long-term moving average, i.e. 200-week exponential moving average, which is currently placed at 283.20 level. After registering its 52-week low, the stock is trading in a range for the last nine weeks along with low volumes, which indicates it is just a pull-back and the original downtrend is likely to resume soon.

Mutual fund houses follow different methods of valuation for corporate bonds which lead to discrepancies in the NAV of the fund, to address this issue SEBI is likely to issue uniform guidelines for pricing of corporate bonds in mutual funds. Read on to find out more.

Ministry of Finance has increased the central government's NPS contribution for its employees to 14 per cent from the existing 10 per cent. The government has also tweaked the tax exemption limit for withdrawal on exit making it a Triple E investment plan.

The stocks most likely to witness significant movement on the bourses on December 15 are Aditya Birla Capital, Indian Oil Corporation, Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea, Gujarat Ambuja Exports and Jet Airways. 

The popular index Bank Nifty opened gap-down on Tuesday and formed sizeable bullish candle around its short-term support zone of 25650-25600, which is the 50 per cent Fibonacci retracement level of its entire upward move starting from the low of early October to the high of December 3,2018.

The stock of biotech company Biocon Limited formed an outside bar resembling a Bullish Engulfing pattern on the weekly time frame, which indicates bulls were in dominant position. After six weeks of contracting consolidation, Biocon has recently given a breakout along with decent volumes.

Supreme Court of India dismissed all the petitions seeking court direction for investigating the alleged scam in the procurement of 36 Rafale jets from the French company Dassault Aviation. Also, DoT agreed to issue NOC for the Rcom-RJio deal.

IT giant Infosys gained on the bourses as the company declared the formation of a JV with Hitachi, Panasonic Corporation and Pasona Inc. Shares of the company gained almost 3 per cent intraday.

The stock of Max India saw a phenomenal uptrend during Friday's trading session. There is a buzz in the market that the company is planning an exit from its insurance business. At 14:26 hours, Max India was quoting Rs. 79.80 per share, up by Rs. 13.00 or 19.46 per cent.

Following stocks are close to their 52-week low as at 12.37 p.m. on December 14, 2018.

In a major blow to Fortis Healthcare's efforts to sell stake, the Supreme Court of India has put on hold the Rs. 4,000 crore deal between IHH Healthcare Berhad and Fortis on Friday. Reacting to this development, the stock of Fortis Healthcare plunged more than 8 per cent.

The markets on December 14, 2018 opened gap down. BSE Sensex is trading at 35,924.65, down by 4.99 points and the Nifty is trading at 10,790.35, down by 1.20 points. 

The dispute settlement tribune for the telecom industry rejects TRAI's rules for penalising telecom companies on predatory pricing practices. The TDSAT ruled that TRAI had issued the new definition and rules without enough consultation with the industry.

Overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 3.27 crore contracts with a turnover of Rs. 18,23,784.25 crore.

Overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 3.27 crore contracts with a turnover of Rs. 18,23,784.25 crore.

Going ahead, the 200-day moving average, which is placed around the level of 10,755, is likely to act as an immediate support level, whereas on the upside, Thursday session's high which stands at 10,839 is likely to pose resistance. Stocks in news: Lupin, IOC, Adani Enterprises, Adani Enterprises, Premier Explosives and NMDC.

Indian shares look set to open lower on Friday following weak cues from the Asian peers. The SGX Nifty is currently at the 10,776 level, down by 50 points. Going ahead, the market participants will keep a close watch on WPI data for November, which will be released today along with the data on balance of trade in November.  The central board of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will meet today under the new Governor Shaktikanta Das and, as per the reports, the meeting is likely to review the progress made on some of the decisions taken in the last meeting.   

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The recent week gone by was nothing less than dramatic for the investors, as bears took the lead and made investors go through a roller-coaster ride amid some shocking developments. The tussle between the government and the RBI led to the exit of Urjit Patel as the governor of the RBI on Monday. 

The stocks most likely to witness significant movement on the bourses on December 14 are Jain Irrigation Systems, Yes Bank, Lupin, Indian Oil Corp and SSWL.

Jain Irrigation Systems, India’s largest micro-irrigation company, bagged orders worth Rs. 584 crore from the Karnataka Neeravari Nigam Limited, a division of Water Resources Department of Karnataka, through National Competitive Bidding. The order pertains to an Integrated Micro Irrigation Project in Karnataka. 

The private bank's board has finalised candidates for various vacant positions on its board include a replacement for the outgoing MD and CEO Rana Kapoor, said the bank in a filing to the bourses on Thursday. 

Steel Strips Wheels Limited (SSWL), the wheel rim manufacturing company, informed the bourses that it has won a large repeat exports order for truck and trailer from the US market.

Mumbai based Fintech start-up, 5paisa Capital Limited strengthened its position in the discount broking segment as its active client base increased by 486 per cent YoY. The company now has an active client base of 83,328 against 14,217 a year ago.

The EU General Court thrashed the company's appeal against the European Commission’s decision to impose a penalty on Unichem in the perindopril patent case. The company is reviewing the judgement and might appeal before the European Court of Justice.

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Following stocks are close to their 52-week low as at 12.34 p.m. on December 13, 2018.

The markets on December 13, 2018 opened gap up. BSE Sensex is trading at 35,949.89, up by 170.82 points and the Nifty is trading at 10,793.40, up by 55.80 points. 

Strides Pharma’s step-down wholly-owned subsidiary, Strides Pharma Globe Pte. Limited, Singapore, received USFDA approval for Lidocaine Ointment. The stocks of Strides gained 2 per cent in the morning trading session.

The company has received appointment date from the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) for an EPC project worth Rs. 981 crore in Uttar Pradesh. 

Overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 1.67 crore contracts with a turnover of Rs. 9,56,463.76 crore.

Overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 1.67 crore contracts with a turnover of Rs. 9,56,463.76 crore.

It would be important for the Nifty to surpass its 200-day moving average and trade above this zone for extending its rally. Sustaining above the 200-day moving average will open up for upmove towards the levels of 10,840-10,890. Stocks in news: Lupin, Stride Pharma Science, Pricol, Sadbhav Engineering and Punjab & Sind Bank.

Today, the markets are likely to make an optimistic start, tracking positive trend among Asian peers and a positive close on Wall Street overnight. Traders will be getting some encouragement with the data released yesterday post-market, reflecting economy's improved performance as retail inflation eased to 2.3 per cent while IIP grew at an 11-month high of 8.1 per cent. The SGX Nifty is currently trading at 10,840 level, up by 52 points.   

Subsidiary of Hinduja Group, Ashok Leyland has signed an MoU with ELBIT Systems, Israel. The shares of the company gained more than 2 per cent intraday on Wednesday.

The cement major's MD and CEO Ajay Kapur has decided to resign from his post. The board has approved the resignation. Also, the company has announced a capacity expansion plan for its facility in Rajasthan.

White Organic Agro Limited announced the receipt of a direct export order of Long Grain Crème Sella Rice to Rebat Al Houda Trading Est, Dammam, Saudi Arabia. This would be the company’s first order in the international market.

The stocks most likely to witness significant movement on the bourses on December 13 are ITC, Bandhan Bank, Jubilant FoodWorks, Pricol and Ramco Systems.

It was a double whammy for the market on Tuesday when the RBI Governor suddenly resigned and the ruling party lost three major state elections. But in contrary to expectations, the market gained strength and closed up by more than 600 points, read on to find the reason for this anomaly.

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Intellect Design Arena Limited is currently trading at Rs. 225.80 per share. On the weekly scale, the stock has given a bounce from the edge of the rising trendline support formed by joining lows from August 11, 2017. Considering the daily time frame, on Monday the stock has formed a Hammer candlestick pattern followed by the sizeable bullish candle on Tuesday which predicts bulls are taking control near the support zone.

Market back with the bulls buoyed by the uptrend in auto stocks and recovery in banking and finance stocks. The BSE Sensex was at 35,749.61, up nearly 600 points.

The stock of UFO Moviez surged during the first half of Tuesday's trade as the company's non-promoters investors agreed to sell stakes in Qube Digital to UFO and ICICI Ventures at a lower price.

PNC Infratech’s wholly-owned subsidiary PNC Challakere (Karnataka) Highways Private Limited, has achieved financial closure by submitting duly executed financing documents to NHAI for the Hybrid Annuity Model (HAM) project.

Following stocks are close to their 52-week low as at 12.34 p.m. on December 12, 2018.

The markets on December 12, 2018 opened gap up. BSE Sensex is trading at 35,499.88, up by 349.87 points and the Nifty is trading at 10,656.30, up by 107.15 points. 

Overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 2.09 crore contracts with a turnover of Rs. 12,19,439.02 crore.

Overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 2.09 crore contracts with a turnover of Rs. 12,19,439.02 crore.

The government appointed Shaktikanta Das as the new governor of the Reserve Bank of India for three years, making him the 25^th RBI chief. The decision was made 24 hours after Urjit Patel’s unforeseen resignation. The swift decision is a mark of the government’s resolve to combat uncertainty.

Going ahead, the opening downside gap area created on  December 10 is likely to act as a stiff resistance. Stocks in news: Unichem Laboratories, Zydus Wellness, Dr Reddy’s Laboratories, PNC Infratech, Au Small Finance Bank and Reliance Industries.

The key Indian benchmark indices are expected to make a flat start to the session despite positive cues from Asian peers and mixed cues from the Wall Street. The SGX Nifty is currently at 10,597 level, down by 3 points.

After registering a 52-week high, the stock is consistently falling along with relatively low volume and making a series of lower lows. Currently, the stock has reached near its multiple support zone of Rs. 200-Rs. 190 and it is likely to give a bounce from the current levels in the coming weeks. 

The stocks most likely to witness significant movement on the bourses on December 12 are Unichem Laboratories, Shalby, Palred Technologies, SBI and Music Broadcast.

The Indian benchmark indices closed with gains despite experiencing volatile trade on Tuesday. Yes Bank was the top gainers on both the benchmarks Sensex and Nifty. Broader markets also participated in the rally with Mid-cap and Small-cap indices gaining more than 1 per cent.

Following stocks are close to their 52-week low as at 02.03 p.m. on Dec 11, 2018.

The markets on Dec 11, 2018 opened gap up. BSE Sensex is trading at 35,060.86 up by 101.14 points and the Nifty is trading at 10,521 up by 28.20 points. 

The pharma major launched omeprazole delayed-release tablets, 20 mg, an over-the-counter (OTC) equivalent of Prilosec OTC in the US market. This has helped the stock trade in the green in an otherwise volatile market on Tuesday.

Overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 78, 93,174 contracts with a turnover of Rs. 4, 79,808.70 crore.

Overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 78, 93,174 contracts with a turnover of Rs. 4, 79,808.70 crore.

Strides Pharma Science Limited's 50:50 JV Strides Vivimed has got USFDA approval for Albendazole Tablets on Tuesday. The US market for the said tablets is around US$100mn as per IQVIA MAT data.

The Board of Directors of KDDL Limited has approved the acquisition of Estima AG, a Swiss watch hands manufacturing company through its subsidiaries Pylania SA and special purpose vehicle Kamla International Holdings SA.

Urjit Patel becomes the first Governor after 1960 to resign from his post and quit before completing his term. Check headlines of major media houses worldwide.

The RBI Governor Urjit Patel tended his resignation on Monday ahead of the crucial board meeting scheduled for Friday, December 14. Also, the state election results will bring more volatility to the Indian equity markets.

The level of 10,360 is likely to act as a strong support for the index as it is 61.8 per cent retracement level. Stocks in news: Wipro, Lupin, Zensar Technologies, Titagarh Wagons, KDDL, GMR Infrastructure, Cox & Kings, ICICI Bank and SBI.

Indian markets stares at a major gap-down start on Tuesday as in a surprise move, the RBI governor Dr Urjit Patel submitted his resignation with immediate effect. Dr Patel has cited personal reasons for his resignation, but market participants are not buying that argument as the negative reaction to the news is evident with the SGX Nifty trading lower by 175 points and indicating Nifty opening below the 10,350 mark. Going ahead, market participants will keep a close eye on counting of five state election results.  

The stock markets will witness action-packed trading tomorrow as the RBI governor Urjit Patel has stepped down with immediate effect. The RBI governor's move coincides with the state elections results tomorrow.

The stocks most likely to witness significant movement on the bourses on December 11 are Lupin, Tata Motors, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Zensar Technologies and Titagarh Wagons.

Private banker Kotak Mahindra Bank has filed an appeal with the Bombay High Court against the Reserve Bank of India, contesting the regulator's decision on reduction of the bank's promoter shareholding.

Lupin has received tentative approval from USFDA to market Apixaban Tablets, 2.5 mg and 5 mg. The tablet is indicated to treat several ailments including reducing the risk of stroke and systemic embolism.

Tata Motors Group's global wholesales for the month was at 1,04,964 units in November, lower by 7 per cent on a YoY basis. This include Tata Motors passenger vehicles, Tata Motors commercial vehicles and Jaguar Land Rover.

Following stocks are close to their 52-week low as at 2.54 p.m. on December 10, 2018.

The markets on December 10, 2018 opened gap down. BSE Sensex is trading at 35,033.70, down by 639.55 points and the Nifty is trading at 10,497.35, down by 196.35 points. 

Inflows to liquid funds helped the domestic AUM to again cross Rs. 24 lakh crore mark in November, while inflows to equity-dedicated funds declined.

Pharma major Alembic Pharmaceuticals received approval from the USFDA for Olopatadine Hydrochloride Ophthalmic Solution USP, 0.1%. The stocks gained around 2 per cent intraday post the news.