Stock Market HIGHLIGHTS: Sensex ends 251 pts lower, Nifty below 17,800 dragged by financial, IT shares; all Adani stocks drop
Stock Market HIGHLIGHTS: Indian equity benchmarks Sensex and Nifty50 extended losses to a second straight day on Monday amid losses across most sectors amid largely negative global cues as concerns persisted about the prospect of more of aggressive hikes in benchmark interest rates. Analysts awaited official readings on inflation in India and the US due this week for cues.
Stock Market HIGHLIGHTS: Indian equity benchmarks Sensex and Nifty50 extended losses to a second straight day on Monday amid losses across most sectors amid largely negative global cues as concerns persisted about the prospect of more of aggressive hikes in benchmark interest rates.
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Stock Market Update | Sensex ends 251 pts lower at 60,432, Nifty50 at 17,771
Both headline indices finish the day around half a per cent lower. The 30-scrip index loses 250.9 points to end at 60,431.8 and the Nifty50 settles at 17,770.9, down 85.6 points from its previous close.
Here's how the main gauges moved through the day:
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Nifty50
Godrej Industries shares spike after strong Q3 results
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Stock Market LIVE Update | Sanjiv Bhasin recommends buying Godrej Properties future
In an interaction with Zee Business Managing Editor Anil Singhvi, Sanjiv Bhasin of IIFL Securities suggests investors to buy Godrej Properties futures for a target of Rs 1,225 with a stop loss at Rs 1,158.
SAIL Q3 | Net profit likely to fall 78% to Rs 313 crore, margin may shrink by 600 bps
According to Zee Business research, state-run steelmaker SAIL is likely to report a net profit of Rs 313 crore for the quarter ended December 2022, as against Rs 1,443 crore for the corresponding period a year ago.
Its revenue is estimated to come in at Rs 25,404 crore for the three-month period, as against Rs 25,246 crore for the year-ago period, according to the research.
The analysts peg SAIL's margin to contract by 600 bps on a year-on-year basis to eight per cent, with an EBITDA of Rs 4,625 per tonne.
Stock Market LIVE Update | SAIL shares under pressure ahead of steelmaker's Q3 results today
SAIL shares fall by as much as Re 1.3 or 1.5 per cent to Rs 83.3 apiece on BSE, ahead of the state-run steelmaker's financial results due later in the day.
Stock Market LIVE Update | PB Fintech shares buck the market trend, hold on firmly to the green
The stock of PB Fintech — which owns the Paisabazaar and Policybazaar platforms — gain by as much as Rs 21.3 or 4.1 per cent to Rs 545.3 apiece on BSE.
Zee Business Managing Editor Anil Singhvi points out that PB Fintech staged an improvement in its operational performance in the quarter ended December 2022, but also says that the stock has already run up ahead of earnings.
Share Market LIVE Update | SBI, Infosys, Bajaj Finance, Mahindra & Mahindra, TCS top Sensex laggards
Only seven stocks in the 30-scrip basket manage to hold on to the green: Titan, Larsen & Toubro, Bharti Airtel, NTPC, PowerGrid, Tata Steel and ITC.
Stock Market LIVE Update | All Adani group stocks in the red; Ambuja, Adani Trans, Adani Power, Adani Wilmar among stocks locked in lower circuit
Here's how the Adani group fares on Dalal Street at this hour:
Stock Change (%) CMP NDTV -5 198.3 Adani Power -5 156.1 Adani Transmission -5 1,126.9 Adani Green -5 687.8 Adani Total Gas -5 1,195.4 Adani Wilmar -5 414.3 Ambuja -5 343 Adani Enterprises -3.9 1,776 ACC -3.7 1,812.1 Adani Ports -2.5 569.1 Stock Market Tips LIVE | Sneha Seth recommends buying FLD, Larsen & Toubro shares
Sneha Seth of Angel One shares two stock picks with Zee Business viewers:
- Buy the Rs 360 call option of DLF for a target of Rs 17 with a stop loss at Rs 5.7
- Buy L&T for a target of Rs 2,278 with a stop loss at Rs 2,160
Naukri shares nosedive after JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs, Nomura cut targets by Rs 20-300
The stock of Info Edge (Naukri) plunges by as much as Rs 370.7 or 9.7 per cent to Rs 3,440.3 apiece on BSE. Here's what brokerages recommend on Naukri shares:
Brokerage Rating Target price CLSA Underperform Rs 4,000 JPMorgan Overweight Reduced to Rs 5,300 from Rs 5,600 Goldman Sachs Sell Reduced to Rs 3,250 from Rs 3,270 Nomura Buy Reduced to Rs 4,940 from Rs 5,020 Check out the complete list of brokerage recommendations for Feb 13
Infosys, TCS, SBI, Reliance top drags on Sensex
Stock Market LIVE Update | Infosys, TCS, SBI, Reliance, HDFC twins weigh on Nifty50
Here's what the heatmap looks like:
Stock Market LIVE Update | Sensex slides over 450 pts from day's high, Nifty50 cracks below 17,750 amid broad-based selling
The Sensex drops as much as 451.1 points from the strongest level of the day as all sectors on Dalal Street sink into the red, with financial and IT shares are the forefront of the slide. The 30-scrip index rose to as high as 60,741 earlier in the day.The Nifty50 sinks to as low as 17,735.2, having risen to as high as 17,880.7 earlier in the day.Here's how the headline indices' intraday charts are building up so far today:
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Nifty50
Stock Market Tips LIVE | Sanjiv Bhasin recommends buying Nifty Bank futures for 42,000 target
In an interaction with Zee Business Managing Editor Anil Singhvi, Sanjiv Bhasin of IIFL Securities suggests buying Nifty Bank futures for a target of 42,000 with a stop loss 41,350.
Stock Market LIVE Update | Sensex down 30 pts in pre-opening session, Nifty50 barely up
The Sensex finishes the pre-opening session with a cut of 29.9 points or 0.1 per cent at 60,652.8, and the Nifty50 settles at 17,859.1, up 2.6 points from its previous close.
Traders' Diary | Buy, sell or hold strategy on SBI Life, TVS Motor, Delta Corp, Radico Khaitan, Linde, 15 other stocks today
In this edition of Traders' Diary, the Zee Business research team shares exclusive research on 20 stocks that investors and traders can track on Monday, February 13. Check out which stocks are on analysts Ashish Chaturvedi and Kushal Gupta's radar, and what they recommend in cash and derivative segments.
Anil Singhvi Market Strategy Today | Support for Nifty50 at 17,750-17,800 levels
Zee Business Managing Editor Anil Singhvi expects a strong buy zone for the Nifty50 index in the 17,650-17,725 band.
Catch more on how Anil Singhvi views the market today and what he recommends
S&P 500, Dow Jones, Nasdaq Composite a mixed bag on Friday
The three main US indices — the S&P 500, the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the Nasdaq Composite — closed mixed on Friday as investors assessed earnings optimism against fears of a longer-than-expected high-rate regime after hawkish comments from key Fed officials.
- Dow Jones Industrial Average: up 0.5 per cent
- S&P 500: up 0.2 per cent
- Nasdaq Composite: down 0.6 per cent
Asian markets largely in the red ahead of US inflation data on Tuesday
Equities in other Asian markets are largely in the red, following a mixed session on Wall Street, with MSCI's broadest index of Asia Pacific shares outside Japan down 0.6 per cent at this hour. Investors globally await a key inflation reading from the US on Tuesday for cues, amid persistent concerns about more of aggressive hikes in interest rates by the Fed and other major central banks around the world.
Here's what some of the major indices in the region look like:
- Japan's Nikkei 225: down 1.2 per cent
- China's Shanghai Composite: up 0.6 per cent
- Hong Kong's Hang Seng: down 0.6 per cen
- South Korea's KOSPI: down 0.9 per cent
- Singapore's Straits Times: down 0.8 per cent
Stock Market LIVE Update | SGX Nifty futures indicate a negative start ahead on Dalal Street today
Singapore Exchange (SGX) futures — an early indicator of the Nifty50 index — are down 29 points or 0.2 per cent at 17,848 at this hour, having declined as much as 52 points to 17,825 earlier in the day.Stock Market LIVE Today | Good morning! Welcome to Zeebiz.com's stock market blog
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