Following stocks are close to their 52-week low as at 12.55 p.m. on April 13, 2018.

The markets on April 13, 2018 opened up. BSE Sensex is trading at 34,284.90, up by 183.77 points and the Nifty is trading at 10,504.55, up by 45.90 points. 

GMR Group will invest Rs. 1,000 crore in developing the planned aerospace and defence manufacturing hub at Special Investment Region, in Hosur, which is situated in Tamil Nadu's Krishnagiri district.

In the Union Budget 2018, Government of India reintroduced the Long term capital gain (LTCG) tax on the equity investments. From April 1, 2018, investors need to pay 10 per cent of LTCG on transfer of equity mutual funds having exposure of 65 per cent or more in equity or equity-related instruments.

China’s trade surplus with the United States rose 19.4 per cent YoY in the first quarter to US$58.25 billion, showed data released by China’s custom department. China’s exports to the US rose 14.8 per cent YoY, while imports grew 8.9 per cent YoY.

The country’s biggest player in IT sector, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) regains its crown as the most valued firm in India with Rs. 6 lakh crores market capital overtaking Reliance Industries, on Thursday.

Indian markets are trading on the positive side despite rising volatility across the global markets. Across the globe, markets are held back due to host of reasons ranging from trade war fears, Middle East crisis and rise in oil prices.

Overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 1.42 crore contracts with a turnover of Rs. 13,58,258.11 crore.

Overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 1.42 crore contracts with a turnover of Rs. 13,58,258.11 crore.

The company has also received a rescue offer from two prominent business families of India, the Munjals and Burmans.

Going ahead, immediate resistance is seen in the zone of 10,480-10,500. On the downside, support is seen around 10,410, followed by 10,350. Stocks in the news: NBCC, Infosys, Dabur, HCL Technologies, Texmaco Rail and Engineering and Mahindra and Mahindra.

Today, the markets are likely to make a positive opening after the US markets gained in overnight trade. Traders will now look forward to the IT major Infosys, which will declare its March quarter results today. 

Orissa Minerals Development Company shot up by 19 per cent in Thursday’s intraday trade as the company received six iron and manganese ore mines on lease from the state government of Odisha.

Bustling with the diversity of breathtaking landscapes and traversing from the mighty Himalayas, the tourist trails in India lead from the oceanic havens of western coasts and the southern backwaters to the historical cities of Rajasthan. From the unabashed celebration of love in Khajuraho to the intensity of ancient faith in Varanasi, the trails meander into other places of vibrant colours and rich cultural heritage. India 's tourism industry and hospitality sector contributes over 9.6 per cent to the country's GDP, generating revenues worth Rs.14.1 trillion in 2016 and making India the seventh largest tourism economy in the world.

Mahindra Defence Systems and Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) joined hands to harness the emerging opportunities in the Indian Defence sector. The two companies signed a MoU at the ongoing Defence Expo 2018 in Chennai.

Biocon and its partner Mylan ink an in-licensing agreement with Fujifilm Kyowa Kirin Biologics (FKB) to expedite commercialization of Adalimumab biosimilar.

Automobile giant Tata Motors announced its global wholesale figures for March 2018 on Wednesday, sending its share price up by over 2 per cent in early trade on Thursday. 

Our journey over the last 32 years,–which started off with the humble beginning of a 12-page cyclostyled stapled booklet, has been nothing less than eventful. We saw the stockmarketevolve in front of us and we take pride in having played a role in the journey of financial growth of our country. 

Following stocks are close to their 52-week low as at 1.09 p.m. on April 12, 2018.

One of the cardinal principles of investing is “Buy Low and Sell High”. This helps investor to generate better returns. This is equally applicable for mutual fund investor who is always looking out for an opportunity to earn more. Nevertheless, one of the greatest impediments to following such a principle is volatility in the market. 

Strides Shasun’s wholly-owned subsidiary Strides Pharma Global Pte. Ltd. has received approval for Cyproheptadine Hydrochloride Tablets from the United States Food & Drug Administration (USFDA), keeping its ANDA approval momentum intact.

The markets on April 12, 2018 opened up. BSE Sensex is trading at 34,034.90, up by 94.46 points and the Nifty is trading at 10,431.75, up by 14.60 points.

Financial planning has picked-up pace in the past few years and even people from middle-class families in Tier-2 and Tier-3 cities have realized the importance of investment and financial planning. However, most financial planning in these small towns and cities are done based on suggestions from friends and relatives and less through a proper financial planning process. Moreover, these people fail to realize that proper financial planning is incomplete without retirement planning. 

This is an open-ended equity fund, which invests majorly in equity and equity related securities of companies engaged in banking and financial services sector.

The promoter group companies of Dish TV have made a public offer to buy an extra 26 per cent equity stake from the public shareholders of the company for about Rs. 3,701 crore.

Change is painful, but if you do not change, it could prove disastrous, if not fatal. The current tectonic shift happening in mutual fund industry is similar in nature and is going to be discomforting for many of us, including fund houses and investors.

Market regulator SEBI (Securities and Exchange Board of India) has directed fund houses to re-categories the universe of their offerings in distinct and new categories specified by the SEBI. Under debt funds category, there are 16 sub categories under which the fund houses need to realign their existing schemes

Leading premier airline operator Jet Airways has leased 12 Boeing 737 MAX8 from GECAS to expand its fleet.

The recommendations provided in this column are taken from various market sources such as brokers, analysts, dealers and investment strategists, etc. These recommendations may not be backed by strong fundamentals. Therefore we advise readers to use their own discretion before investing in these recommendation

Equity as an asset class is considered inherently volatile. The objective for any long-term investor is to maximise the return for the given level of risk. In other words, the whole equity game is to maximise risk-adjusted returns over a given period. This is exactly where the 'dividend-yield stocks' come into picture. 

The initial public offer (IPO) of the Bandhan Bank was the talk of Dalal Street last month. The Rs 4473 crore IPO was oversubscribed 14.6 times. Following the strong investor response to the issue, the bank made a blockbluster debut on the bourses, getting listed at a premium of about 30 per cent over its issue price. Read on to find out the prospects of the bank going forward. 

The year 2018 saw markets touching all-time high levels and market conditions at the beginning of the year indicated as if we were set for another year of the bulls. However, the way things are panning out, the enhanced volatility in the markets is giving enough hints to the investors that 2018 is not going to be a déjà vu year like 2017.

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.

Nifty has rallied almost 450 points from March low of 9950, its major support level. Both FIIs and DIIs are seen pouring funds into the Indian equities, though at lower volume and at slower pace. The FIIs have yet again returned to the emerging economies after the world’s two largest economies got embroiled in a tariff trade war. 

This section gives a recommendation of a stock having stock price below Rs 100 with sound fundamentals and expected to give handsome returns over a one-year time horizon

This column gives you scrip chosen by the research team during the fortnight that is fundamentally strong and expected to give good capital appreciation over a time period of 1 year.

In the fortnight gone by, the market sentiment saw buoyancy after the RBI revised India’s growth projection upwards for the current fiscal to 7.4 per cent and lowered the inflationary forecast to 4.7-5.1 per cent for the first half of FY19.

It gives me immense pleasure to announce that we are launching our new mutual fund (MF) magazine. The MF magazine will be on the flip side of your favourite DSIJ magazine and it will also be the India’s first fortnightly MF magazine which will purely focus on equity MF schemes. 

Overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 80.53 lakh contracts with a turnover of Rs. 7,34,207.42 crore.

Overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 80.53 lakh contracts with a turnover of Rs. 7,34,207.42 crore.

Indian markets may open flat with a positive bias as cues from Asian markets are subdued and as US stocks witnessed selling pressure in overnight trade . Traders will keep an eye on the CPI data and Industrial Production figures which will be announced by the government today. The SGX Nifty is pointing that Nifty may open with minor gains of 16 points at 10,434.  

The stock that are most likely to witness a significant movement on the bourses on April 12, 2018 are Quess Corp Limited, Larsen & Toubro Limited, Tata Motors Limited, Bandhan Bank Limited and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited.       

The 37 AMCs accounting for over 99.99 per cent of the total assets under the management in Indian Mutual fund industry agreed to pay a service charge per transaction for using BSE StAR MF platform on Tuesday.

Gas distribution company Mahanagar Gas plunged by 4 per cent on the bourses in Wednesday’s trade, in an extension of its 6.7 per cent fall over the past two days. 

Metropolitan Stock Exchange (MSE) has permitted listing of 14 IPOs under its ‘Permitted to trade category’ (PTT) on the same day of their listing on BSE and NSE.   

Saudi Aramco has signed a MoU for developing 60 MT per annum refinery in Ratnagiri, Maharashtra. The refinery is expected to be commissioned by 2022.

Oil marketing companies (OMCs) were trailing on the bourses on Wednesday following news reports that government has asked them to absorb the recent spurt in international crude oil prices

In a significant development, Mahindra Group’s Mahindra Defence signed an agreement with Japan headquartered ShinMaywa Industries to set up manufacturing and assembling of structural parts and components for US-2 amphibian aircraft on Wednesday.

Following stocks are close to their 52-week low as at 12.58 p.m. on April 11, 2018.

HFCL announced that it has received an advance purchase order worth approximately Rs. 579 crore from Bharat Sanchar Nigam (BSNL) for building 2G GSM network in Assam.

The markets on April 11, 2018 opened flat. BSE Sensex is trading at 33,858.63, down by 21.62 points and the Nifty is trading at 10,385.05, down by 17.20 points. 

In the last one-month debt-income funds have seen exceptional returns which has tempted the investors to opt for them. In the last one month some of the income funds have offered more than 50 per cent of annualised returns.

With an aim to better serve the mutual fund industry, BSE has manage to convince all 37 mutual fund companies to pay a service charge for availing the benefits of its platform. 

Overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 59.04 lakh contracts with a turnover of Rs. 5,22,640.99 crore. 

Overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 59.04 lakh contracts with a turnover of Rs. 5,22,640.99 crore.

Equity markets are expected to open flat and take a breather after registering a scintillating rally in the last 3-4 trading sessions. Additionally, the Asian peers are trading in a capped range in the trade today. The SGX Nifty is pointing that Nifty may open flat at 10,425.  

On the upside, Nifty has strong resistance placed in the region of 10,440-10,450, and both the 50-SMA and 100-SMA stand at 10,438. Stocks in the news: Lemon Tree Hotels, Infosys, Dr Reddy Laboratories, HFCL, Oricon Enterprises and Star Cement.

The exchange’s daily trading turnover in the derivatives segment crossed the Rs 3,257 crore (USD 500 million) level during the trade.

Country’s third largest private sector bank, Axis Bank surged 5 per cent plus from its previous close, after Board trimmed CEO Shikha Sharma's tenure to 7 months from three years of reappointment. Axis Bank is off its upward sloping trendline support level and is heading northwards.

Indian mutual fund industry is quite expansive with a huge basket of schemes for investment. Previously, the fund houses used to have multiple schemes under the same category with different attractive names. 

IndoStar Capital received the market regulator's approval to float Rs 2,000 crore Initial Public Offering (IPO).

The rising bond yields as well as trade war fears have made markets much more volatile than they were in the past couple of years. 

Hindalco was the top gainer in the early hours of the trade on Tuesday supported by a sharp jump in Aluminium prices. The prices have surged from US$2,004 per tonne in the first week of April to US$2,151 per tonne currently on London Metal Exchange.

Following stocks are close to their 52-week low as at 12.21 p.m. on April 10, 2018.

The markets on April 10, 2018 opened up. BSE Sensex is trading at 33,870.74, up by 82.20 points and the Nifty is trading at 10,399.15, up by 19.80 points. 

In a bid to relieve domestic sugar producers, the Government of India is likely to provide financial assistance to sugarcane farmers.

Kotak Mahindra Bank and Hongkong-based fintech firm EMQ partner to provide better and faster remittance services into India.

Overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 55.81 lakh contracts with a turnover of Rs. 4,89,832.89 crore.

Overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 55.81 lakh contracts with a turnover of Rs. 4,89,832.89 crore.

Going ahead, we expect Nifty to continue its positive momentum, but it is now approaching towards its major hurdle of 10,425-10,440. Stocks in the news: Axis Bank, Alembic, Neuland Laboratories, Bharti Aritel, Wipro, HDFC and Gravita.

Leading road BOT company, Sadbhav Infrastructure reported 10.7 per cent YoY increase in toll revenue for Q4FY18.

Many a times mutual fund investors get confused while taking their investment decisions. The wide range of funds on offer provide many choices and its very difficult task to evaluate each of them and compare them against each other.

Take Solutions has surged more than 5 per cent from Friday’s closing. The stock gave a breakout of the long awaited trendline and also a multiple resistance at 175.50 supported by volume spurt where volumes have surged above 90,000 lakhs after October 30, 2017. The 14-period RSI too saw a trendline breakout at 61 levels.

Residential and commercial property developer, Indiabulls Real Estate acquired a newly constructed commercial building at Udyog Vihar, Phase IV, Gurugram.

Following stocks are close to their 52-week low as at 12.37 p.m. on April 9, 2018.

Jindal Steel and Power Limited (JSPL) has posted highest ever monthly crude steel production for the month of March 2018 at 0.45MT, almost jumped by 55 per cent. For Q4FY18, it has reported production of 1.26MT, registering jump of 38 per cent.

The markets on April 9, 2018 opened up. BSE Sensex is trading at 33,823.96, up by 196.99 points and the Nifty is trading at 10,394.95, up by 63.35 points.

Post its successful IPO, the stocks of mid-budget hotel chain Lemon Tree Hotels listed on the exchanges at Rs. 61.60 per share on BSE.

Overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 53.84 lakh contracts with a turnover of Rs. 4,65,313.10 crore.

Overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 53.84 lakh contracts with a turnover of Rs. 4,65,313.10 crore.

Going ahead, immediate support for the Nifty is placed at 10,270 level, which is 61.8 per cent retracement of downmove and major support is placed around the level of 10,210-20. Stocks in the news: Wipro, Piramal Enterprises, Visaka Industries, Inox Wind, Atul, Tata Chemicals, DHFL, Akzo Nobel and Dabur India.

Indian markets are likely to open slightly in the red. The SGX Nifty is pointing that Nifty may open lower by 34 points at 10,308.  

The rise in crude oil prices to more than Rs. 73 per litre in India is pinching Indian commercial and passenger vehicle owners hard.

If one needs any proof that public sector banks (PSBs) are being looted in broad daylight by fraudsters, scamsters, cheats and swindlers of all kinds, here it is: PSBs made upfront provision of Rs 3.79 lakh crore (Rs 3.79 trillion) between March 2014 and June 2017 towards their stressed loans. 

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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has asked payment operators in India to store their transaction data only in India. The RBI has directed the payment operators to comply with its order by October 25, 2018.

The Central government is considering giving tax concession, subject to a maximum limit, to start-ups that have received investments from angel investors. The move is aimed at encouraging budding entrepreneurs in the country.

After China’s retaliation with $50 billion tariffs on 106 US products, US further aggravated the situation by imposing $100 billion worth of more tariffs on imports from China. This led to more volatility and slump in oil prices.

The bank which has been the talk of D-Street since the unveiling of Nirav Modi scam in January, gained as much as 5.3 per cent on Friday. The stock of PNB witnessed a kind of a Symmetric Triangle breakout on the daily time frame with volume spurt.

The total mutual fund assets base has surged over ~Rs. 22 trillion in 2017-18. This was mainly due to a vibrant secondary market, investor awareness campaigns like Mutual fund sahi hai and strong participation, especially from smaller town investors.

Nifty Auto Index is constantly rising with baby steps since March 23 from 10,560 and broke out of a small Channel pattern at 10,997 on April 02. The index broke its major resistance at 11,409 and is trailing above the said levels since April 5.

Adding another feather to its cap, packaging major Uflex introduced a customised formulation that renders barrier packaging for edible-oil re-processable on Friday. Following the development, the company’s share price surged by around one per cent on the bourses in Friday’s trade.

Following stocks are close to their 52-week low as at 2.30 p.m. on April 6, 2018.

The markets on April 6, 2018 opened flat. BSE Sensex is trading at 33,582.94, down by 13.86 points and the Nifty is trading at 10,317.85, down by 7.30 points. 

Kridhan Infra, a leading EPC company, through its Singapore-based subsidiary won a Rs. 134 crore contract.

Sobha Limited has announced its operational performance for the fourth quarter of FY18 and for the financial year of 2018 showing growth across regions and product categories.

Ballarpur Industries announced that its step-down subsidiary Sabah Forest Industries has entered into a contract with Pelangi Prestasi (part of Albukhary Group) for sale of its timber asset.

Overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 1.37 crore contracts with a turnover of Rs. 12,70,693.49 crore.