Thursday 15 September 2016

Live Stock Market Updates - Sensex, Nifty choppy; FMCG, Pharma stocks lead

The Nifty Media Index is trading up 3% at 2,954.10. The Media stocks are trading higher on the back of higher volumes on NSE. The Nifty Media Index opened at 2,873.50 and hits a high of 2,971.60 and a low of 2,854.70.

TV18 Broadcast Ltd is currently trading at Rs. 44.2, up by Rs. 3.9 or 9.68% from its previous closing of Rs. 40.3 on the BSE. The scrip opened at Rs. 40.2 and has touched a high and low of Rs. 44.6 and Rs. 40.05 respectively. So far 14867760(NSE+BSE) shares were traded on the counter. The current market cap of the company is Rs. 6908.87 crore.

New Delhi Television Ltd is currently trading at Rs. 91.2, up by Rs. 4.75 or 5.49% from its previous closing of Rs. 86.45 on the BSE. The scrip opened at Rs. 86.8 and has touched a high and low of Rs. 93.1 and Rs. 85.4 respectively. So far 404894 (NSE+BSE) shares were traded on the counter. The current market cap of the company is Rs. 557.39 crore.

Network 18 Media & Investments Ltd is currently trading at Rs. 44, up by Rs. 2.3 or 5.52% from its previous closing of Rs. 41.7 on the BSE.

H T Media Ltd is currently trading at Rs. 84.5, up by Rs. 2.6 or 3.17% from its previous closing of Rs. 81.9 on the BSE. The scrip opened at Rs. 83.45 and has touched a high and low of Rs. 86.2 and Rs. 82.3 respectively. So far 217039(NSE+BSE) shares were traded on the counter. The current market cap of the company is Rs. 1906.21 crore.

Hinduja Foundries Ltd is currently trading at Rs. 44, down by Rs. 10.95 or 19.93% from its previous closing of Rs. 54.95 on the BSE

Bayer CropScience Ltd is currently trading at Rs. 4240, up by Rs. 129.2 or 3.14% from its previous closing of Rs. 4110.8 on the BSE.

Sunteck Realty Ltd is currently trading at Rs. 265.2, up by Rs. 10.75 or 4.22% from its previous closing of Rs. 254.45 on the BSE. The company reported nearly 9-fold rise in consolidated net profit figures at Rs.60.12 crore for the quarter ended June 30, 2016 against Rs.6.95 crore in the corresponding quarter a year ago.

Jindal Steel & Power Ltd is currently trading at Rs. 84.2, up by Rs. 2.5 or 3.06% from its previous closing of Rs. 81.7 on the BSE. The scrip opened at Rs. 83 and has touched a high and low of Rs. 85.4 and Rs. 82.55 respectively. So far 10036947 (NSE+BSE) shares were traded on the counter. The current market cap of the company is Rs. 7474.76 crore.

Reliance Communications Ltd gained 0.6% to Rs.51.35. RComm has signed an agreement to merge its wireless business with smaller rival Aircel Ltd. The new entity will combine R-Com’s wireless business and Aircel’s operations in India.

Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd advanced 1.1%. The pharma company said its buyback offer of 75 lakh equity shares will open on 22 September. The issue will close on 5 October.

Yes Bank Ltd is currently trading at Rs. 1227.8, down by Rs. 25.6 or 2.04% from its previous closing of Rs. 1253.4 on the BSE. As per media report, the Securities & Exchange Board of India is looking into the lender's notices to stock exchanges about the planned equity placement (QIP).

SBI slipped 0.91%. The bank said it had raised $300 million (about Rs.2,000 crore) through the country's first additional tier 1 (AT1) bond offering. The size of the Basel-III compliant bond was pruned from $500 million.

Tata Power is trading marginally higher at Rs.75.45. Tata Power on Wednesday announced that it has completed the acquisition of Welspun Renewables Energy and has appointed Chetan Tolia as CEO of the newly bought firm.

Ashok Leyland tumbled 3.4% to Rs.81.65. The board of automobile component firm Hinduja Foundries Ltd has given its nod for amalgamating the company with Ashok Leyland subject to regulatory and shareholders approval of both the companies.

BEML dropped 9.2% to Rs.932. BEML Ltd's standalone net loss widened to Rs 107.10 crore for the quarter ended June 30, 2016. The company had posted a net loss from ordinary activities after tax of Rs 68.10 crore in the year-ago period, the company said in a BSE filing.

NBCC gained 1.6% to Rs.253. NBCC (India) Ltd reported 16% increase in consolidated net profit to Rs.47.09 crore for the quarter ended June 30.

Maruti Suzuki India Limited (MSIL), India’s leading passenger vehicle maker, announced to partner Uber India through a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). Under the MoU, the Company will train over 30,000 individuals/Uber partner-drivers in safe driving over a period of 3 years.

Gujarat NRE Coke Ltd is currently trading at Rs. 3.5, down by Rs. 0.04 or 1.13% from its previous closing of Rs. 3.54 on the BSE. The company posted its standalone net loss widened to Rs.108.80 crore for the quarter ended June 30, 2016 as against a net loss of Rs.60.66 crore in the year-ago period.

IVRCL zoomed 2.9% to Rs.5.57. IVRCL has posted a loss of Rs.151.85 crore for the first quarter ended June 30, 2016, as against a loss of Rs.189.65 crore for the corresponding quarter last year on a standalone basis.

The rupee opened marginally higher one paise at 66.88/$ against US Dollar Thursday as against the previous close of 66.89/$. 

Asian markets are lower this morning. Markets in China, Taiwan and South Korea were closed for public holidays on Thursday. Wall Street closed flat on Wednesday. The Dow Jones industrial average ended down 0.18% at 18,034.77 points and the S&P 500 gave up 0.06% to 2,125.77. The Nasdaq Composite added 0.36% to 5,173.77.

On the global front, the Bank of England will be a focus as the central bank is seen standing pat after easing policy last month, amid signs it overestimated the initial shock to Britain's economy from June's Brexit vote.

On the economy front, India's wholesale-price index (WPI) rose 3.74% in August, quicker than the 3.55% increase in July.

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