Sensex ends 116 pts higher, Nifty settles above 10,150; Airtel up 5%

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2:06 PM

Europe check

 

European markets opened slightly higher, as investors monitored fresh corporate earnings and awaited further developments of Spain's ongoing constitutional crisis.

 

The pan-European Stoxx 600 edged up 0.17% shortly after the opening bell with almost all sectors and major bourses in positive territory.

1:50 PM

BUZZING STOCK

 

Goa Carbon was locked in 5% lower circuit at Rs 767 on BSE on profit booking after gaining 27.6% in the preceding five trading sessions to settle at Rs 807.35 on 19 October 2017, from its close of Rs 632.70 on 12 October 2017.

1:38 PM

HCL Infosystems gains after disclosing rights issue details

 

HCL Infosystems rose 2.9% to Rs 48.9 on BSE after the company said it will raise Rs 499.09 crore from its existing shareholders by way of rights issue.

1:28 PM

Nifty Pharma falls nearly 1%

Source: NSE

1:16 PM

Infosys has rallied nearly 1% in trade on Monday to Rs 935 levels on the National Stock Exchange (NSE). The company is likely to announce its September quarter results post market hours on Tuesday CLICK HERE TO TRACK THE STOCK PRICE

1:11 PM

Realty shares in focus

 

Shares of real estate companies were trading higher by up to 14% on the BSE in an otherwise subdued market in noon deal trade on expectation of uptick in residential new sales in ensuing quarters across key markets.

 

Sunteck Realty, Sobha, Kolte-Patil Developers, Unitech and Puravankara were up 5% to 14% on the BSE.

 

Kolte-Patil Developers, Puravankara and Sobha were trading at their respective 52-week highs while NBCC (India), Delta Corp and Sunteck Realty hit record highs on the BSE in intra-day trade on Monday.

1:02 PM

Markets at 1pm

Index	Current	Pt. Change	% Change
S&P BSE SENSEX	32,346.24	-43.72	-0.13
S&P BSE SENSEX 50	10,518.63	-15.60	-0.15
S&P BSE SENSEX Next 50	34,766.84	+18.13	+0.05
S&P BSE 100	10,539.98	-12.04	-0.11
S&P BSE MidCap	16,106.14	+29.72	+0.18

(Source: BSE)

1:02 PM

BUZZING STOCK

Bhushan Steel hit an upper circuit limit of 20% at Rs 69.80 on BSE after a media report suggested that the global steel giant, ArcelorMittal, showed interest in buying the Indian firm.

12:49 PM

Reliance Industries gains post tariff hike plan

Reliance Jio increased price of its popular 84-day plan by 15% to Rs 459 from October 19, under which subscribers get 1GB 4G data at high speed per day.

 

However, subscribers of Rs 149 plan gets 4GB of data for each billing cycle of 28 days under the new scheme "Diwali Dhamaka" compared to 2GB being offered at present.

12:37 PM

Reliance Industries races to $100 billion

 

Reliance Industries (RIL) is likely to be the first Indian company to touch the $100 billion market capitalisation mark. Valued at $91.4 billion at present, the Mukesh Ambani-led company is only 10% away from this landmark. 

 

Thanks to a successful foray into telecom, RIL has seen its shares spurt 68% in 2017. Globally, there are 93 companies in the $100-billion-plus club. RIL is ranked 109 just behind Morgan Stanley. READ MORE

12:36 PM

News nugget

The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited today announced the appointment of Jayant Rikhye as the Chief Executive Officer for HSBC India with effect from 1 December 2017, subject to regulatory approvals

(Source: Company release)

12:34 PM

Kotak Securities recommends SELL on ICICI Lombard

 

ICICI Lombard is poised for earnings and profitability growth with an increase in insurance penetration, better pricing, and improvement in operating efficiency. We expect its combined ratio to improve 290 bps to 101% in FY2017-20E and steady investment income to drive 21-23% medium-term RoE (18% in FY2017). However, current rich valuations (30X EPS and 6.3X book FY2019E) don’t provide any room for inherent volatility in the core risk-underwriting business. We initiate coverage with a SELL rating and a target price of Rs 550 (23% downside).

12:32 PM

Prabhudas Lilladher on UltraTech Cement

 

Ultratech (UTCEM) reported Q2FY18 earnings ahead of our expectation. The key surprise came on account of lower other expenses. Given the lumpiness of cost components and stabilisation of acquired assets underway, we believe that current quarter don’t reflect the steady run-rate of other expenses and hence, we keep our earnings estimates unchanged for FY18E/FY19E. Given the rich valuations and relatively better earnings outlook for its peers, we remain cautious on the stock in medium term. Maintain Accumulate with target price of Rs 4500, EV/EBITDA of 16x FY19E.

12:31 PM

NIA's Rs 10,000-cr IPO to hit market in first week of November GET THE DETAILS HERE

12:29 PM

Infosys Q2 preview: What Dalal Street wishes to hear from Nandan Nilekani

 

Infosys will likely cut CC revenue growth guidance for FY18 to 6-7% from 6.5-8.5% announced earlier, said Kotak Institutional Equities CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL STORY