eClerx Services: The Mumbai-based data analytics service provider fell as much as 2 percent, the most since August 24, to Rs 1,202. Trading volume was 29.5 times its 20-day average.
Piramal Enterprises: The Mumbai-based specialty pharmaceutical company rose as much as 4.97 percent, the most in over two months, to Rs 2,895. Trading volume was 5.3 times its 20-day average.
SORIL Holdings and Ventures: The Gurugram-based company rose as much as 5.1 percent, the most since September 11, to Rs 50.40. Trading volume was 15.1 times its 20-day average.
Singer India: The Delhi-based sewing machine maker fell as much as 8.6 percent, the most in 10 months, to Rs 260. Trading volume was 8.4 times its 20-day average.
Stocks in financial and infrastructure space will outperform, says Amit Jeswani, founder of Stallion Asset.
“The theme going forward will be financialisation of savings as a lot of IPOs of insurance and asset management companies are on the anvil,” Jeswani said. He is also bullish on road developers as they stand to gain from government’s focus on infrastructure.
Shares of the Punjab-based drugmaker fell nearly 10 percent to Rs 216.85, the most in seven months after its net loss widened more than twice, year-on-year in the quarter ended June.
The company's loss in the first quarter of current financial year stood at Rs 47.99 crore compared with loss of Rs 20.49 crore, during the same period last year.
Shares of the heavy electrical equipment maker rose as much as 10.16 percent, the most in over a year to Rs 145.80. Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe while laying the foundation stone of Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train said BHEL and Kawasaki Heavy will make rolling stock for bullet train.
BHEL has tied-up with Kawasaki to make rolling stock of bullet train, according to a Bloomberg report.
HEG Ltd rose as much as 7.9 percent and Graphite India advanced as much as 5.3 percent after the international brokerage Jefferies initiated coverage on both the stocks with a 'Buy'
Jefferies On Graphite India
Buy for target price of Rs 342 (Potential Upside 31 percent)
Earnings to grow at CAGR of 116 percent over FY17-20
Improvement in realisation to drive revenue CAGR of 32 percent over FY17-20
German subsidiaries to turnaround with revival in graphite demand
Cash conversion cycle to improve to 27-20 days in FY18-19
Jefferies on HEG
Buy for target price of Rs 1,050 (Potential Upside of 50 percent)
Company will return to profitability in FY18
Expect earnings CAGR of 129 percent over FY18-20
Expect graphite electrode prices to rise and utilisation to improve
Expect capacity utilisation of 85-90 percent in FY18-19
Shares of the state-run oil marketing companies rose after the government ruled out interfering in daily revision of petrol and diesel prices done by the oil marketing companies.
"The government has no business to interfere in day to day operations of oil companies," Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said.