The broader indices traded almost flat. The S&P BSE Mid-Cap index was up 0.03% while the S&P BSE Small-Cap index was down 0.04%.
The market breadth was negative. On the BSE, 914 shares rose and 1054 shares fell. A total of 135 shares were unchanged. In Nifty 50, market breadth was positive with 27 stocks advancing and 23 stocks declining.
Stocks in Spotlight:
Index heavyweight HDFC Bank fell 0.66% to Rs 1,202. The bank's managing director (MD), Aditya Puri, sold a total 12.52 lakh equity shares of the bank on 11 and 12 February 2020. The announcement was made after trading hours yesterday, 24 February 2020.
Shares of Tech Mahindra were trading 0.82% lower at Rs 813.40. The IT major said it has acquired Zen3 Infosolutions (America) for $44 million. A further $22 million will be paid out after three years, based on financial performance. The all-cash transaction is expected to close by 1 April. Tech Mahindra said that the acquisition would bring strong capabilities in AI enablement services. This will also help it to bolster its enterprise application practice.
JSW Steel rose 1.55% to Rs 262.80 after the company said on Monday it has been declared as a preferred bidder for an iron ore mine in Odisha. The projected iron ore resource in this mine as per tender documents is 39.4 million tonnes. The auctions were held by the state government on 6 February 2020. The highest final offer price by the company to become a preferred bidder is 110% of average monthly prices of iron ore of different grades and quality published by Indian Bureau of Mines in Odisha from time to time.
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Camlin Fine Sciences in an exchange filing said that company's subsidiary, CFS Wanglong Flavors (Ningbo) located in Xiaocao's Town, Yuyao City, Zhejiang Province has re-started the manufacturing facility from 24 February 2020. The manufacturing facility was closed with a view to effectively strengthen the prevention and control of new coronavirus. Shares of Camlin Fine Sciences were trading 4.9% higher at Rs 70.70.
Global Markets:
Asian markets were trading lower on Tuesday, following a heavy sell-off on Wall Street on Monday on heightened fears that the China coronavirus is rapidly developing in to a global pandemic that could cripple global supply chains and wreak far greater economic damage than first thought.
In US, the Dow finished more than 1,000 points lower on Monday, marking its third-worst daily point drop in history, as the spread of the COVID-19 illness beyond China raised worries that the hit to overseas economic growth could be more persistent than investors expected, hampering the prospects for a global recovery in 2020.
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