The levels of 10,360, followed by 10,320, are likely to act as support levels. Stocks in news: 8K Miles Software Services, Saregama India, United Breweries, Info Edge, National Aluminium and PVR.

The markets in India are expected to begin the truncated week on a cautious note as Asian markets are majorly trading in the negative terrain. The SGX Nifty is trading down by 4 points at 10,475. Among Nifty 50 stocks, IndusInd Bank and Indiabulls Housing Finance will announce their quarterly earnings today.

Mutual funds have reduced their stakes in most of the non-banking finance companies (NBFCs) and housing finance companies (HFCs) in September. The trigger for these exits was the defaults in repayments by group companies of Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services (IL&FS). The subsequent ratings downgrades led to fears of a contagion in the sector.

If you think your creditworthiness is determined by CIBIL score alone, think again. Apart from the CIBIL score that banks and NBFC take into account for lending purpose, alternate credit scoring models have come up of late that are factored in for determining the creditworthiness of an individual.

Health insurance policies come with restoration and recharge benefits, but not many policyholders know what these benefits entail or can tell the difference between the two.  So, let us try to find out various kinds of restoration options, how recharge benefits the insured and the difference between restoration and recharge benefits.

You must be aware of the divestment plans of the Government of India, wherein the government has divested its stake in various public sector undertakings (PSUs) and has thereby raised money from the markets.  The aim of the government’s divestment is to augments its revenue for the purpose of development.

The Reserve Bank of India deputy governor Viral Acharya has said that the Prompt Corrective Action (PCA) taken by the central bank against 11 public sector banks and one private bank has limited the losses of these banks and saved taxpayers’ money.

The stocks most likely to witness significant movement on the bourses on October 15, 2018 are Voltas Limited, Karnataka Bank Ltd., 3i Infotech, Tata Sponge Iron and Hindustan Unilever Limited. 

RajCOMP Info Services, a Govt of Rajasthan Undertaking has awarded a Letter Of Intent (LoI) to ITI Limited to execute RajNet project.

Major auto stock were buzzing as SIAM released sales data for the six months ending September. Domestic automobile sector registered 7.97 per cent growth in the production of vehicles from April-September period.

Ahead of its second-quarter results, the stock of Tata Sponge Iron was trading at a positive mark. The stock which opened at Rs. 815 per share went up by almost 10 per cent from its previous close to touch intraday high of Rs. 894.6 crore.

Hindustan Unilever is expected to report Q2FY19 results post market hours on Friday and thereby the stock is trading up 2.5 per cent ahead of the results. We hold 1620-1650 as the resistance provided stock closes above 1575 mark. On the downside, 1520 followed by 1475 will act as supports. 

Global Pharmaceutical company Zydus Cadila has received the tentative approval from the USFDA to market Linagliptin and Metformin HydrochlorideTablets. The tablets will be manufactured in Ahmedabad, India.

Following stocks are close to their 52-week low as at 12.49 p.m. on October 12, 2018.

The markets on October 12, 2018 opened gap up. BSE Sensex is trading at 34,683.25, up by 682.10 points and the Nifty is trading at 10,434.05, up by 199.40 points. 

M&M and Castrol India have inked a new strategic partnership agreement. Following this development, the stocks of M&M surged in Friday’s trading session.

Buoyed by the upward trend seen in the Indian rupee, the BSE sensitive index moved up by more than 600 points in early trade on Friday. Most sectoral indices were trading in the green territory with handsome gains.

Overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 2.14 crore contracts with a turnover of Rs. 19,94,265.04 crore.

Overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 2.14 crore contracts with a turnover of Rs. 19,94,265.04 crore.

Nifty has given a negative crossover in the oversold zone. Hence, if it continues to slide downwards, we hold 10100-10000 as the immediate supports, followed by 9950. However, Nifty has managed to close above its crucial level of 10200, and hence, if we see a bounce-back from the current levels, we hold 10270-10350, followed by 10480, as the resistances.

Indian stock markets are likely to open on a flat to positive note with some bounce-back seen among Asian peers and the positive intra-day close in the previous session. The SGX Nifty is trading marginally higher by 0.3 per cent at 10308 level, indicating some relief in today’s trade. We have Hindustan Unilever and Karnataka Bank results on the plate today. TCS results came in with a mixed bag with the topline and EBUT outperforming, while the bottomline underperforming below expectations. 

The stocks most likely to witness significant movement on the bourses on October 12, 2018 are Sundaram Clayton Limited, Hindustan Petroleum Corporation, Bharat Petroleum Corporation, Indian Oil Corporation, IDBI Bank, Tata Consultancy Services and Aurobindo Pharma.

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The IT behemoth's consolidated revenue for the quarter came in at Rs. 36854 crores, registering 7.57 per cent QoQ increase. This was primarily driven by revenue growth in BFSI (up by 6.1 per cent vs 4.1 per cent in Q1) and Retail & CPG (up by 15.6 per cent vs 12.8 per cent in Q1).

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The month of October usually brings some cheer in the Indian stock markets ahead of the festive seasons of Dussehra and Diwali. Leave apart the cheer or the consolidation, this time around, the markets have witnessed exodus of the market participants, majorly the FIIs. 

Falling oil price and reduction of import duty of ATF helped oil marketing companies (OMC) and airline stocks resist the pressure of sell-off in Thursday's trade. In the international market, Brent crude futures were trading at US$ 81.42 per barrel, down 2.01 per cent for Dec 2018 contracts.

Tata Motors remain one of the worst hit companies in Nifty. Read on to find the funds that have a substantial holding of this stock.

Following stocks are close to their 52-week low as at 1.09 p.m. on October 11, 2018.

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The markets on October 11, 2018 opened gap down. BSE Sensex is trading at 34,283.57, down by 477.32 points and the Nifty is trading at 10,310.90, down by 149.20 points. 

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The benchmark Indian indices reacted sharply to the sell-off in the US markets opening gap-down on Thursday morning. BSE Sensex opened at 34,063 level down by 2 per cent, while Nifty50 fell by over 2.7 per cent and opened at 10,192 level. 

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Of late, sugar stocks are showing strength after underperforming for years. Shohini Nath analyses the reasons behind the rally in sugar stocks

The fourth largest private bank in India, Yes Bank caters to the 'sunrise sectors' of India and has evolved into a full service commercial bank fulfilling the requirements of corporate, MSME and retail customers.

We had mentioned in our earlier issue that the Indian stock markets had got into panic selling. Thereby, the benchmark indices have witnessed more than 12% fall from their peaks to the recent lows.

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Royal Orchid Hotels, one of India’s leading hospitality chains, announced the opening of the new hotel, Regenta Resort in Bharatpur, Rajasthan.

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The headwinds of tariff wars and rising oil prices have stressed out emerging markets, thereby reducing the valuation of emerging market currencies, including the Indian rupee.

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Getting rid of excesses is what is happening right now in the market. In spite of the 12-odd per cent correction in Sensex from its all-time highs, what I gather is that we are still not trading at discount to the emerging market peers.

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The stock of the company was buzzing on receiving approval from the Supreme Court to import petroleum coke which was earlier banned by the court to reduce pollution. 

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There are very few options left for an investor in h the current market uncertainty. The equity and debt markets are both equally hit by the current bout of volatility. The portfolios of most of the investors have taken a hit of more than 10% in the last one month. Even the much-coveted IT-dedicated funds have not remained immune to the current market condition and have gone down in the last one month. Some of the safer bets such as ultra-short duration funds are also hit by the downgrades in rating of bonds of some of the companies as funds must mark down these bonds by 25-50% in their portfolios. 

Equities have taken a beating recently. Indian volatility index (VIX) is noticeably up, while the mid-caps are lying low with already approx. 20 per cent correction. In such a scenario, should one buy mid-cap stocks? Dnyanada Kulkarni along with Yogesh Supekar discuss the outlook on mid-cap stocks, while the DSIJ research team shares its top 4 mid-cap picks for the season.

Overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 1.30 crore contracts with a turnover of Rs. 11,94,244.77 crore.

Overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 1.30 crore contracts with a turnover of Rs. 11,94,244.77 crore.

Looking at the global scenario, we are looking at a big gap-down opening in the index, and in that case, the recent swing low of 10,198 would be a crucial level to watch out for the index. Stocks in news: PTC India, Dilip Buildcon, Oil India, ITI, Soril Infra Resources, GE Power India, Indiabulls Integrated Services.

Indian stock markets are likely to open with a big gap on the downside following sell-off seen in the US markets overnight and pessimism across the Asian markets. The SGX Nifty is trading lower by 2.53 per cent at 10,221 level, indicating a dreadful start to the day.

The stocks most likely to witness significant movement on the bourses on October 11 are Bharat Dynamics, HEG Ltd., Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Ltd., Merck and Indiabulls Ventures.

The company's consolidated revenue for the quarter came in at Rs. 1,975.86 crore as against Rs. 1,582.05 crore in the corresponding quarter last year, registering 24.9 per cent yoy increase.

The sugar industry in India clearly recognizes the potential for business opportunities abroad. This is apparent because of the Indian sugar mills’ decision to export raw sugar for the first time in three years.

The stock market debut of the state-run shipbuilders was tepid. Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Limited listed at Rs. 104, down 11.86 per cent from the issue price of Rs. 118 per share on BSE exchange on Wednesday.

Kritika Wires Limited, a Kolkata-based company, got listed on Emerging platform of National Stock Exchange at a premium of 6.5 per cent. 

Shares of Lupin were slightly up after the company launched generic clobetasol propionate ointment in the US.

SEBI may review the risk management guidelines for mutual funds. This is with respect to see how the fund houses approach towards risk mitigation, specifically in the case of debt mutual funds. Read on more to find out why SEBI is looking to review these guidelines.

The BSE Sensex was up 376.33 points at 12:21 am on Wednesday. HDFC Bank, HDFC, Larsen & Toubro and ICICI Bank were seen contributing to over 50 per cent of the Sensex gains. HDFC Bank was up Rs. 26.45 per share, while HDFC, Larsen & Toubro and ICICI Bank were up Rs. 29.85 per share, Rs. 36.60 per share and Rs. 6.90 per share, respectively. 

Following stocks are close to their 52-week low as at 12.24 p.m. on October 10, 2018.

The markets on October 10, 2018 opened up. BSE Sensex is trading at 34,655.30, up by 355.83 points and the Nifty is trading at 10,425.60, up by 124.55 points. 

Mahindra Agri Solutions (MASL), a subsidiary of Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) has incorporated a subsidiary ‘Mahindra Summit Agriscience’ from October 9, 2018.

In a bid to give some relief to the airline industry, the government is planning to cut excise duty on aviation turbine fuel (ATF) soon. Reacting to this development, airlines stocks were up close to 5 per cent in the morning session on Wednesday.

Overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 83.20 lakh contracts with a turnover of Rs. 7,12,977.40 crore.

Overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 83.20 lakh contracts with a turnover of Rs. 7,12,977.40 crore.

Going ahead, the level of 10,250 is likely to act as an immediate support level for the index and failing to hold this support is likely to witness further correction towards the swing low of 10,198. Stocks in news: Dr Reddy’s Laboratories, Voltas, Glenmark Pharma, Bharat Forge, NLC India, Tata Motors and Graphite India.

Indian markets are expected to witness positive start as the cues from Asian markets are supportive. The SGX Nifty is trading up by 28 points at 10,340 level, indicating a positive start to the day.  
  

RBI might have disappointed the market by denying an interest rate hike, but government seems to be in mood to entice investors by raising interest rates on non-government provident funds superannuation and gratuity funds.

The stocks most likely to witness significant movement on the bourses on October 10, 2018 are Lupin Ltd., KEC International Ltd., Genus Power Infrastructures Ltd., SAIL and JMC Projects. 

Bharat Heavy Electricals (BHEL) has bagged four orders for emission control equipment from NTPC. 

The Indian mutual fund industry's AUM was down by 12.54 per cent sequentially in September. The spillover effect of the payment defaults by IL&FS is reflected in reduced inflows to mutual funds, however, equity funds remained immune to such outflows.

Following stocks are close to their 52-week low as at 2.36 p.m. on October 09, 2018.

The markets on October 09, 2018 opened up. BSE Sensex is trading at 34,442.23, down by 32.15 points and the Nifty is trading at 10,336.70, down by 11.35 points. 

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Overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 93.46 lakh contracts with a turnover of Rs. 7,94,666.94 crore.

Overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 93.46 lakh contracts with a turnover of Rs. 7,94,666.94 crore.

The company has received multiple orders totalling to Rs. 514 crore. The orders are for construction works in Andhra Pradesh, Telagana and Orissa.

Tata Elxsi has declared its Q2FY19 results on a standalone basis.

On the higher side, a follow-through move above Monday’s session high (10,398) may take the index towards the level of 10,430, followed by 10,520.  Stocks in news: Britannia Industries, NBCC, Sadbhav Infra Project, Coal India and NCL Industries.

Indian markets are likely to witness a flat start following mixed cues from Asian peers and Wall Street. The SGX Nifty is trading up by 18 points at 10,385 level, indicating a flat start to the day.  
  

Volatile Indian stock markets turned negative in the afternoon session dragged down by the Metal stocks. The nosedive in the Metal index was in the wake of a nearly 4 per cent fall in the Chinese markets after its central bank cut the minimum reserve requirement for the banks last Friday.

Maruti Suzuki reported sales number of its new Dzire brand which was launched last year in May. The brand posted the fastest sales in the history of the Indian automobiles at 3 lakhs in the last 17 months since its launch.

The stocks of oil marketing companies were buzzing on the bourses on Monday as crude oil prices in the international market dropped by more than 1 per cent.

Cerebra Integrated Technologies has informed the bourses that it has been granted Responsible Recycling: 2013 (Environmental, Health and Safety Management System) Certification. This certification will complement the ISO 9001-2015 (Quality Management System), ISO 18001-2007 (Occupational Health and Safety Management System, OHSAS) ISO 14001-2015 (Environmental Management System) received by the company.

Following stocks are close to their 52-week low as at 1.10 p.m. on October 08, 2018.

The markets on October 08, 2018 opened flat. BSE Sensex is trading at 34,416.81, up by 39.82 points and the Nifty is trading at 10,347.00, up by 30.55 points.