India's largest interior infrastructure company Greenply has gone up 5 per cent on July 3, after the company began commercial production at the Andhra unit.

NBFC Manappuram Finance has announced entering into an agreement to acquire 85.39 per cent stake in Indian School Finance (ISFC) for about Rs. 212.20 crore.

Following stocks are close to their 52-week low as at 12.34 p.m. on July 3, 2018.

The markets on July 3, 2018 opened up. BSE Sensex is trading at 35,383.12, up by 118.71 points and the Nifty is trading at 10,695.30, up by 38.00 points. 

As of March 31, 2018 the company’s order backlog was at Rs. 32,532 crore, which translates to a book-to-bill of 3.9x (excluding recently bagged orders). This gives a strong revenue visibility for the next 3 to 4 years.

The contract is likely to be completed within 18 months. The company is currently having an order book of around Rs. 1,963.64 crore including the above-mentioned order.

Leading private lender Capital First acquires 7 per cent stake in micro-finance company Village Financial Services Limited. The stock experiences volatility on Tuesday.

The recategorization of mutual funds has created many new fund categories. Under the equity funds, the schemes following contra, value and focused strategy have been categorised differently.

Two-wheelers giant Hero MotoCorp gained over 2 per cent in the morning trade on Tuesday after company posted 13 per cent growth in its sales number in June. 

Overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 61.63 lakh contracts with a turnover of Rs. 5,63,024.34 crore.

Overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 61.63 lakh contracts with a turnover of Rs. 5,63,024.34 crore.

The level of 10,600 is a key support level to watch out for, as the violation of the key support level of 10,600 will signal further loss of momentum and the current corrective phase could extend up to the level of 10,529, where the 100-DMA is placed. Stocks in news: NCC, Parag Milk Foods, Aurobindo Pharma, Tata Power, Strides Shashun, Nestle India, NIIT Technologies and Greenply Industries.

Indian stock markets are expected to open on a cautious note as cues from Asian peers are not encouraging. Nifty 50 index futures on the Singapore stock exchange is currently trading marginally up by 11 points at 10,661.  

Bharat Hotels has submitted papers to Securities and Exchange Board of India for its Initial Public Offering of equity share of Rs.1200 crore.

After opening at marginal gain of 2.7 per cent from its issue price the stock in its first trading day spiked almost 12 per cent on intraday basis. The stock managed to close at Rs. 212.7 per share. 

Mining baron Anil Agarwal announced plans to de-list Vedanta Resources Plc from the London Stock Exchange (LSE) after promoter group made a cash offer to buyout around 33 per cent of the public shareholding in the company, on Monday.

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After two consecutive monthly price hikes, this price reduction may bring some relief for aviation players as aircraft fuel forms around 35 to 40 per cent of total expenses.

The company's plant in Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh started commercial production of MDF on July 1. The plant has an annual capacity of 360,000 cubic meters.

Onward Technologies Limited has set up another dedicated engineering design centre in Pune. The centre caters to the services across product and manufacturing engineering domains for a global manufacturing player in North America.

Fair trade regulator Competition Commission of India (CCI) has approved the merger of Bharti Infratel and Indus Towers Ltd.

IDBI Bank's shares moved up 6 per cent after the Insurance Regulator Development Authority of India ( IRDAI) waved the green flag for the proposal allowing Life Insurance Corporation of India to buy upto 51 percent in the bank on Monday.

Following stocks are close to their 52-week low as at 12.52 p.m. on July 2, 2018.

The markets on July 2, 2018 opened up. BSE Sensex is trading at 35,130.90, down by 292.58 points and the Nifty is trading at 10,620.02, down by 94.25 points. 

Overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 48.77 lakh contracts with a turnover of Rs. 4,35,467.26 crore.

Overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 48.77 lakh contracts with a turnover of Rs. 4,35,467.26 crore.

BSE has announced entering into an agreement with Bombay Metal Exchange (BME) for the systematic development and growth of commodity derivatives markets in the Non-Ferrous Metals complex.

Even as the benchmark indices were bleeding, the newly listed stocks of RITES and Fine Organic gave investor something to cheer about, on Monday. RITES is trading 10 per cent higher than its listing price, while Fine Organic is up 3 per cent.

Going ahead, as we step into the first trading session of the July month, we may see a muted opening and the levels of 10,760, followed by 10,790, are likely to play out as immediate resistance levels for the Nifty. On the way down, immediate support level of Nifty is placed at 10,690, which also happens to be its 50-DMA. Stocks in news: Thermax, Bharti Airtel, Tata Steel, Endurance Technologies, MOIL, Cadila Healthcare, ONGC, Dilip Buildcon, Bharat Financial, Reliance Industries and Bosch.

A flat opening is in store for Indian markets as cues from Asian peers are tepid. The auto stocks will be in the limelight as auto numbers for June have once again flattered, albeit on a smaller base. Investors will also keep an eye on India’s manufacturing sector data for June which is slated to be released today. Nifty 50 index futures on the Singapore stock exchange is currently trading marginally down by 11 points at 10,680.  

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You must have often heard or read about the ‘power of compounding’ and if you are not conversant with matters of finance, you may not know what it actually means. Actually, it is quite simple: It just means that you get paid interest on the principal amount as well as on the accrued interest at regular intervals. The exponential effect of this power of compounding is astounding.

If you are planning to quit your job and thinking of becoming an entrepreneur having a start-up of your own, you need to take some steps to secure yourself financially before you venture into business.

NTPC has acquired 27.36% equity of Bihar State Power Generation Company (BSPGCL) in Kanti Bijlee Utpadan Nigam (KBUN) which owns 610 MW Muzaffarpur Thermal Power Station and 50% equity of BSPGCL in Nabinagar Power Generating Company (NPGC) which is developing 1980 MW Nabinagar Super Thermal Power Project in district Aurangabad, Bihar.

India’s current account deficit (CAD) seems under pressure with rising oil prices and depreciating rupee adding to the worries. The Indian rupee touched an all-time low mark of Rs. 69 per dollar on Friday.

The star IPOs of the past week, Fine Organic and RITES Limited are slated to list on the exchanges on Monday. Both the IPOs were well-subscribed inspite of volatile market condition during the week.

Recently, SEBI has recategorized balanced funds into three categories that is Aggressive hybrid funds, Balanced hybrid funds and Conservative hybrid funds. So investors should know the basic information that they must look into while investing in these mutual fund schemes.

Wipro announced that the company has completed the divestment of Wipro Data Centre and Cloud Services Inc, business in Germany and UK for a consideration of US$ 399 million. 

V2 Retail Limited has announced that it has opened its 63rd ‘V2 Retail’ store in India. This store is opened at Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. This is the retail chains 14th store in Uttar Pradesh. V2 Retail's stores are spread across 17 states and 57 cities.

ICICI Bank, which has been going through a management crisis off-late, has announced appointment of Girish Chandra Chaturvedi as its non-executive part-time chairman, with effect from July 1, for a period of 3 years.

Kalpataru Power Transmission Limited (KPTL) informed bourses on Thursday that company has secured new orders worth Rs. 1,235 crore.

Lupin, the tuberculosis drug specialist company, in which Rakesh Jhunjhunwala holds 1.9 per cent stake was trading 1 per cent higher when the Pharma index was flat. On Friday, Lupin grabbed the second position as the top pharma gainer after Divis Lab which was trading 3 per cent up.

If we see the performance of large-cap funds, more than 20 schemes are under performing their respective benchmark since the start of this year.

Agrochemical firm Insecticides India Limited launched new products in Punjab for cost-effective control of pests and diseases that would increase agricultural yield.

Following stocks are close to their 52-week low as at 1.10 p.m. on June 29, 2018.

The markets on June 29, 2018 opened gap up. BSE Sensex is trading at 35,324.88, up by 287.24 points and the Nifty is trading at 10,682.20, up by 93.10 points. 

The shareholding pattern of ICRA, as of the end of March, showed that Punjab National Bank was holding almost 3,40,000shares, which represents almost 3.43 per cent stake.

India International Clearing Corporation Ltd. (India ICC), the clearing arm of India International Exchange (India INX) has announced the acceptance of AAA-rated international sovereign securities as collateral from its clearing members and custodians.

Overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 2.14 crore contracts with a turnover of Rs. 19,55,855.51 crore.

Overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 2.14 crore contracts with a turnover of Rs. 19,55,855.51 crore.

HDFC Asset Management Company (HDFC AMC) is the country’s largest mutual fund and is in news recently. SEBI has given a go ahead to HDFC Mutual Fund for its IPO. 

As we step into the last trading session of the quarter, we are likely to see a flat to positive start. The level of 10,530 is going to be a crucial support level as it is 100-DMA, followed by 10,490. On the way up, the levels of 10,635, followed by 10,660, are likely to act as stiff barriers. Stocks in news: Camlin Fine Sciences, JSW Energy, Fortis Healthcare, Bank Overseas, Kalpataru Power Transmission, Wipro, Clariant Chemicals, Adani Ports, Zee Media, Bharat Financial and RBL Bank.

The outlook for the day is a quiet start with a positive bias as Asian peers are trading mixed. Investors will keep an eye on the rupee-dollar movement and any further weakness could lead to concerted selling by FPIs. Nifty 50 index futures on the Singapore stock exchange is currently trading marginally higher at 10,599.   

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High risk taking investors can take exposure in Strides Shasun (BSE Code 532531 ). The stock is likely to keep its upward momentum alive in the short term.

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Large cap funds are the lone performer in last couple of months while small cap and mid cap funds have seen a deep cut. Read on to know what you should do now.

Following stocks are close to their 52-week low as at 1.13 p.m. on June 28, 2018.

The markets on June 28, 2018 opened up. BSE Sensex is trading at 35,124.91, down by 92.20 points and the Nifty is trading at 10,623.00, down by 48.40 points. 

The only IPO open for a subscription this week has witnessed a steady flow of interest from investors. The IPO will close on June 28, Thursday. The price band of the Varroc Engineering is Rs. 965.00 to 967.00 per share of face value Rs. 1 and the lot size is 15 equity shares.

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Exide Industries gained over 1.5 per cent in early morning trade on Thursday after the company announced entering in to a JV agreement with a Switzerland-based company.

BSE StAR MF has crossed 10,000 Mutual Funds Distributors (MFD) registration, adding over 1,500 new distributors per month.

Kakinada SEZ Limited was declared the selected bidder by the government of Andhra Pradesh. The port will be developed through PPP model.

India’s leading steel company, JSW Steel, has informed the bourses that it is planning to increase the annual steel manufacturing capacity of its JSW Vijayanagar works to 13MTPA. The capacity expansion is likely to be completed by March 2020. 

In terms of full year performance, the revenue for FY18 surge 33 per cent to Rs. 955 crore. EBITDA for the full year also rose 27 per cent to Rs. 178 crore. Notably, company’s net profit jumped 38 per cent yoy to Rs. 100 crore. 

Overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 1.42 crore contracts with a turnover of Rs. 12,64,849.26 crore.

Overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 1.42 crore contracts with a turnover of Rs. 12,64,849.26 crore.

Going ahead, traders will keep a watch on opening levels of the Nifty on Thursday and will closely watch the immediate support level of 10,650. A slip below this level would confirm weakness. Stocks in news: Exide Industries, Bank of Maharashtra, GMR Infra and Mercator.

The weakness that has set into Indian equity markets is likely to stay put as the markets are set to start the June F&O series expiry session on a weak note amid gloomy leads from the global markets. Nifty 50 index future on the Singapore stock exchange is currently trading lower by 19 points at 10,654. 

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Policy reforms along with digitization of governance process are driving the formerly unorganised SMEs to become part of India's growing formalised and transparent SME ecosystem. This in turn is attracting lenders to more actively engage with this sector.

Larsen & Toubro InfoTech inaugurated latest global delivery center in Johannesburg. The 30,000+ sq. ft. state-of-the-art center with a capacity of 250 seats will help the company expand its operations in South Africa across all sectors.

Following stocks are close to their 52-week low as at 1.08 p.m. on June 27, 2018.

The markets on June 27, 2018 opened up. BSE Sensex is trading at 35,333.65, down by 156.39 points and the Nifty is trading at 10,712.20, down by 56.95 points. 

The securities regulator has ordered VCPL to make an open offer for NDTV within the next 45 days. The stock was up 20 per cent right from the opening bell, and was stuck at its upper circuit limit on Wednesday.

The worst might not yet be over for the banking sector as bad loans of commercial banks are expected to worsen to 12.2 per cent of total loans by March 2019, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said in its Financial Stability Report.

Gallantt Ispat jumped over 9 per cent in the early trade on Wednesday after the company announced plans to consider splitting its equity shares.

Indusland Bank has signed a purchase agreement to acquire 100 per cent shares of IL&FS' securities services subsidiary. The agreement is subject to regulatory approvals.

Overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 1.05 crore contracts with a turnover of Rs. 9,31,576.17 crore.

Overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 1.05 crore contracts with a turnover of Rs. 9,31,576.17 crore.

It has been observed that in the last couple of weeks, Nifty has been trading in the range of 10,700-10,837. On the charts one thing remains distinctly clear that unless this range is breached either on upside or downside, we will see each upmove getting stalled in the range of 10,830-10,840. Stocks in news: Infosys, Hindustan Unilever, Tata Communications, IDBI Bank, Relaxo Footwears, Majesco, PNB Housing Finance, IndusInd Bank and NMDC.

The outlook for the day is a quiet start and there are chances that the market may continue to exhibit sluggishness on account of continuing consolidation. The Nifty 50 index future on the Singapore stock exchange is currently trading with modest loss of 4 points at 10,751. 

Equity markets yet again ended in doldrums on Tuesday, repeating what it has been doing for the past four to five trading sessions. FMCG sector gained more than a per cent, while energy sector shedding 1.4 per cent, which led to a roller-coaster ride in the markets.

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Following stocks are close to their 52-week low as at 1.20 p.m. on June 26, 2018.

The markets on June 26, 2018 opened down. BSE Sensex is trading at 35,554.28, up by 83.93 points and the Nifty is trading at 10,789.15, up by 26.70 points.

In a bid to give relief to certain sectors which are being adversely affected by the GST regime, the government may plan to remove items including cement, paint, movie tickets from 28 per cent tax slab.

Mutual fund investors are looking at various smart investment ideas to generate better returns. The mutual fund arena offers a wide basket of the choices to the investors of which quant funds are one of the lesser known funds.

Overall, the robust and well-diversified order book gives the confidence that the company may deliver the growth target of 15-20 per cent for FY19.

The stock of Info Edge was buzzing on the bourses in the early morning session, post the announcement of an investment in the company which operates online marketplace for insurance and financial products, namely www.policybazaar.com and www.paisabazaar.com.

Overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 85.89 lakh contracts with a turnover of Rs. 7,56,917.32 crore.