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Nifty Holds 9,300 In Best Week Since March; ITC Falls

Nifty Holds 9,300 In Best Week Since March; ITC Falls
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Sensex, Nifty end lower for second straight session; Realty stocks drag.

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  • QIB - 37x
  • HNI - 87x
  • Retail - 5x
  • Overall - 32x

  • Shares of Tata Teleservices jumped as much as 20% to Rs 8.30
  • Delhi High Court approved Docomo-Tata settlement on $1.2 billion suit
  • Court rejected RBI's objection to the above settlement

  • Shares of the tyre-maker fell as much as 2.6%, the most since March 28.
  • Q4 net income Rs 66.3 crore versus estimate Rs 80.2 crore
  • Q4 revenue Rs 1,640 crore versus estimate Rs 1,540 crore

  • IPO oversubscribed on final day
  • IPO gets 550% demand for shares offered at 1pm

Shares of the state-owned lender gained as much as 6.4 percent to Rs 169.90, highest since December 2015.

Union Bank gets board approval to raise Rs 6,350 crore in 2017-2018 through public issue, it said in a regulatory filing.

Volume 3.2 times its 30-day average.

  • Nifty -0.55% at 9,291; Sensex -0.52% at 29,873
  • ITC -2.4%; Indian Oil Corp. -2.3%
  • S&P BSE Midcap index +0.31%; S&P BSE Smallcap index +0.28%

A gauge of the country’s top 10 drug makers swung between gains and losses, after declining in the previous two sessions.

The Nifty Pharma index is one of the worst performers so far this year, bogged down by regulatory and pricing concerns. Also, adding to the list of concerns for the export-oriented firms was the rupee’s rally to near 21-month high.

Nifty Pharma index was unchanged after losing little over 4 percent in two weeks.

Meanwhile, India’s drug pricing authority, the NPPA has notified ceiling prices of eight scheduled formulations under the DPCO 2016 [Drugs (Prices Control) Amendment Order, 2016] and revised prices of another five formulations.

Drugs whose ceiling prices were fixed included vancomycin (antibiotic) and Etoposide (anti cancer drug).

Shares of the state-owned firm jumped as much as 10.1 percent to their highest level since August 2013.

ITDC signed an agreement for the transfer of equity stake in its joint venture subsidiaries.

For a list of stocks that are moving the market, clik here

  • Nifty -0.52% at 9,293; Sensex -0.49% at 29,883
  • ITC -2.5%; HDFC Bank -1.6%
  • S&P BSE Technology index 0.7%, S&P BSE Realty index -2.2%

  • TVS Motor: 15.8 lakh shares change hands in single block
  • HDFC: 24.8 lakh shares change hands in a block
  • Fortis Healthcare: 11.5 lakh shares change hands in a block
  • *Buyers and sellers were not immediatley known

Shares of the cement maker gained as much as 9.2 percent to Rs 129.20, highest since March 2016.

Madhya Pradesh government allotted cement grade limestone mining lease to Prism Cement for 50 years, the company said in a regulatory filing.

Volume at 26.5 times its 30-day average volume.

  • Hatsun Agro: (+2.3%): Q1 net income Rs 43.3 crore vs loss Rs 16.8 crore last year
  • Indiabulls Real Estate (-6.1%): Q4 revenue down 26%
  • Indiabulls Ventures (-0.9%): Q4 net income Rs 54.1 crore vs Rs 2.37 crore
  • Kokuyo Camlin (+1.7%): Q4 profit up 21% to Rs 2.9 crore
  • Motilal Oswal (-3.3%): Q4 net income Rs 90.2 crore from Rs 47.2 crore
  • Nirlon (+8.9%): Q4 net income Rs 10.6 crore vs loss Rs 11.4 crore
  • Ujjivan Financial (-4.2%): Q4 net income Rs 19.4 crore vs estimate Rs 23.3 crore

Indian shares declined for a second straight session, dragged down by pharmaceutical firm Biocon on lower-than-expected earnings while weak Asian cues also weighed on sentiment.

The S&P BSE Sensex fell 0.29 percent to 29,946, while the NSE Nifty shed 0.34 percent at 9,310.

Among the sectoral indices, S&P BSE Technology index fell 0.39 percent while S&P BSE Realty index declined 0.70 percent.

The market breadth was, however, skewed in the favour of gainers, with about 6 stocks advancing to every 4 stocks that declined.

For a complete list of stocks, click HERE

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