Stocks To Watch: Bharat Forge, ICICI Bank, L&T Infotech, Religare Enterprises

• HDFC QIP opens, issue price to be decided on March 5.
• ICICI Bank said that it has no exposure to the Nirav Modi Group.
• L&T to sell up to 2 percent stake in L&T Infotech.

• Bharat Forge completed sale of stake in power equipment joint venture with GE.
• Religare Enterprises sees no direct impact from proceedings in the Delhi High Court.

Indian equity benchmarks edged lower yesterday, dragged by banking heavyweights like State Bank of India, Axis Bank and ICICI Bank. The S&P BSE Sensex fell 0.29 percent or 99 points to 34,346 and the NSE Nifty 50 Index declined 0.27 percent or 28 points to 10,554.

Asian stocks were set to follow the slide in U.S. shares as investors bet that U.S. interest rates would climb more quickly following Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's comments that riled markets, sending Treasury yields and the dollar higher.

The Singapore-traded SGX Nifty, an early indicator of NSE Nifty 50 Index's performance in India, fell 0.5 percent to 10,513 as of 6:52 a.m.

Here Are The Stocks To Watch Out For In Wednesday's Trade

• HDFC QIP floor price set at Rs 1,824.63 apiece. Panel will consider QIP issue price on March 5.
• Cipla partnered with Roche Pharma India to create greater access to key medicines.
• DLF's subsidiary emerged as the highest bidder for 11.76-acre Gurugram land at Rs 1,500 crore.
• ICICI Bank said that it has no exposure to the Nirav Modi Group.
• Religare Enterprises said that it sees no direct impact from proceedings in the Delhi High Court.
• Kridhan Infra acquired 31.5 percent stake in Vijay Nirman.
• Moody's changed its outlook on IDBI Bank to positive from stable.
• Sadbhav Infrastructure Projects declared lowest bidder for Rs 1,047 crore NHAI order.
• Larsen & Toubro to sell up to 34.38 lakh shares, or 2 percent stake, in L&T Infotech to achieve the minimum public shareholding.
• Bharat Forge completed stake sale in power equipment joint venture with GE.
• Sona Koyo got approval to change name to JTEKT India.
• Dalmia Bharat: Bain-backed consortium is said to win bid to buy Binani Cement, reported Bloomberg.

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F&O Setup

• Nifty March futures closed trading at 10,564, a premium of 10 points versus 18.4 points on Monday.
• All series-Nifty Open Interest up 4 percent, Bank Nifty OI down 5 percent.
• India VIX ended at 13.9, up 1.6 percent.
• Maximum OI for March series at 10,700 call strike, OI at 32.5 lakh, up 22 percent.
• Maximum OI for March series at 10,400 Put, OI at 35.6 lakh, up 12 percent.

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F&O Ban

• In Ban: Fortis Healthcare, JP Associates, Oriental Bank of Commerce
• New In Ban: None
• Out Of Ban: None

Alert: Only intraday positions can be taken in stocks which are in F&O ban, incase of rollover of these intraday positions there is a penalty.

Active Stock Futures

Bulk Deals

• Narayana Hrudayalaya: First State Investments bought 11.14 lakh shares, or 0.5 percent stake, at Rs 300 each.
• Punjab Alkalies and Chemicals: IDBI Bank sold 1.50 lakh shares, or 0.6 percent stake, at Rs 23.98 each.
• Supreme Infra: Discord Exim sold 1.42 lakh shares, or 0.6 percent stake, at Rs 69.3 each.

Harrisons Malayalam

• Promoter Instant Holdings sold 14.20 lakh shares, or 7.7 percent stake, at Rs 84.2 each.
• Vayu Udaan Aircraft bought 14.20 lakh shares, or 7.7 percent stake, at Rs 84.2 each.

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Brokerage Radar

HSBC on Motherson Sumi

• Maintained ‘Buy'; Cut price target to Rs 400 from Rs 425.
• Stock correction triggered by weak December quarter is overdone.
• Expect businesses to return to strong growth trajectory.
• Remain convinced on long-term potential.
• TP cut to factor in delays in plant commissioning.
• Motherson well placed to benefit from increasing role of auto component suppliers.
• Motherson prepared to make multiple acquisitions which should help achieve its 2020 goals.

Kotak on Infosys

• Maintained ‘Add' with price target of Rs 1,250.
• Infosys expects strong macro to translate into better fiscal 2019.
• Ramp-up of deal wins will propel growth in banking vertical.
• Challenges remain in retail and telecom; other verticals strong.
• Infosys has strong capabilites in digital.
• Does not expect any meaningful changes to strategy or organisation structure.

Macquarie on Strides Shasun

• Maintained ‘Outperform' with price target of Rs 996.
• Strong foothold in Australia – a key differentiator for Strides.
• Strides has a robust and vertically integrated business in Australia.
• With growth, margin levers and strategy in place, execution remains key.
• Sustained revenue uptick in Australia and US will be key margin driver.
• Expect Strides to generate 100 percent return over three years.

Credit Suisse on Nestle India

• Maintained ‘Outperform' with price target of Rs 9,000.
• Nestle dividing India into 15 clusters for focused targeting.
• New ‘cluster approach' a welcome change.
• In food category, cluster approach is needed even more.
• Focus on new launches to continue.
• Nestle is in a turnaround phase.

Macquarie on Indian Real Estate

• Office market – strength in Bangalore market remains highest.
• Residential – recovery in selective places, launches picking up ex-NCR.
• CLSS scheme attracting some developers.
• Implementation of RERA and GST will help in market share gains.
• Preferred picks are Prestige Estates and Phoenix Mills.

ICICI Direct on Music Broadcast

• Initiated ‘Buy' with price target of Rs 450.
• Radio industry to thrive on expanding presence.
• Wide reach, balanced approach to aid growth.
• Growth driven by prudent investments as major capex is behind.
• Margins to expand since cost increase would be inflationary.
• Healthy topline, margins expansion to drive earnings growth.
• Expect revenue and operating income to compound at 14 percent and 17 percent respectively over the fiscal 2017-2020.
• Strong cash flow generation over next three years.
• Return ratios to improve; Expect company to start paying dividend.
• Expect strong return on capital employed and return on equity of 21.5 percent and 13.8 percent by March 2020.

Motilal Oswal on UPL

• Initiated ‘Buy' with price target of Rs 945; implying a potential upside of 31 percent from the last regular trade.
• UPL in sweet spot to grab impending opportunity in generics market.
• Products worth $3 billion going off-patent – Opportunity for UPL.
• Generic pesticides, backward integration to drive profitability.
• New launches and branded products to drive growth.
• Strong dealers & distribution network enables superior reach.
• Robust growth across geographies to continue.
• Ebitda margin to expand on better product mix and operating efficiency.
• Expect revenue and net profit to compound at 12 percent and 14 percent respectively over the fiscal 2018-2020.
• Strong free cash flow generation to improve balance sheet.
• Return ratios to remain healthy.
• Re-rating to continue on back of multiple drivers.
• Bull case price target of Rs 1,213, implying a potential upside of 68 percent form the last regular trade.

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Media Reports

• HC pulls up government for capping for mining for Sassan Power ( Reliance Power Subsidiary) (Financial Express).
• Creditors to take final call on JSW- Aion Capital bid for Monnet Ispat in 2-3 weeks (Financial Express).
• RIL may shut down KG Basin's MA field by Oct on falling output (Economic Times).

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