All You Need To Know Going Into Todayās Muhurat Trading Session
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Indian shares will open for only an hour-long session on Thursday, when traders and investors make ceremonial purchases marking the Diwali festival.
Here's an all you need to know before opening bell
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October 19, 2017Overnight ADR Action
Stocks To Watch
- Reliance Industries: Jio's 84-day plan hiked to Rs 459; data doubled in the Rs 149 scheme
- Tata Teleservices: Board approves fund raising up to Rs 20,000 crore via various options
- Gujarat State Petronet: Executes pact for FSRU project based LNG port
- Mahindra Lifespaces, HDFC Capital to develop affordable housing projects
- VA Tech Wabag: Says power of Board of Directors restored
- Pioneer Embroideries: To issue 1.96 lakh shares at Rs 51 per share to non-promoters on preferential basis
- Jyoti Structures: Lenders approve sub-contracting of West Africa project
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October 19, 2017Corporate Actions
- Zee Media Corporation: Circuit filter revised to 20 precent
Circuit Filter Revised To 5 Percent
- Punjab Alkalies and Chemicals
- Gujarat Borosil
- Sanwaria Agro Oils
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October 19, 2017Bulk Deals
Aegis Logistics
- Norges Bank bought 1 crore shares or 3 percent stake at Rs 220.54 each
- Small Cap World Fund Inc sold 1.07 crore shares or 3.2 percent stake at Rs 220.07 each
Gammon Infrastructure
- Promoter Gammon Power Ltd. sold 1.75 crore shares or 1.86 percent stake at Rs 2.8 each
- Frontier Realty Pvt. Ltd. bought 1.72 crore shares or 1.84 percent at Rs 2.8 each
- MAS Financial Services: Destinations International Equity Fund A Series of Brinker Capital Destinations Trust bought 4 lakh shares at Rs 656.47 each
- Goa Carbon: Winnimus LLP sold 95,318 shares or 1.04 percent at Rs 770.85 each
- IOL Chemicals and Pharma: Indiastar (Mauritius) Ltd. sold 24 lakh shares or 4.3 percent stake at Rs 53.12 each
- Gini Silk Mills: Garnet International Ltd. sold 90,000 shares or 1.6 percent stake at Rs 306 each
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October 19, 2017Index Trends
F&O Cues
- Nifty October futures closed with a premium of 26.7 points from 19 points at 10,237.5
- Nifty October Futures shed 1 percent in open interest
- Nifty Bank sheds 8 percent in open interest
- India Vix closed 0.6 percent lower at 11.54
- Highest call base in October series at 10,200 (OI at 35.9 lakh shares, up 7 percent)
- Highest put base in October series at 10,000 (OI at 76 lakh shares, up 8 percent)
- Call Strikes of 10,200, 10,250 and 10,300 see open interest addition
- Put strike of 10,000 sees open interest addition
- 10,100 put sees open interest unwinding
F&O Ban
- In Ban: BEML, DHFL, HDIL, Indiabulls Real Estate, Infibeam, JP Associates, JSW Energy, Reliance Capital
- New In Ban: HDIL, Reliance Capital
- Out Of Ban: Reliance Communications
Alert: Only intraday positions can be taken in stocks which are in F&O ban. There will be a penalty in case of a rollover.
PCR
- Nifty Put-Call Ratio at 1.61 from 1.65
- Nifty Bank Put-Call Ratio at 0.71 from 1.23
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October 19, 2017Stocks Seeing High OI Change - October Series
- Torrent Pharma: Sees open interest addition of 48 percent on the long side
- Mahanagar Gas: Sees open interest addition of 16 percent on the long side
- NIIT Tech: Sees open interest addition of 16 percent on the short side
- Just Dial: Sees open interest addition of 9 percent on the long side
- Indraprastha Gas: Sees open interest addition of 6 percent on the long side
- Power Grid: Sees open interest shedding of 13 percent, short covering seen
Fund Flows
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