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Sensex, Nifty Halt Longest Losing Streak In Over A Month

Sensex, Nifty Halt Longest Losing Streak In Over A Month
Exchange staff look at financial data on computer screens on the trading floor. (Photographer: Jason Alden/Bloomberg)
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Shares of HEG rose 0.6 percent to Rs 4,375 after its company's board approved share buyback proposal.

The company plans to buy back up to 3.41 percent of paid-up capital for Rs 750 crore at Rs 5,500 per share, according to its stock exchange filing.

Housing & Urban Development Corp (HUDCO) reported a net profit of Rs 282 crore, an increase of 6 percent from the year-ago period, according to its stock exchange filing. Shares of the company rose as much as 5.2 percent to Rs 46.30.

Key earnings highlights (Q2, YoY)

  • Net profit up 6.2 percent at Rs 282 crore.
  • NII up 24 percent at Rs 501.4 crore.

Cox & Kings

  • Stock rose as much as 15.5 percent to Rs 202.
  • Trading volume was more than 20 times its 20-day average.

AstraZeneca Pharma

  • Stock fell as much as 7.2 percent to Rs 1,391.
  • Trading volume was quadruple its 20-day average.

FDC

  • Stock rose as much as 7.8 percent to Rs 200.15.
  • Trading volume was more than 80 times its 20-day average.

Orient Refractories

  • Stock rose as much as 9.5 percent to Rs 265.
  • Trading volume was more than seven times its 20-day average.

Shares of the FMCG major snapped a three-day decline and rose as much as 3.9 percent to Rs 1,740, its highest levels in nearly three months.

The stock traded at 60 times its estimated earnings per share for the coming year, Bloomberg data showed.

Bharti Airtel Ltd. said that its Africa unit—Airtel Africa has appointed eight global banks—appointed JPMorgan, Citigroup, BofA ML, Absa Group, Barclays Bank, BNP Paribas, Goldman Sachs and Standard Bank Group, according to its stock exchange filing.

Shares of the company rose as much as 3.4 percent to Rs 338.90. The stock was the third-best performer on Sensex and Nifty.

Nifty’s 10,600 call option contract was among the most active option contracts on National Stock Exchange.

Premium on the contract fell 2.71 percent to Rs 43. Over 15.92 lakh shares were added to the open interest which stood at over 46.67 lakh shares.

About 18.9 lakh shares of South Indian Bank changed hands in two block deals, according to Bloomberg data. Buyers and sellers were not known immediately.

Investing five to six months before the elections in 2009 and 2014 earned an average three to six percent more than the Indian benchmark return in the five-year period to the next vote, Bloomberg reported quoting FundsIndia’s Head of Mutual Fund Research Vidya Bala. (Read the full story here)

Shares of Hotel Leela Venture hit an upper circuit of 20 percent, the most since in nearly 10 months, to Rs 20.

A consortium including Thailand’s Minor International Pcl is considering an investment of about $350 million in Indian hospitality firm Hotel Leelaventure Ltd., Bloomberg reported quoting person familiar with the matter. (more details here)

Trading volume was more than 40 times its 20-day average, according to Bloomberg data.

  • Indian equity benchmarks witnessed a volatile trade after a strong open.
  • The S&P BSE Sensex Index traded at 35,014 and the NSE Nifty 50 Index traded at 10,525.
  • About 946 stocks declined and 643 shares advanced on National STock Exchange.

Shares of the shipbuilding company rose as much as 7 percent to trade near a one-month high at Rs 390.

The company plans to buy back shares worth Rs 200 crore at Rs 455 apiece, according to its stock exchange notification.

Trading volume was 7.4 time sits 30-day moving average, Bloomberg data showed. The stock fell 27.6 percent so far this year compared to a 4 percent advance in the Sensex.

India Is Missing the Wake-Up Call From Its Shadow-Bank Bust

Shares of the earthmoving equipment maker extended gains for the second day and rose as much as 2.5 percent, to Rs 777, its highest levels since Sept. 18.

The company was awarded a contract worth Rs 3015 crore for supply of 378 Metro coaches, according to its stock exchange notification. The deliveries are scheduled to commence July 2020 until Sep 2022.

Trading volume was triple its 20-day average, Bloomberg data showed. The stock has declined 55 percent in the past 12 months.

F&O Cues
  • Nifty November futures closed trading at 10525, discount of 2 points.
  • Nifty November OI down 2.3 percent; Nifty Bank November OI down 28.1 percent.
  • Max OI for November series at 10,700 Call, OI at 38.1 lakh shares.
  • Max OI for November series at 10,000 Put, OI at 38.5 lakh shares.

Stocks In F&O Ban

  • Adan Enterprises
  • Adani Power
  • Jet Airways
  • DHFL

Put-Call Ratio

  • Nifty PCR at 1.46 from 1.55.
  • Nifty Bank PCR at 0.94 from 1.19.

  • Axis Bank: Upgraded to ‘Buy’ from ‘Hold’; raised price target to Rs 730 from Rs 590
  • ICICI Bank: Downgraded to ‘Hold’ from ‘Buy’; raised price target to Rs 390 from Rs 345
  • HDFC Bank: Maintained ‘Buy’; cut price target to Rs 2,350 from Rs 2,398.
  • Axis Bank’s ahead-of-the curve branch expansion to help NIM as growth picks up.
  • Gap in RoE/growth outlook drives relative preference of Axis over ICICI.
  • Downgraded ICICI Bank after the rally; Maintained ‘Buy’ on HDFC Bank due to underperformance.

  • Adani Gas price band revised to 10 percent.
  • Forbes & Co price band revised to 5 percent.
  • Satia Industries to move into ASM Framework.

CIL Nova Petrochemicals

  • Promoter Chiripal Manuj Ashokkumar acquired 1.5 lakh shares or 0.55 percent equity at Rs 21.8 each.
  • Asia Investment Corporation Mauritius sold 1.5 lakh shares or 0.55 percent equity at Rs 21.8 each.

Talwalkers Lifestyles

  • Aequitas Investment acquired 4.6 lakh shares or 1.50 percent equity at Rs 110 each.
  • Aditya Birla Sun Life MF sold 4.6 lakh shares or 1.50 percent equity at Rs 110 each.

  • Housing & Urban Development Corp.
  • GIC Housing Finance

  • HDFC Ergo in talks to buy Apollo Munich for an approx. valuation of Rs 2600 crore. (Economic Times)
  • Indian Government notifies quadricycyles as non transport vehicles (PIB).

  • Rajasthan Polls: Congress expels 28 leaders, including former MLAs.
  • 26/11 survivor recounts being in the room next to the terrorists’.
  • Finance Ministry hopeful some banks will be out of PCA framework this fiscal.
  • Government wants to discuss RBI ‘Governance Issues’ with central bank.
  • Investors want RBI to push for fresh issue of shares by banks.
  • Bond bulls return to India to fuel best quarter in over year.
  • Jewelers find exports tough as India bank fraud squeezes credit.
  • India eyes bigger share in global trade amid U.S.-China tensions.
  • Asia’s liquidity squeeze is the worst since 2008.
  • Theresa May gambles on personal campaign to win Brexit deal vote.
  • Yes Bank and the missed wake-up call from IL&FS.
  • Televisions, home appliances may get costlier from next month.

  • Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping plan to meet at the G-20 summit in Argentina that kicks off on Friday.
  • Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Richard Clarida speaks in New York on Tuesday and Chairman Jerome Powell addresses the New York Economic Club on Wednesday.
  • Thursday sees the release of the minutes from the Federal Open Market Committee’s November meeting.
  • European Central Bank President Mario Draghi will address the European Parliament’s committee for economic and monetary affairs on Monday.

  • The Bloomberg Commodity Index declined 1.7 percent to the lowest since July.
  • Brent crude traded 0.9 percent higher at $59.30 a barrel.
  • West Texas Intermediate crude sank 6.3 percent to $51.17 a barrel, the lowest in 13 months.
  • Gold fell 0.4 percent to $1,223.48 an ounce.
  • London Metal Exchange

    • Aluminium rebounded to end 0.13 percent higher.
    • Copper halted a two-day rally, down 0.77 percent.
    • Zinc halted a two-day rally, down 2.4 percent lower.
    • Nickel ended lower for the fifth day, down 0.5 percent.
    • Lead ended lower for the second day, down 1.3 percent.
    • Tin resumed declines, down 2.34 percent.

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