Sales volume were up by 18 per cent as compared to Q1FY18. Bangalore region contributes 64 per cent of the total volume. Other locations volume increased by 56 per cent as compared to Q1FY18.

Hawkins Cookers Limited reported its results for the quarter ended June 30, 2018 during market hours on Monday. The company's standalone revenue for the quarter came in at Rs. 120.74 crore as against Rs. 84.78 crore in the corresponding quarter last year, registering 42.4 per cent YoY increase.

Following stocks are close to their 52-week low as at 2.38 p.m. on August 7, 2018.

The markets on August 7, 2018 opened flat. BSE Sensex is trading at 37,743.69, up by 51.80 points and the Nifty is trading at 11,403.15, up by 16.05 points. 

Infrastructure player, Dilip Buildcon has been declared as L-1 bidder in the tender called by the PSPCL for selection of Mine Developers and Operators (MDO) for the Pachhwara Central Coal Mine in Rajmahal Coalfield.

The construction arm of Larsen and Toubro has won orders across its business segments viz Power Transmission & Distribution business and Smart World and Communication Business.

Ujjivan Financial Services reported net interest income of Rs. 222.4 crore in Q1FY19, an increase of 60.9 per cent over Q1FY18. The financial institution's total income was Rs. 461.7 crore in Q1FY19, an increase of 28.7 per cent over Q1FY18. While the net interest margin stood at 11.6 per cent in Q1FY19, an increase from 9.2 per cent in Q1FY18.

Kridhan Infra soared over 5 per cent in intraday trade on Tuesday after its associate company Vijay Nirman Company (VNC) was awarded a new project amounting to Rs 132.6 crore.

Caplin Point Laboratories reported stable quarterly earnings with strong topline and tepid bottomline.

The company’s standalone revenue for the quarter came in at Rs. 21.1 crore as against Rs. 22.53 crore in the corresponding quarter last year, registering 6.3 per cent decline.

Avanti feeds reported weak performance for the quarter with marginal revenue growth and poor operational performance

The company’s consolidated revenue for the quarter came in at Rs. 549.42 crore, registering 33.1 per cent yoy increase. This growth was driven by an increase in revenue from Milk Products by 41 per cent YoY which was led by growth in key product categories.

The pharma major has received final approval from USFDA for generic version of Voltaren Gel, 1%. The gel is expected to be shipped to the US market by the end of the month.

Overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 55.43 lakh contracts with a turnover of Rs. 5,38,996.34 crore.

Overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 55.43 lakh contracts with a turnover of Rs. 5,38,996.34 crore.

Going ahead, the zone of 11,400-11,430 is likely to act as a resistance for the Nifty.  Stocks in news: Unichem Laboratories, Sun Pharmaceutical, Kridhan Infra, IZMO and Rolta.

A muted start is in the offing for the Indian markets Indian markets as the SGX Nifty suggests that Nifty could open almost unchanged at 11,430. Adani Enterprises, Adani Transmission, AU Small Finance Bank, Bombay Dyeing, Edelweiss Financial Services, Mahindra and Mahindra, Motherson Sumi Systems, Mphasis, Punjab National Bank, Sobha, SRF, Thomas Cook, TVS Motors are set to declare their results today.  

The stocks that are likely to witness significant movement on the bourses on August 7 are Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, Arvind Limited, Britannia Industries, Kridhan Infra and Sanofi India.

ETFs by way of their structure are more tax-efficient, yet, investing in ETFs should not be looked at only from a tax-efficiency point of view, but you also need to check how it fits your financial planning.

Subros Limited gained over 4 per cent in intraday trade on Monday after the company announced that it is going to consider raising of funds via the issue of equity shares.

Hindustan Unilever, the holder of Kwality Wall’s and Magnum brands, signed an agreement to acquire brand ‘Adityaa Milk’ to increase its penetration into Ice-Cream and Frozen Desserts business. The stock of HUL shed 1.7 per cent at 15:15 hours after witnessing Open-High at Rs. 1,764.95 per share in Monday’s trade.

Unison Enviro Private Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the company has received Letters of Intent (LOI) for city gas distribution in two areas in Karnataka and Maharashtra.

Engineering and construction mammoth, Larsen & Toubro's construction arm has won orders worth Rs. 1,296 crore.

Bharti Airtel has announced its strategic partnership with Telecom Egypt, Egypt’s first integrated telecom operator. Through this partnership, Airtel will get IRUs (Indefeasible Right of Use) on the Middle East North Africa Submarine Cable (MENA cable) and TE North Cable Systems. Additionally, it will also take large capacities on two new state-of-the-art cable systems (SMW5 and AAE1) on a long-term basis.

Great Eastern Shipping, the second largest shipping company by market capitalisation as recently signed a contract to purchase secondhand gas carrier. The carrier is very large of nearly 81,605 cbm and that the 2006 built vessel is likely to join GE Shipping’s fleet in the second quarter of FY19.

Alembic Pharmaceuticals has received a tentative approval from the US Food & Drug Administration (USFDA) for its Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) for Bimatoprost Ophthalmic Solution, 0.03 per cent.

The orders comprise of providing necessary infrastructure facilities like furniture, additional class rooms including library rooms and electrical facilities in all the government schools in five districts.

Following stocks are close to their 52-week low as at 12.40 p.m. on August 6, 2018.

Mercator Limited has bagged Maintenance Dredging Contract of Rs. 26.39 crore from Goa Naval. The contract is for block year 2018-20, 50 per cent of the project is to be completed in FY 2019 and the remaining in the FY 2020.

The jump in volume was primarily due to the investment in brands and widening the distribution network through focus on direct reach, rural market and weak states.

The markets on August 6, 2018 opened gap up. BSE Sensex is trading at 37,736.54, up by 180.38 points and the Nifty is trading at 11,398.70, up by 37.90 points. 

Overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 50.56 lakh contracts with a turnover of Rs. 4,72,158.52 crore.

Overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 50.56 lakh contracts with a turnover of Rs. 4,72,158.52 crore.

The stock of generic drug manufacturer Glenmark Pharma halts after posting seven consecutive days of uptrend. Glenmark and Harbour BioMed entered into an agreement to develop, manufacture and market a bispecific antibody GBR 1302 for treating HER-2 Positive Cancers for Greater China territory.

The growth in domestic revenue stood at 23 per cent, mainly driven by products launched in the recent past and good marketing strategies.

Aarti Industries reported strong results in Q1FY19 with speciality chemicals business gaining traction and aiding strong top-line for the quarter.

The country’s second largest mutual fund house, HDFC Asset Management Company (HDFC AMC) made a prolific debut on Monday as the scrip got listed at Rs 1,739 per share, a 58.09 per cent premium on BSE.

The company plans to build a new integrated cement plant at Mukutban, Maharashtra with an investment of Rs. 2,450 crore. 

The PAT for the quarter jumped to Rs. 16.65 crore as against net profit of just Rs. 3.77 crore in the corresponding quarter last year.

For the quarter ended June 30, 2018, BSE Limited registered earnings per share from continuing operations of Rs 9.98, up by 10 per cent from Rs 9.11 as against the same quarter in 2017.

In Monday’s session, we expect Nifty to carry on its upward momentum, the level of 11,400 remains a key hurdle to watch on the upside. Stocks in news: Wipro, Quess Corp, ICRA, TCS, Valecha Engineering, Adani Enterprises, Premier Explosives, Puravankara, ENIL, Birla Corporation, Indian Hume Pipe, Thyrocare Technologies and JBM Auto.

Indian markets may see a cheerful start to the week tracking strong leads from Asian peers and Wall Street. The bullish trend in SGX Nifty, which was trading higher by 39 points, indicated that Nifty could open above the 11,400-mark. Among Nifty 50 companies, Adani Port is slated to announce its results today.  

The decision of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to hike the repo rate by 25 bps to 6.50%, thereby moving the reverse repo rate to 6.25%, and maintaining the Cash Reserve Ratio at 4%, indicates the neutral stance adopted by the RBI on the monetary policy.

Insertion of clause 68HH in EPF Scheme will enable a member of the EPF, who is no longer in employment for a continuous period of one month, to withdraw 75% of the total fund standing to his or her credit in the PF account.

Not many home buyers know that the Real Estate Regulation and Development Act, 2016 (RERA) has introduced title insurance for property. RERA has mandated the purchase of title insurance for all new and ongoing property developments registered with the regulatory body, yet there is very little awareness about this amongst buyers. 

The Fugitive Economic Offenders Bill, 2018 (FEO Bill), was approved by the parliament last month (July). The bill is expected to help the government bring back fugitives involved in white-collar crimes to stand trial in India.

With the huge volatility in the equity markets, many people are looking at debt funds as an investment option. But even the debt market seems to be volatile, currently. Also, RBI hiked its repo rate by 25 bps twice in the last two policy meets.

One of country's largest airliner Jet Airways is flying on low fuel. It is going through dire financial crunch and may operate only for sixty days.

CreditAccess Grameen Limited is a microfinance company lending to rural and low-income group. The IPO is open for subscription until August 10, 2018.

ETFs and mutual fund, though, have many features in common, buying and selling of ETFs require extra caution.

BEML LIMITED, a public sector company under the Ministry of Defence and a premier manufacturer of Rail Metro Products, has said that it has inaugurated the 8W DETC (Self Propelled 8 Wheeler Diesel Electric Inspection 85 Maintenance OHE Tower Car) at its Bangalore Complex.

The telecom arm of Reliance Industries, Reliance Jio and SBI have joined hands to deepen digital partnership. Jio will offer special connectivity and devices solutions for SBI customers. Services would be provided through Yono (you only need one), a digital banking app launched by the SBI.

Motherson Sumi has completed acquisition of Reydel through a step-down subsidiary of the company. The stock of Motherson Sumi halted its three-day losing streak and bounced back more than 1.5 per cent on Friday. Recently, after a bounce from 274, the stock witnessed resistance breakouts at 308 followed by 316 and 325.

Indian services sector grew to the fastest since 2016 as the Services PMI rose to 54 in July as against 52 in June.

Inox Leisure and PVR quoted highs of close to 15 per cent and 10 per cent, respectively on Friday as they await ruling on the issue of price of foodstuffs sold in multiplexes.

Indiabulls Housing Finance reported strong earnings for the quarter with robust bottom-line growth.

Following stocks are close to their 52-week low as at 1.02 p.m. on August 3, 2018.

The markets on August 3, 2018 opened gap up. BSE Sensex is trading at 37,421.01, up by 255.85 points and the Nifty is trading at 11,317.65, up by 72.95 points. 

The stock of Jet Airways plunged by more than 5 per cent on Friday following buzz that the airline is facing a severe cash crunch. This has also revived expectation of a stake sale deal by the airline.

It has signed memorandum of understanding with the ministry for the project and the scope of work includes conceptualisation, design and construction of the 4,614 sqm India pavilion and other utilities, an official release said.

EBITDA for the quarter fell by 9.4 per cent yoy to Rs. 50.4 crore with a corresponding margin contraction of 295 bps. EBITDA margin for the quarter stood at 7.7 per cent.

The company’s topline and operating income jumped whereas the decline in other income dragged the bottomline.

North America Class 8 truck sales spurted in the month of July, exciting the stocks of auto component companies supplying to the US market, in the morning session on Friday.

Overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 1.38 crore contracts with a turnover of Rs. 14,44,021.12 crore.

Geographically, the company's revenue from India, FZE and Australia rose by 9 per cent, 64.8 per cent and 465.8 per cent YoY, respectively. However, revenue from the US declined by 18.9 per cent YoY.

Overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 1.38 crore contracts with a turnover of Rs. 14,44,021.12 crore.

On the other hand, upmoves, if any, will find overhead resistance around the levels of 11,290-11,330. Stocks in news: Reliance Industries, HDFC, Techno Electric and Engineering, Mphasis, JK Paper and DCB Bank.

Key Indian equity market indices are expected to open in green despite lack of clear trend in the Asian markets. The bullish trend in SGX Nifty, which was trading higher by 47 points, indicated that Nifty could open at 11,325. On the macro front, Nikkei Services PMI for July will be announced today. Among Nifty 50 companies, Titan will report its numbers today.  

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IIFL is one of the largest financial services firms in India. We primarily have three businesses — IIF Finance, IIFL Wealth & IIFL Securities. IIFL Finance has loan AUMs of Rs.311.3 billion, which is retail-focused and diversified.

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Himachal Future Communications Limited reported strong quarterly performance in Q1FY19. The company’s Turnkey & Contract segment reported strong traction in the revenue

Following stocks are close to their 52-week low as at 12.28 p.m. on August 2, 2018.

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The markets on August 2, 2018 opened flat. BSE Sensex is trading at 37,355.94, down by 165.68 points and the Nifty is trading at 11,297.70, down by 48.50 points.