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Sensex, Nifty Halt Best Run In Over Three Years

Sensex, Nifty Halt Best Run In Over Three Years
Traders monitor financial data on computer screens on the trading floor. (Photographer: Luke MacGregor/Bloomberg)
8 years ago
The Singapore-traded SGX Nifty, an early indicator of NSE Nifty 50 Index's performance in India, rose 0.3 percent to 10,585 as of 8:05 a.m.Asian equities advanced on Wednesday, helped by an encouraging start to the U.S. earnings season, while Chinese bonds rallied after the nation's central bank moved to support liquidity.

Shares of the software service provider fell as much as 3.9 percent to Rs 571.50 after announcing its march quarter results.

Key Earnings Highlights (Q4, QoQ)

  • Net profit rose 5.3 percent to Rs 19.4 crore.
  • Revenue rose 6.7 percent to Rs 224 crore.
  • EBIT rose 7.2 percent to Rs 179 crore.
  • EBIT margin at 79.9 percent versus 79.5 percent.

Titan Company Ltd., India’s largest maker of branded jewellery, has often disappointed investors on Akshaya Tritiya. (To know more, click here)

  • Thomas Cook India: About 14 lakh shares changed hands in a block deal.
  • Buyers and sellers were not known immediately.

    Source: Bloomberg

Shares of Dynamatic Technologies surged as much as 7 percent. The company announced that it had signed pact with French aircraft manufacturer Daher Aerospace and that it is exploring possibilities of partnering with the overseas firm, according to its stock exchange notification.

Key highlights from the conversation:

  • Hotel Industry is overall performing well over last year.
  • Current occupancy levels at 75 percent.
  • Expect occupancy rate to move up to 80 percent.
  • Expect average prices to rise by 8-10 percent.
  • See stronger bottom line going forward if current trend continues.
  • Have six properties in pipeline currently.
  • Planning to expand business via leases.

  • About 15 lakh Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. shares change hands in a block deal.
    Buyers and sellers were not immediately known.
    Source: Bloomberg

DLF is said to be in final stages of talks to transfer retail assets in Delhi and Noida to the recently formed venture with Singapore-based GIC Pte, Bloomberg reported, quoting a person with knowledge of the matter.

‘Mall of India’ in Noida spread over 20 lakh square feet and ‘DLF Place’ at Saket in Delhi of about four lakh square feet are prime rent-yielding retail assets that are being evaluated for transfer, the person told Bloomberg.

Tata Sponge Iron (Q4, YoY)

  • Stock rose as much as 2.7 percent to Rs 1,181.45.
  • Revenue up 46 percent at Rs 243.5 crore.
  • Net profit at Rs 47 crore versus Rs 21 crore.
  • Ebitda at Rs 61.5 crore versus Rs 25.5 crore.
  • Margin at 25.3 percent versus 15.3 percent.

Orchid Pharma (Q4, YoY)

  • Stock rose as much as 3.9 percent to Rs 13.35.
  • Revenue down 20 percent at Rs 144 crore.
  • Net loss of Rs 77 crore versus net loss of Rs 65 crore.
  • Ebitda down 31 percent at Rs 13.5 crore.
  • Margin at 9.4 percent versus 10.8 percent.

5Paisa Capital (Q4, YoY)

  • Stock rose as much as 2.5 percent to Rs 369.
  • Revenue at Rs 8 crore versus Rs 5 crore.
  • Net loss of Rs 7 crore versus net loss of Rs 3 crore.

  • Indian equity benchmarks extended gains after a volatile start.
  • The S&P BSE Sensex index rose 0.25 percent to 34,481, while the NSE Nifty 50 Index rose 0.2 percent to 10,569.
  • About 895 stocks advanced and 758 stocks declined on NSE.

  • Sufficient cash in the RBI vaults and currency chests.
  • Printing of the notes has been ramped up in all the 4 note presses.
  • Shortage felt in some pockets largely due to logistical issues
  • RBI closely monitoring replenishing and recalibration of ATMs
  • RBI moving currency to areas which are witnessing unusually large cash withdrawals.

Shares of the drug maker extended gains for the fourth straight trading session, the longest winning streak in over two months. The stock rose a much as 1 percent to Rs 813.05.

The pharmaceutical company received tentative U.S. FDA approval for generic AndroGel, according to its stock exchange notification.

The stock has declined 42.5 percent over the past year, compared to 18.9 percent in the country's benchmark Sensex.

Shares of the private sector lender erased early gains and fell as much 0.8 percent to Rs 289.55. About 20 lakh shares changed hands in a block deal, Bloomberg data showed. Buyers and sellers were not known immediately.

Trading volume was 33 percent its 20-day average. The stock has declined 7.2 percent so far this year.

India’s next general election presents a tail risk as the market is unsure if the world’s largest democracy will re-elect a majority government for the second straight term.

That risk is even more pronounced this time, according to Morgan Stanley Research. History suggests that markets approach general elections with a tinge of optimism and stocks tend to do well in the run-up to elections, Ridham Desai and Sheela Rathi, analysts at Morgan Stanley India, said in a report. (Click here to read more).

Key highlights from the conversation:

  • Minority shareholders of Electrosteel at the bottom of the pile
  • Electosteel’s market cap of Rs 700 crore will be reduced to Rs 200 crore for existing shareholders.

Tata Sponge Iron (Q4, YoY)

  • Revenue up 46 percent at Rs 243.5 crore.
  • Net profit at Rs 47 crore versus Rs 21 crore.
  • Ebitda at Rs 61.5 crore versus Rs 25.5 crore.
  • Margin at 25.3 percent versus 15.3 percent.

Orchid Pharma (Q4, YoY)

  • Revenue down 20 percent at Rs 144 crore.
  • Net loss of Rs 77 crore versus net loss of Rs 65 crore.
  • Ebitda down 31 percent at Rs 13.5 crore.
  • Margin at 9.4 percent versus 10.8 percent.

5Paisa Capital (Q4, YoY)

  • Revenue at Rs 8 crore versus Rs 5 crore.
  • Net loss of Rs 7 crore versus net loss of Rs 3 crore.

  • ACC
  • Other Earnings To Watch

    • HDFC Standard Life Insurance Company
    • Mastek
    • MindTree

F&O Ban
  • In ban: IRB Infra, JP Associates, TV18 Broadcast, Reliance Communications.
  • Out of ban: Balrampur Chini.

Only intraday positions can be taken in stocks which are in F&O ban. There is a penalty in case of a rollover of these intraday positions.

Put-Call Ratio

  • Nifty PCR at 1.63 versus 1.65.
  • Nifty Bank PCR at 1.47 versus 1.53.

  • Phillips Carbon Black last trading day before 5:1 stock split.
  • Foods & Inns last trading day before 10:1 stock split.
  • Talwalkars Better Value Fitness Ltd placed under Additional Surveillance Measures with effect from today by BSE.

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