Stocks To Watch: Biocon, Ceat, M&M, Tata Global, Ujjivan Financial Services

• Biocon gets Form 483 with 10 observations from U.S. FDA for Bengaluru plant
  
• Cognizant third quarter results trails analyst estimates
  
• Infosys to acquire London-based Brilliant Basics
  
• Tata Global to sell Russian business to Skodnya Grand
  
• BPCL increases commission offered to dealers up to 50 percent
  

The Singapore-traded SGX Nifty, an early indicator of Nifty 50's performance in India was little changed at 10,034.

All you need to know going into trade this Friday.https://t.co/H1XA7mzJMA pic.twitter.com/RJ0ItgAXG1

August 4, 2017

Here are the stocks to watch out for in today's session:

• Biocon: Gets Form 483 with 10 observations from U.S. FDA for Bangalore plant
• Cognizant: Third quarter results trails analyst estimates
• Infosys: To acquire London-based Brilliant Basics for £7.5 million. The transaction is likely to be completed by the second half of FY18
• Tata Global Beverages: To sell Russian business to Skodnya Grand
• JBF Industries: Board to discuss the sale or restructuring of its overseas subsidiaries on August 10
• M&M: To sell 96.6 lakh shares in Mahindra Logistics via IPO
• Reliance Communication: NCLT to pronounce order on case on August 10
• Bharat Petroleum: Increases commission offered to dealers up to 50 percent

U.S. FDA finds quality lapses at Biocon's Bengaluru facility, @darshanvmehta1 reports.https://t.co/7leGMAEOld pic.twitter.com/vcWa9DhGWf

August 3, 2017

Other Corporate Announcements

• Tata Chemicals: Cancels deal to acquire Unnati Inorganics Pvt. Ltd's precipitated silica operations on a slump sale basis for a consideration of Rs 34.20 crore
• Electrosteel Casting: To invest Rs 61.64 crore on ARC Furnace at its Haldia unit

GST to boost imports of gold bars and coins, says World Gold Council.@RhythmaSaxena reports.https://t.co/QlYhNTmLIl pic.twitter.com/srDXHk9dOs

August 3, 2017

Today's Nifty Call

Post #GST, business conditions in India deteriorated the most since the global financial crisis, reports @Darkwyr.https://t.co/qUoycS7Ghh pic.twitter.com/ed06MRe4Nn

August 3, 2017

Bulk Deals

• Goodyear: Goldman Sachs India Fund bought 2.41 lakh shares or 1 percent stake at Rs 907.49 each
• Genesys International: Oikos India sold its entire holding of 7 lakh shares or 2.28 percent at Rs 231 per share

Infibeam Incorporation

• LTS Investment Fund sold 3.63 lakh shares or 0.7 percent stake at Rs 1,412.93 each.
• According to June 2017 filing, LTS Investment Fund's holding in the co. stood at 1.42 percent

.@IndianOilcl inventory loss in Q1 stood at Rs 4,042 crore, says Chairman Sanjiv Singh to @bhanvi_1.https://t.co/GfEwtUauSt pic.twitter.com/STaZVifsZu

August 3, 2017

F&O Setup

• Nifty futures premium moves to 29 points from 19 points
• Bank Nifty sheds 2.4 lakh shares, open interest down 9 percent
• Nifty range for August series in terms of open interest concentration between 10,000-10,500
• Maximum open interest on put side at 10,000 strike with open interest at 46.2 lakh shares
• Maximum open interest on call side at 10,500 strike with open interest at 41 lakh shares
• Call strikes of 10,100, 10,200, 10,300 and 10,500 see open interest addition
• 10,000 Put sheds 4 percent in open interest

Active Stock Futures

• Infibeam sees open interest addition of 31 percent on long side
• Bharti Infratel sees open interest addition of 23 percent on long side
• Fortis Healthcare sees open interest addition of 21 percent on long side
• Cummins India sees open interest addition of 13 percent on short side
• JSPL sees open interest addition of 11 percent on short side
• Lupin sees open interest addition of 11 percent on short side

Stocks In F&O Ban

• India Cement
• Jaiprakash Associates
• JSW Energy
• Kaveri Seeds
• Wockhardt

JSW energy abandons power expansion goal to focus on profits.https://t.co/pfa6BscXFZ pic.twitter.com/pqmaq53JNU

August 3, 2017

Earnings Reactions To Watch

Majesco (Q1, YoY)

• Net loss widens to Rs 5 crore from Rs 1.35 crore
• Revenue down 17.2 percent at Rs 183 crore

Ujjivan Financial Services (Q1, YoY)

• Revenue down 2.7 percent at Rs 323 crore
• Net loss of Rs 75 crore from net profit of Rs 19.35 crore
• Net Interest Income at Rs 138.22 crore, a decrease of 19.66 percent

Bombay Burmah (Q1, YoY)

• Revenue down 20 percent at Rs 54 crore
• EBITDA up 161 percent at Rs 3.65 crore
• EBITDA margin expanded to 7 percent from 2.1 percent
• Net loss of Rs 1.7 crore

CEAT (Q1, YoY)

• Revenue down 1 percent at Rs 1,629 crore
• EBITDA down 70 percent at Rs 56 crore
• EBITDA margin contracted to 3.8 percent from 12.6 percent
• Profit down 99 percent at Rs 1.4 crore

PNB Housing Finance (Q1, YoY)

• Revenue up 38 percent at Rs 1,192 crore
• Profit up 93 percent at Rs 185 crore
• Provisions down 28.4 percent at Rs 48 crore (QoQ)
• Gross NPA at 0.43 percent (QoQ)
• Net NPA at 0.33 percent (QoQ)

Enkei Wheels (Q1, YoY)

• Net profit down 37.8 percent at Rs 2.3 crore
• Revenue up 12.8 percent at Rs 125 crore
• EBITDA up 75.8 percent at Rs 11 crore
• EBITDA Margin at 9.8 percent

JK Lakshmi Cement (Q1, YoY)

• Net profit down 1 percent at Rs 28.3 crore
• Revenue up 15 percent at Rs 1,003 crore
• EBITDA up 2.4 percent at Rs 115 crore
• EBITDA Margin at 12.7 percent

Kokuyo Camlin (Q1, YoY)

• Revenue down 13 percent at Rs 170.5 crore
• EBITDA down 86 percent at Rs 1.5 crore
• EBITDA margin contracted to 1 percent from 6 percent
• Net loss of Rs 1.25 crore from net profit of Rs 4.7 crore

Ramco Systems (Q1, YoY)

• Revenue up 0.3 percent at Rs 110 crore
• EBITDA down 34.5 percent at Rs 9.1 crore
• EBITDA margin contracted to 8.3 percent from 12.7 percent
• Net loss of Rs 3 crore from net profit of Rs 8 crore

Microfinance institutions could report higher credit costs & losses over Q1-Q2, reports @IndiaRatings.https://t.co/ma9y89vjTi pic.twitter.com/75oCFd8uJ6

August 3, 2017

Brokerage Radar

Titan

• Goldman Sachs maintained a 'Buy' on the stock and raised price target to Rs 600 from Rs 552
• IDFC Securities upgraded their rating to 'Neutral' from 'Underperform' with price target of Rs 559
• JPMorgan retained an 'Overweight' on the stock and hiked price target to Rs 620 from Rs 540

Colgate

• IDFC Securities maintained and 'Underperform' rating with price target Rs 958
• Morgan Stanley retained its 'Underweight' rating with Rs 830 as the price target
• UBS reiterated its 'Buy' rating on the stock with price target Rs 1,250

• Ramco Cement: Deutsche Bank maintained 'Buy' with Rs 790 as the price target

U.S. FDA finds quality lapses at Biocon's Bengaluru facility, reports @darshanvmehta1.
https://t.co/7leGMAEOld pic.twitter.com/ZSwzMXr7UF

August 4, 2017

Media Reports

• Infosys: Turns down co-founder NR Narayana Murthy's plea to make probe report public. (TOI)
• Tech Mahindra: Senior executives take 10-20 percent salary cut. (TOI)
• Videocon: SBI-led banks order forensic audit of Videocon's accounts. (Economic Times)
• HDIL: NCLT admits insolvency plea against HDIL arm. (Economic Times)
• Piramal Enterprises: Buys office space from group company. (Economic Times)
• Reliance Communications: Bharti Infratel & Indus object to RCom-Aircel merger. (Economic Times)
• Syngene: Bets on its new research facility to ramp up biologics play. (Economic Times)
• BPCL: To venture into gas business, says CMD. (PTI)
• JSW Steel: In discussion with Piramal Enterprises to jointly bid for assets going through insolvency process. (Business Standard)
• Oberoi Realty: Shelves plans to float mall joint venture. (Business Standard)
• Hindustan Copper: Government sells 6.83 percent stake in the company, garners Rs 400 crore. (Mint)

M&M to sell up to 13.7% stake in logistics arm via IPO, reports @azmanusmani.https://t.co/Jv6lOyIi0E pic.twitter.com/IFsHEpP1Ud

August 4, 2017

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