Reliance Group shares extended gains after the group's telecom company Reliance Communications exited strategic debt restructuring plan.
Shares of the Anil Ambani-led telecom company were trading 34 percent higher at Rs 21.90 after the company exited strategic debt restructuring plan.
Shares of the Hyderabad-based drug maker rose as much as 1.65 percent to Rs 2,371.60 after it launched Melphalan Hydrochloride for injection, a therapeutic equivalent generic version of Alkeran for injection in the U.S. approved by U.S. Food and Drug Administration (U.S. FDA), the company said in a stock exchange filing.
Reliance Group shares were trading higher ahead of Reliance Communications' media briefing scheduled later in the day.
The Chennai-based sugar manufacturer rose as much as 4 percent to Rs 364.60 after it informed stock exchanges that it will sell its bio pesticides business to Coromandel International on a slump sale basis for Rs 338 crore.
Shares of the Mumbai-based airline rose as much as 6.36 percent to record high of Rs 806 on the back of heavy volumes.
Trading volume on the stock surged as 7.54 lakh shares changed hands on the BSE compared with its two-week average of 3.13 lakh shares.
Shares of the Pune-based Cummins India rose as much as 5.2 percent to Rs 923 and Kirloskar Oil Engines surged 18 percent to Rs 450 after Cummins Group was in talks to acquire a controlling stake in Kirloskar Oil Engines in a deal valued at over $500 million through one of its Indian subsidiaries, The Mint newspaper reported citing two people aware of talks between the companies.
Shares of the Delhi-based steel maker rose as much as 7.7 percent to Rs 184 after SEBI revoked its earlier order classifying Prakash Industries as shell company.
Share of the state-run hydel power producer rose as much as 3.13 percent to Rs 31.30 after domestic brokerage firm Motilal Oswal initiated coverage on the stock with a 'buy' for target price of Rs 37 per share.
Motilal Oswal in a note said:
Shares of the Mumbai-based maker large diameter pipes rose as much as 13.5 percent to Rs 155 after it received an order for supply of 1.24 lakh MT pipes, Welspun Corp said in a stock exchange filing on Friday.
The company has a total order book of Rs 7,400 crore, added the company in the exchange notification.
Shares of the state-run construction company fell as much as 3.7 percent to Rs 244 after Central Bureau of Investigation has filed corruption charges against NBCC India Ltd. chairman Anoop Kumar Mittal in a case related to a redevelopment project, Bloomberg reported.
A case was filed against Mittal and four others on Friday, Bloomberg said, adding that calls made to Mittal's office phone on the weekend were not answered.
Appetite for debt continues to be feeble and there seems no value buying momentum at current valuations, according to Edelweiss Securities. Markets will test appetite for a Rs 12,590 crore sale of state debt today after an auction of federal bonds on Friday had to be partly rescued by primary dealers.
Implied opening from forwards suggests onshore USD/INR will start trading around 64.02 today.
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