 "Stocks to Watch on Jan 18: HDFC Bank, NHPC, Adani Ent, IndusInd Bank, BEL")
Stocks to watch on Thursday, January 18: Weakness may persist at the bourses today as Wall Street fell for a second day Wednesday.
Besides, the weekly F&O expiry may add to further volatility in the markets today.
At 7:30 AM, Gift Nifty was quoting 178 points lower at 21,412.
Elsewhere in Asia, indices were attempting to bounce back with Nikkei and Kospi off lows, and trading about 0.3 per cent to 0.5 per cent higher.
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Hang Seng, too, near the flat line, but Shanghai Composite was trading near five-year lows (down 1 per cent)
Overnight, the 30-stock Dow declined 0.25 per cent, while the S&P 500 slid 0.56 per cent, and the Nasdaq Composite lost 0.59 per cent.
Meanwhile, here is a list of stocks to watch today:
Q3FY24 earnings: 360 ONE WAM, Accelya Solutions India, Finolex Industries, Home First Finance, IndiaMART InterMESH, IndusInd Bank, Innova Captab, Jindal Stainless, Mastek, Metro Brands, Polycab India, Poonawalla Fincorp, Ramkrishna Forgings, Shoppers Stop, South Indian Bank, Supreme Petrochem, Sterling and Wilson Renewable Energy, Tata Communications.
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HDFC Bank: The American Depository Receipts (ADRs) tanked another 9 per cent on the New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday, after falling around 7 per cent the day before.
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ICICI Prudential Life Insurance: It reported a flat net profit of Rs 227 crore for the quarter ended December 2023, as against PAT of Rs 221 last year
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Ajmera Realty, Keystone Realtors: Keystone Realtors (KRL) has entered into a share purchase agreement with Ajmera Realty & Infra India (ARIIL) to purchase/acquire 50 per cent equity holding i.e., 5,000 fully paid up equity shares of Ajmera Luxe Realty (ALRPL), a 100 per cent owned subsidiary of ARIIL.
Oracle Financial Services Software: The IT firm reported a 69.4 per cent Y-o-Y increase in net profit at Rs 740.8 crore for Q3FY24.
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