Stocks To Watch: Aurionpro Solutions, Bank Of Maharashtra, Coal India, KM Sugar Mills
- Coal India examining the feasibility of producing methanol.
- Bank of Maharashtra to raise Rs 650 crore via equity.
- KM Sugar Mills sold 7.30 lakh shares (73 percent) in subsidiary KM Energy.
Indian equity benchmarks were little changed for the second day in a row as gains in ICICI Bank, Larsen & Toubro Ltd. and Reliance Industries Ltd. were offset by losses in HDFC Bank, Infosys Ltd. and Maruti Suzuki Ltd.
The S&P BSE Sensex was little changed at 33,793 and the NSE Nifty 50 Index was little changed at 10,443. Mid- and small-cap shares outperformed large cap peers as the S&P BSE MidCap Index rose 0.5 percent and the S&P BSE SmallCap Index advanced 0.98 percent.
The Singapore traded SGX Nifty, an early indicator of Nifty 50 Index's performance in India, rose 0.2 percent to 10,500 as of 7:30 a.m.
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January 4, 2018Here Are The Stocks To Watch Out For In Thursday's Trade
- HDFC: The mortgage lender said its third quarter profit on the sale of investments stood at Rs 5,270 crore compared to Rs 3 crore a year ago. The figure includes Rs 5,250 crore from the IPO of HDFC Life. Its dividend income stood at Rs 151 crore from Rs 179 crore year-on-year. HDFC said it will also make additional special provision of Rs 1,575 crore.
- Coal India examining feasibility of producing methanol.
- SJVN to consider share buyback on Jan. 8.
- Bank of Maharashtra to raise Rs 650 crore via equity.
- NBCC secures total business of Rs 315 crore in Dec.
- Kridhan Infra's Rs 128 crore institutional share sale closes. Investors include Singapore government, DSP Blackrock and HDFC AMC.
- Rushil Décor to import plywood as well as low thickness MDF boards.
- Aurionpro Solutions subsidiary Cyberinc to sell its Identity and Access Management business to KPMG in an all cash deal worth Rs 217.6 crore.
- KM Sugar Mills sold 7.30 lakh shares (73 percent) in subsidiary KM Energy.
- HPCL: ONGC may pay Rs 45,000 crore (45 percent premium to market cap) for company's stake (Financial Express)
- Greaves Cotton: To make new BS-VI engines for Piaggio (PTI)
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January 4, 2018Bulk Deals
- WPIL: Promoter V N Enterprises bought 1.08 lakh shares or 1.1 percent stake at Rs 679.18 each.
- Viceroy Hotels: ICPA Health Products bought 2.50 lakh shares or 0.6 percent stake at Rs 21.27 each.
Aro Granite Industries
- Dilipkumar Lakhi bought 1.5 lakh shares or 1 percent stake at Rs 80.93 each.
- Surefin Financial Cons. Pvt Ltd sold 96,000 shares or 0.6 percent stake at Rs 81.01 each.
Navkar Corp
- Ashish Kacholia bought 10 lakh shares or 0.7 percent stake at Rs 187 each.
- Everest Finance and Investment Co. bought 10 lakh shares or 0.7 percent stake at Rs 187.06 each.
Orchid Pharma
- Fortune Intercontinental sold 11.28 lakh shares or 1.3 percent stake at Rs 20.2 each (average).
- Serum Institute of India sold 13.12 lakh shares or 1.5 percent stake at Rs 20.1 each.
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January 4, 2018F&O setup
- Nifty January futures trading at 10,469, premium of 26 points from 30 points earlier.
- January series: Nifty open interest up 3 percent; Bank Nifty open interest up 14 percent.
- India VIX ended at 13.6, down 0.4 percent.
- Max open interest for January series at 11,000 Call (open interest at 43.3 lakh, down 2 percent).
- Max open interest for January series at 10,300 Put (open interest at 48.3 lakh, down 3 percent).
F&O Ban
- In ban: Fortis Healthcare, GMR Infrastructure, HDIL, IFCI, JP Associates, Reliance Communications, Reliance Power.
- New in ban: Fortis Healthcare.
Only intraday positions can be taken in stocks which are in F&O ban. There will be a penalty in case of a rollover of these intraday positions.
Brokerage Radar
Equirus on FIEM Industries
- Initiated ‘Long' rating with price target of Rs 1,336.
- Second largest player in Indian automotive lighting market.
- Key beneficiary of shift to LED usage in two wheelers.
- Effective AHO regulations to fuel LED usage in two wheelers.
- LED lamps to drive strong value growth; Lower competition to aid RoIC.
- Strong track record of adding new products.
- Margin and return profile to rebound after a blip in the previous financial year.
- Expect RoIC to rebound to 13 percent by March 2020.
- Expect revenue, operating income and net profit to grow at a compounded rate of 18 percent, 21 percent and 33 percent over the financial years through March 2020.
Equirus on Lumax Industries
- Initiated ‘Long' rating with price target of Rs 2,486.
- Market leader in automotive lighting market in India with 35 percent market share.
- Set to be a key beneficiary of shift to LEDs in two and four wheelers.
- Focus on increasing market share in commercial vehicles, tractors and two wheelers.
- Expect gain in share in Hero Motor's light sourcing.
- Large exposure to Maruti provides good growth visibility.
- Maruti recently introduced LED in mid to premium segment.
- Return matrix to improve led by growth, margin expansion.
- Expect revenue, operating income and net profit to grow at a compounded rate of 15 percent, 24 percent and 27 percent over thr financial years through March 2020.
IIFL on IRB InvIT
- Initiated ‘Buy' with fair value of Rs 97.
- Natural hedge against inflation.
- Established and stable concession agreements.
- Significant government support for highway development.
- Strong leverage to underlying traffic growth.
- Healthy balance sheet provides room to expand portfolio.
- Large pipeline of assets from IRB Infrastructure.
- Fair value assuming 8 percent toll revenue growth.
CLSA on Consumer Sector
- Expect 2018 to witness a pick-up in demand.
- Triggers: recovery in consumer sentiment, supportive base, GST-rate cuts and return to normalcy for channels.
- Rise in oil prices and related derivatives is a worry.
- Expect margins to sustain led by price hikes, premiumisation, cost savings and volume recovery.
- More positive on rural India given rising government spending and 2019 elections.
- ITC: Maintained ‘Buy'; raised price target to Rs 330 from Rs 310.
- Asian Paints: Upgraded to ‘Buy' from ‘Underperform'; raised price target to Rs 1,365 from Rs 1,250.
- Emami: Maintained ‘Buy'; raised price target to Rs 1,585 from Rs 1,450.
- GSK: Maintained ‘Buy'; raised price target to Rs 7,850 from Rs 7,500.
- Varun Beverages: Maintained ‘Buy'; raised price target to Rs 885 from Rs 665.
- Jubilant Foodworks: Maintained ‘Buy'; raised price target to Rs 2,300 from Rs 2,200.
- Westlife: Maintained ‘Buy'; raised price target to Rs 450 from Rs 320.
- HUL: Maintained ‘Outperform'; raised price target to Rs 1,515 from Rs 1,460.
- Titan: Downgraded to ‘Outperform' from ‘Buy'; raised price target to Rs 970 from Rs 900.
- Nestle: Maintained ‘Outperform'; raised price target to Rs 8,950 from Rs 8,500.
- Godrej Consumer: Upgrade to ‘Outperform' from ‘Underperform'; raised price target to Rs 1,150 from Rs 1,025.
- Dabur: Maintained ‘Outperform'; raised price target to Rs 400 from Rs 365.
- United Spirits: Maintained ‘Outperform'; raised price target to Rs 4,000 from Rs 3,500.
- Kansai: Downgraded to ‘Outperform' from ‘Buy'; raised price target to Rs 640 from Rs 600.
- Marico: Upgraded to ‘Underperform' from ‘Sell'; raised price target to Rs 330 from Rs 300.
- Colgate: Upgraded to ‘Underperform' from ‘Sell'; raised price target to Rs 1,120 from Rs 1,000.
Credit Suisse on India Steel Sector
- Odisha shutdown takes out 10 percent of India's output.
- With output cut, India to turn iron ore importer again.
- Iron ore prices to rise if India turns net-importer.
- Steelmaking cost up $55-60/tonne vs $60/tonne rise in steel prices.
- Cost-push steel price hikes good for Tata Steel.
IIFL on Axis Bank
- Upgraded to ‘Buy' from ‘Add'; raised price target to Rs 650 from Rs 520.
- Increase in share capital to boost capital position by over 200 basis points.
- Share capital boost to enhance ability to absorb large write-downs.
- Expect earnings growth to rebound strongly by March 2020.
- Expect sharp decline in loan loss provisions.
- Profitability could normalise by March 2019 under Indian Accounting Standards.
- Positives: crystallization of loan losses, reduced uncertainty on capital adequacy and resumption of loan growth.
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January 3, 2018Media Reports
- TRAI invites inputs on new telecom policy (PTI).
- India's GDP growth to slip below 7 percent this fiscal, say experts (PTI).
- Electoral bonds printing to have currency notes-like secrecy (PTI).
- India cancels $500 million missile deal with Israel's Rafael (PTI).
- SBI earns Rs 1,772 crore in minimum balance penalty during April-November (PTI).
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