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DHFL, LIC Housing, Manappuram Finance, L&T Finance hit record highs

GIC Housing, Indian Hume Pipe, Aarti Ind, Essel Propack, GHCL and Force Motors were among 37 stocks from the S&P BSE BSE500 and S&P BSE Smallcap index who hit their respective lifetime highs

DHFL, LIC Housing, Manappuram Finance, L&T Finance hit record highs
SI Reporter Mumbai
Last Updated : Oct 18 2016 | 5:22 PM IST
Dewan Housing Finance Limited (DHFL), LIC Housing Finance, Manappuram Finance, L&T Finance Holdings, GIC Housing Finance and Indian Hume Pipe were among 37 stocks from the S&P BSE BSE500 and S&P BSE Smallcap index who hit their respective lifetime highs after the benchmark Sensex closed nearly 2% higher on Tuesday.

Aarti Industries, Essel Propack, GHCL, Force Motors, Fiem Industries, Jubilant Life Sciences, Kajaria Ceramics, Lumax Industries, Motilal Oswal Financial Services and TVS Motor Company were among others that hit new highs today.

The S&P BSE Sensex and the NIfty50 index gained around 2% each, and closed at 28,051 and 8,678 levels, respectively.

Financial shares including banks, non-banking financial companies (NBFC) and housing finance companies (HFC) were in focus, ended higher by up to 6% on the bourses.

Nifty Financial Services (up 2.8%), Nifty Private Bank (2.3%), Nifty Bank (2.2%) and Nifty PSU Bank (2%) gained in a range of 2% to 3%, as compared to 1.9% rise in the benchmark Nifty50 index

Global rating agency Moody’s on Tuesday said that the draft bill to establish a new regime for resolution of troubled banks in India is credit positive as it will help to enhance overall stability of the financial system.

It is an important step to having a comprehensive framework in place for the resolution of financial firms. "Currently, the resolution of financial firms in India is based on minor parts of legislation enacted for other purposes," said Srikanth Vadlamani, a Moody's Vice-President and Senior Credit Officer. CLICK HERE TO READ FULL REPORT

“The beginning of three-day GST council meet to finalise the tax rate triggered positivity, which in turn resulted in short covering across the board. Also, the recent Essar deal has raised hope among the bankers as majority are struggling with non-performing assets (NPA) issue,” said Jayant Manglik, President, Retail Distribution, Religare Securities.

"Banking and financial stocks lifted the mood post the Essar Oil deal which eases some NPA worries. The low inflation and expectations of further easing by RBI has also changed the sentiment in the market,” said Vaibhav Agrawal (VP & Head of Research), Angel Broking.

“The market earlier saw nervousness over the geopolitical worries after the surgical strikes happened however there is no escalation so this is also a rebound from the earlier decline. Overall we see a strong market going forward as festive demand remains solid,” he added.

Indian Hume Pipe zoomed 20% to Rs 804 after the company said the board will meet on October 26, to consider issue of bonus shares to existing shareholders.

Meanwhile, as many as 342 stocks were locked in upper circuit filter on BSE, the exchange data shows.

Zuari Agro Chemicals, Zuari Global, Hindustan Organic Chemicals, Nath Bio-Genes (India) and Mangalam Seeds were at 20% upper circuit on the BSE.

COMPANY LATEST ALL TIME HIGH PREV HIGH PREV DATE
AARTI INDS. 739.75 742.80 730.00 14-Oct-16
ALICON CAST. 426.95 440.00 428.00 14-Aug-15
ARIHANT SUPER. 100.35 100.70 100.00 17-Oct-16
ASHAPURA INTI. 394.30 399.00 394.00 30-Sep-16
B P C L 656.25 694.75 683.30 06-Oct-16
BALAJI AMINES 323.65 335.00 329.05 17-Oct-16
BOROSIL GLASS 7184.65 7310.00 7139.95 17-Oct-16
CAN FIN HOMES 1825.60 1887.00 1879.00 17-Oct-16
DECCAN CEMENTS 1160.10 1166.00 1149.00 17-Oct-16
DEWAN HSG. FIN. 323.85 325.25 309.30 17-Oct-16
ESSEL PROPACK 241.50 250.00 248.80 07-Oct-16
EXCEL CROP CARE 1518.30 1525.00 1491.45 10-Oct-16
FIEM INDS. 1471.10 1482.60 1444.00 17-Oct-16
FORCE MOTORS 4478.00 4525.00 4510.00 17-Oct-16
GHCL 295.65 297.00 295.00 17-Oct-16
GIC HOUSING FIN 345.25 352.20 342.50 06-Oct-16
INDIAN HUME PIPE 803.85 803.85 735.85 04-Oct-16
JINDAL STAIN .HI 89.85 90.35 85.40 17-Oct-16
JUBILANT LIFE 689.55 693.50 676.10 03-Oct-16
KABRA EXTRUSION 139.80 144.90 142.80 17-Oct-16
KAJARIA CERAMICS 734.55 739.90 730.00 17-Oct-16
L&T FIN.HOLDINGS 100.70 101.80 101.20 17-Oct-16
LIC HOUSING FIN. 613.05 615.00 611.85 10-Oct-16
LUMAX INDS. 840.00 862.20 859.00 28-Sep-16
MANAPPURAM FIN. 101.65 103.20 101.00 27-Sep-16
MOTIL.OSWAL.FIN. 579.50 589.00 552.00 17-Oct-16
NESCO 1910.95 1950.00 1900.10 10-Oct-16
PRICOL 127.75 129.90 125.00 17-Oct-16
RAMCO INDS. 242.65 246.00 229.45 17-Oct-16
RAYMOND 618.80 635.00 629.70 17-Oct-16
RUSHIL DECOR 646.25 651.00 644.00 14-Oct-16
SANGAM INDIA 319.70 325.00 324.00 29-Dec-15
SUNDARAM CLAYTON 2977.65 2997.00 2919.00 13-Oct-16
SUPREME PETROCH. 243.20 244.90 244.00 07-Oct-16
SWAN ENERGY 102.65 109.60 107.00 14-Oct-16
TVS MOTOR CO. 395.40 401.70 394.00 17-Oct-16
WHIRLPOOL INDIA 1135.80 1151.65 1123.70 14-Oct-16

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First Published: Oct 18 2016 | 4:54 PM IST

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