Market Now: Over 30 stocks buck the bearish mood of market, hit fresh 52-week highs
NEW DELHI: Bucking the prevailing bearish trend in market, over 30 stocks including Cyient, Gravita India and Indiabulls Ventures hit fresh 52-week highs on NSE during the first half of trade on Wednesday.

Jamna Auto Industries, Mahindra - Mahindra, Mindtree, Orient Press, Teamlease Services, TVS Electronics and Zydus Wellness were also among

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Ruchi Soya climbs 5% as Baba Ramdev's Patanjali joins acquisition race
NEW DELHI: Shares of Ruchi Soya climbed over 5 per cent in Tuesday's trade amid reports that Baba Ramdev-led Patanjali Ayurved has joined the race to acquire the debt-ridden company. Ruchi Soya has a partnership with Patanjali for refining and packaging of edible oils.

Following the report, the stock rose 5.15 per cent to hit a high of Rs 17.35

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Market Now: Over 45 stocks hit fresh 52-week highs on NSE
NEW DELHI: Over 45 stocks including Ashok Leyland, Cholamandalam Investment and Finance Company, HCL Technologies and Tata Consultancy Services hit fresh 52-week highs on NSE during Monday's trade.

Hexaware Technologies, IndusInd Bank, KPIT Technologies, Larsen - Toubro Infotech, Mahindra - Mahindra, Merck, MindTree, NIIT Technologies,

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Sebi seeks details from ICICI Pru on ISec IPO: Report
NEW DELHI: ICICI Securities ruled flat on Tuesday after a Mint report suggested that the market watchdog Sebi has sought details of a large investment made by ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund in the brokerage's recently-concluded IPO.

ICICI Securities IPO was subscribed 78 per cent. The portion reserved for high net worth individuals remained

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Market Now: Metal stocks melt; NALCO, Hindalco plunge up to 9%
NEW DELHI: Metal - mining stocks were seen under pressure in Tuesday's trade, following over 8 per cent fall in aluminium on Monday on news that the United States has extended the deadline for companies to wind down business with sanctions-hit Russian producer Rusal.

The Nifty Metal index was trading 2.55 per cent down at 3,763.2 around 10:15

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Market Now: HPCL, BPCL keep BSE Oil Gas index up
NEW DELHI: The BSE Oil - Gas index was trading 0.5 per cent up at 14,406 around 12:45 pm (IST) on Monday, backed by gains in HPCL (up 2.06 per cent) and BPCL (up 1.39 per cent).

Shares of GAIL (India) (up 0.95 per cent), Reliance Industries (up 0.89 per cent), Indian Oil Corporation (up 0.72 per cent) and Oil India (up 0.61 per cent) were also

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Financial planning to pursue major life-goals has become a key priority of investors in India. With rising awareness levels, retail investors have started exploring options like equities and mutual funds to ensure returns higher than those offered by traditional alternatives such as bank fixed deposits.

This change in approach towards investment

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Market Now: TCS, YES Bank among most active stocks in terms of value
NEW DELHI: Tata Consultancy Services (Rs 307.19 crore), Hindalco Industries (Rs 307.12 crore) and YES Bank (Rs 212.20 crore) were among the most active stocks in terms of value on NSE during the early trade on Tuesday.

Vedanta (Rs 150.95 crore), Infosys (Rs 137.47 crore), ICICI Bank (Rs 125.13 crore), Reliance Industries (Rs 89.29 crore), Shriram

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Top intraday trading ideas for afternoon trade for Monday, 23 April 2018
NEW DELHI: The Nifty50 index was trading above 10,600 around 11:50 am (IST) on Monday following buying in frontline bluechip counters.

ETMarkets.com collated a list of trading ideas from various experts and here's what they had recommended for today's afternoon trade:

Manas Jaiswal of manasjaiswal.comAvanti Feeds is a 'Buy' call with a target

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Market Now: Check out the stocks that surged over 10%
NEW DELHI: Shares of Gati (up 16.63 per cent), Patel Integrated Logistics (up 14.39 per cent), Laxmi Cotspin (up 12.96 per cent), Shekhawati Poly (up 12.50 per cent) and Snowman Logistics (up 11.66 per cent) surged over 10 per cent on NSE during Tuesday's trade, mirroring positive market sentiment.

Stocks such as Royal Orchid (up 9.95 per cent), An

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Hindalco, Nalco drop up to 10% on aluminium crash
NEW DELHI: Aluminium makers Nalco and Hindalco plunged up to 10 per cent today, in line with a steep fall in the metal prices overseas.

The prices dropped 8 per cent on Monday as news emerged that the US has extended the deadline for firms to wind up business with the sanctions-hit Russian producer Rusal.

The US move provides quite a big window

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Guess what! TCS alone is bigger than total m-cap of all listed stocks in Pakistan
NEW DELHI: India has just got its first company with $100 billion market-capitalisation as, TCS, the crown jewel of Tata Group, zoomed past the magic number in morning trade on Monday.

The latest spike in TCS shares has been driven by its March quarter earnings, in which the company reported a 5.71 per cent sequential growth in consolidated net

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Netflix to raise $1.5 billion in debt to fuel expansion
Netflix Inc said on Monday it planned to raise $1.5 billion in debt, the second time the company is tapping the debt market in less than a year to fuel a rapid expansion in original content.

The video streaming pioneer, which raised $1.6 billion in debt last October, has been spending aggressively on original content to drive subscriber growth

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Wipro Q4 earnings set for tomorrow, commentary up in focus
NEW DELHI: Leading IT exporter Wipro is all poised for its fourth quarter results on Wednesday.

All eyes are firmly on the management commentary on its energy segment that accounts for nearly 13 per cent of the software major's revenues. Besides, an update on healthcare vertical will be keenly tracked.

Wipro had guided for 1-3 per cent qoq

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India’s biggest domestic institutional investor Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) was on a major shopping spree on Dalal Street this March quarter, even as the broader market weakened thanks to a series on domestic as well as global headwinds.

Data available with corporate database Ace Equity till April 20 showed LIC increased stakes in more than

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Market Now: Sensex, Nifty trade up, but these stocks fall up to 15%
NEW DELHI: Shares of Nagarjuna Oil (down 15.79 per cent), FCS Software (down 14.29 per cent) and Raj Rayon Industries (down 14.29 per cent) cracked up to 15 per cent on NSE during Tuesday's trade, defying bullish market sentiment.

Shares of 3i Infotech (down 9.32 per cent), LCC Infotech (down 9.09 per cent), Goenka Diamond (down 9.09 per cent),

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Market Now: Hindalco, Vedanta among most traded stocks on NSE
NEW DELHI: Hindalco Industries (number of shares traded: 1.27 crore), YES Bank (0.58 crore) and Vedanta (0.49 crore) were among the most traded stocks on NSE during the early trade on Tuesday.

Ashok Leyland (0.42 crore), ICICI Bank (0.40 crore), Punjab National Bank (0.20 crore), SAIL (0.19 crore), State Bank of India (0.17 crore), Tata Motors (0.1

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NEW DELHI: India's top software firm TCS on Monday created history by becoming the first Indian company to scale the $100 billion m-cap mark.

The IT major was listed on August 25, 2004, and if an investor had invested Rs 10,000 in TCS at that point, she would have made over Rs 1.40 lakh (ex-dividend) by now.

On Friday, the company had added over

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ET Intelligence Group : To be or not be in the stock: For investors in Larsen - Toubro, this is a complex question to answer before India votes to elect its next government.

Typically, investors believe that orders for infrastructure, construction and engineering companies moderate ahead of general elections. But this perception appears to be

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After TCS, will Chandra's Midas touch work its magic for Tata Motors, Tata Steel
Software biggie TCS has delivered multibagger returns to investors since its listing in August 2004. What comes as the icing on the cake is it became the first Indian company on Monday to enter the $100 billion club in terms of market capitalisation under the group chairman N Chandrasekaran.

That means an investment of just Rs 10,000 on the

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Bharti Airtel may log first quarterly loss in years; herewhat analysts say
Telecom major Bharti Airtel is likely to report subdued financial results for the March quarter on Tuesday.

There are expectations that muted ARPU (average revenue per user) on account of renewed competition from Reliance Jio will impact its India revenue.

Brokerage firms Kotak Securities and Sharekhan believe that the telecom major may report

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Bharti Airtel slips 2% ahead of March quarter results
NEW DELHI: Shares of the telecom major Bharti Airtel slipped nearly 2 per cent in the early trade on Tuesday, ahead of its March quarter results due later in the day.

At 09:51 am, the stock of the company was trading at Rs 398.50 apiece on BSE, down 1.09 per cent.

The Gopal Vittal-led company is likely to report subdued financial results for the

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The recent pullback rally in the domestic equity market had brought the benchmark NSE Nifty index above its 200-day moving average (DMA), indicating that the index is gaining momentum.

On a month-to-date basis, the 50-share index has surged 3.45 per cent to close at 10,564 on April 20 from 10,211 on April 2.

In the broader market, as many as 827

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HDFC Bank slips over 3% despite Q4 profit uptick
NEW DELHI: HDFC Bank dropped over 3 per cent on Monday even as the lender reported 20 per cent growth in fourth quarter net profit, which largely came in line with market expectations.

The stock fell 3.37 per cent to hit a low of Rs 1,894.85 before recovering a bit. Analysts largely remained positive on the stock and retained their target prices.

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Market Now: IT stocks fall; Wipro, Tech Mahindra, HCL Tech slip 2%
NEW DELHI: Losses in Wipro (down 2.35 per cent), Tech Mahindra (down 2.12 per cent) and HCL Technologies (down 1.75 per cent) dragged the Nifty IT index down during the early trade on Tuesday.

The Nifty IT index was trading 1.26 per cent down at 13,838 around 10:30 am (IST).

Majority of components in the IT index were in the red on account of

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Nikkei fall as index-heavy stocks weaken; Apple suppliers underperform
TOKYO: Japan's Nikkei share average fell on Monday as index heavyweight stocks such as SoftBank and Terumo lost ground, offsetting gains in financials, which rallied after US yields rose.

The Nikkei ended down 0.3 per cent at 22,088.04 points.

Medical equipment maker Terumo Corp tumbled 3.9 per cent and SoftBank shed 1.2 per cent, collectively

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10 solid money-making ideas from top brokerages for next 3 weeks
NEW DELHI: Despite major headwinds such as rising crude prices, rupee's free fall and the RBI's hawkish stance, the bulls retained an upper hand on Dalal Street for the fourth week in a row.

On a weekly basis, the 30-share Sensex gained 0.65 per cent, while the broader Nifty50 index added 0.79 per cent.

The Nifty IT index was the hands-down

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NEW DELHI: The domestic equity market ended higher for the third consecutive session on Monday, driven by gains in IT and financial stocks, even as IT major Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) briefly crossed the $100 billion mark in market capitalisation.

The S-P BSE Sensex added 35 points to close at 34,450 while the broader Nifty50 index of the

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Australian shares end higher on financials, materials; NZ falls
Australian shares rallied on Monday, with financials accounting for most of the gains, while materials rose on the back of firmer commodities prices.

The S-P/ASX 200 index ended up 0.3 per cent or 17.20 points at 5,886.0. The benchmark declined 0.2 per cent on Friday.

Financial stocks rose 0.7 per cent, brushing aside concerns that Australia's

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Mumbai: Foreign investors have sold the April rally in the domestic stock markets, offloading shares to the tune of Rs 4,200 crore till Friday.

Mutual fund flows have held fort again, with data available till April 16, showing buying of shares worth Rs 4,600 crore by funds.

Experts said growing macro worries and oil prices surging above $70 per

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