Stocks To Watch: Aban Offshore, JP Associates, Reliance, Wipro

• Reliance Q1 beats estimates; to buy 24.92 percent stake in Balaji Telefilms
  
• Wipro board announces Rs 11,000 crore buyback
  
• Rakesh Jhunjhunwala buys 2.5 crore shares in Jaiprakash Associates
  
• Aban Offshore promoters sell shares in the open market
  

The Singapore traded SGX Nifty, an early indicator of Nifty's performance in India was little changed at 9,904.

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Here are the stocks to watch out for in today's session:

Reliance Industries (Q1, YoY)

• Revenue down 4.4 percent to Rs 64,217 crore
• EBITDA up 2.7 percent to Rs 11,589 crore
• EBITDA margin expands to 18 percent from 16.8 percent
• Net profit up 0.6 percent to Rs 8,196 crore
• To acquire 2.52 crore shares or 24.92 percent stake in Balaji Telefilms at Rs 164 per share for a total investment of Rs 413.28 crore
• To invest up to $25 million in Jerusalem Innovation Incubator over a period of about 8 years

Wipro (Q1, QoQ)

• Revenue up 2.6 percent to Rs 13,626 crore
• EBIT down 9.7 percent to Rs 2,174 crore
• EBIT margin contracts to 16 percent from 16.7 percent
• Net profit down 8.1 percent to Rs 2,077 crore
• To buyback up to 34.37 crore shares worth Rs 11,000 crore at Rs 320 per share
• Shareholders approve appointment of Azim Premji as Executive Chairman and Managing Director of the company
• Expects revenue to remain flat or lower in the next quarter between $1.96 billion and $2 billion

Rallis India

• To sell its stake in Advinus for a consideration of Rs 17.32 crore
• Board approves scheme of amalgamation with Zero Waste Agro-Organics subject to NCLT approval

Welspun Corp

• Won an order for supply of 100K MTs pipes
• Current order book of the company stands at Rs 4,200 crore

• Aurobindo Pharma: U.S. FDA gives tentative approval to Esomeprazole Magnesium capsule.
• Jaiprakash Associates: Rakesh Jhunjhunwala bought 2.5 crore shares during the June quarter
• Jubilant Life Sciences: Rakesh Jhunjhunwala picks up 1.26 percent stake in the company
• Aban Offshore: Promoter sells 20,000 shares in the open market

Reliance Industries will invest close to Rs 413 crore in Balaji Telefilms. https://t.co/ME2S6t9AsR pic.twitter.com/iPc4bo73HQ

Other Corporate Announcements

• Gravita India: Started commercial production of PET Flakes at its Jamaican unit
• Hindustan Motors: HPCL withdraws application for initiating insolvency proceedings against company
• Amrutanjan: Received NCLT nod for scheme of amalgamation between Amrutanjan Pharmaessense and self

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Today's Nifty Call

Kotak Mahindra: India's best capitalised bank. @shraddha_babla reportshttps://t.co/eVY1cKDCd3 pic.twitter.com/gS8ioaLkny

Bulk Deals

V-Mart Retail

• Fidelity Funds - Asian Smaller Companies Pool sold 4.39 lakh shares or 2.4 percent stake at Rs 1,143.02 each
• GMO Emerging Domestic Opportunities Fund bought 2.86 lakh shares or 1.6 percent stake at Rs 1,143 each

Time Techoplast

• Morgan Stanley Asia (Singapore) Pte sold 54.66 lakh shares or 2.4 percent stake at Rs 156.25 each
• Kap For Investment Pro DLT AKTIER Asien Ex-Japan bought 46.41 lakh shares or 2.1 percent stake at Rs 156.1 each

Honda Siel Power

• Reliance Mutual Fund bought 89,800 shares or 0.9 percent stake at Rs 1,350.01 each
• Prasoon Harshad Bhatt sold 90,000 shares or 0.9 percent stake at Rs 1,350.01 each.
• Bhatt reduced his stake to 11,700 shares or 0.1 percent

Sterling Tools

• IDFC Mutual Fund bought 4.80 lakh shares or 1.4 percent stake at Rs 265 each
• Promoter Anil Aggarwal sold 4.75 lakh shares or 1.4 percent stake at Rs 265
• Aggarwal reduced his stake to 73.65 lakh shares or 21.51 percent

Omkar Speciality Chemicals

• Promoter Pravin Herlekar Omkar sold 2.25 lakh shares or 1.1 percent stake at Rs 97.04 each
• Promoter reduced his stake to 50.26 lakh shares or 24.4 percent

Graphite India

Morgan Stanley (France) S.A. bought 12 lakh shares or 0.6 percent at Rs 196.39 each

#Q1WithBQ | Hindustan Zinc missed its quarterly profit estimates, report @revatikrishna @OnlyNickey.https://t.co/YxUzf3Rc2p

F&O Setup

• Nifty Bank sees open interest addition of 1.7 lakh shares
• Nifty Bank continues to show more strength than the Nifty
• Rangebound market with support at 9,800 and resistance at 10,000 levels
• Nifty Put-Call Ratio drops as call writers aggressive at 9,900 - 10,100 levels
• Put writers avoid any major positions; shed positions at 9,900 - 10,000

Active Stock Futures

• Engineers India: Sees open interest addition of 11 percent on the long side
• L&T Finance: Sees open interest addition of 8 percent on the long side
• Axis Bank: Sees open interest addition of 3 percent on the long side
• Just Dial: Sees short covering on open interest shedding of 18 percent
• Power Finance Corporation: Sees short covering on open interest shedding of 5 percent

Stocks In F&O Ban

• Fortis Healthcare
• DLF
• GMR Infrastructure
• Infibeam
• JSW Energy
• Just Dial
• Kaveri Seeds
• Oriental Bank of Commerce
• Network18
• Sintex
• Ujjivan Financial Services
• Jaiprakash Associates

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Earnings Reaction To Watch

RBL Bank Q1

• Net Interest Income up 54.3 percent to Rs 378 crore
• Net profit up 45.4 percent to Rs 141 crore
• Provisions up to Rs 94 crore from Rs 82 crore (QoQ)
• Gross NPA at 1.46 percent from 1.20 percent (QoQ)
• Net NPA at 0.81 percent from 0.64 percent (QoQ)

Bajaj Holdings & Investment (Q1, YoY)

• Revenue up 30.4 percent to Rs 152.45 crore
• Net profit up 29.4 percent to Rs 110.96 crore

Mahindra CIE Automotive (Q2CY17, YoY)

• Revenue up 12.5 percent to Rs 504 crore
• EBITDA up 7.4 percent to Rs 42.7 crore
• EBITDA margin down to 9.5 percent from 9.8 percent
• Net profit up 63.6 percent to Rs 18 crore

Nucleus Software (Q1, QoQ)

• Revenue up 0.7 percent to Rs 94.3 crore
• EBITDA down 29 percent to Rs 10.2 crore
• EBITDA Margin down to 10.8 percent from 15.3 percent
• Net profit down 43.3 percent to Rs 11.5 crore

Cupid (Q1, YoY)

• Revenue up 22 percent to Rs 19.7 crore
• EBITDA up 14 percent to Rs 7.4 crore
• EBITDA Margin down to 38 percent from 40 percent
• Net profit up 13 percent to Rs 4.3 crore

Rallis India (Q1, YoY)

• Net profit down 74 percent to Rs 45.25 crore
• Revenue down 0.9 percent to Rs 463 crore
• EBITDA down 6.8 percent to Rs 69.45 crore
• EBITDA Margin down to 15.6 percent from 16.6 percent

Zensar Technologies (Q1, QoQ)

• Revenue down 0.9 percent to Rs 736.65 crore
• EBITDA up 27.7 percent to Rs 74.7 crore
• EBITDA Margin up to 10 percent from 8 percent
• Net profit up 349.5 percent to Rs 48.1 crore

Kansai Nerolac aims to maintain margin despite rising raw material costs, reports @sharleendsouza.https://t.co/mZJGfU24Ox pic.twitter.com/rCZeBWFvYE

Brokerage Calls

Hindustan Zinc

• Credit Suisse maintains 'Neutral' with price target of Rs 273
• JPMorgan maintains 'overweight' with price target of Rs 310

Reliance Industries

• Morgan Stanley maintained 'Overweight' and set the price target at Rs 1,531
• JP Morgan maintained 'Neutral' with the price target of Rs 1,310

Kotak Mahindra

• Credit Suisse maintained a 'Neutral' rating but hiked the price target to Rs 950 from Rs 827
• Macquarie retained its 'Neutral' stance with the price target of Rs 940

• NIIT Technologies: Credit Suisse maintained an 'Outperform' rating on the stock with the price target raised to Rs 640 from Rs 550
• DB Corp: CLSA maintained 'Buy' with the price target of Rs 450
• Bajaj Auto: Macquarie maintained an 'Underperform' rating on the stock with price target of Rs 2,400

Wipro

• Morgan Stanley retained an 'Underweight' rating, however hiked the price target to Rs 240 from Rs 215
• CLSA retained an 'Outperform' rating with the price target hiked to Rs 310 from Rs 290
• Credit Suisse maintained its 'Neutral' stance, but marginally hiked the price target to Rs 250 from Rs 230

Reliance Industries surprises the street for eighth straight quarter, reports @soumeet_sarkar. https://t.co/zneycSwFWo pic.twitter.com/qrgnOdtUh9

Media Reports

• IDBI Bank: To sell its entire 5 percent stake in CCIL. (Mint)
• Zee Media Enterprises: The company is in advanced talks to buy BTVi. (Economic Times)
• Britannia Industries: Takes Kerala distributors to Court. (Economic Times)
• Bajaj Auto: Likely to join KTM in the race to buy bike-maker Ducati. (Economic Times)
• Jet Airways: Cuts pay for some of its pilots. (Economic Times)
• Jaypee Infratech: It has time till August 4 to respond to insolvency plea. (Business Standard)
• Coal India: Gets stay on two CCI orders. (Business Standard)
• InterGlobe Aviation: The company is said to pick banks for institutional share sale. (Business Standard)
• ICICI Bank: Offers up to Rs 15 lakh instant personal loans via ATMs. (Financial Express)
• HDFC: To raise Rs 35,000 crore through NCD's. (Financial Express)
• Neyveli Lignite Corporation: Talks fail to end strike by the State-owned company's workers. (Economic Times)
• ABG Shipyard: Agrees to insolvency proceedings. (Mint)

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