Trendlyne Analysis
Markets closed higher. Nifty 50 closed at 17,790.35 (144.4, 0.8%) , BSE Sensex closed at 59,677.83 (488.1, 0.8%) while the broader Nifty 500 closed at 15,290.15 (155.6, 1.0%)
Market breadth is overwhelmingly positive. Of the 1794 stocks traded today, 1216 were on the uptick, and 525 were down.
Westlife Development, Procter & Gamble Hygiene & Healthcare, Timken India, and Equitas Small Finance Bank are trading with higher delivery volumes compared to Wednesday.
Motilal Oswal maintains a ‘Buy’ rating on Gujarat Gas with a target price at an upside of 35%. The brokerage expects the company's margins to improve following price hikes of Rs 2.5 per unit for compressed natural gas and Rs 9.5 per unit for piped natural gas.
Kalyan Jewellers India is rising as the jewellery company's revenue grows by 60% YoY in Q2FY22. The company's southern store sales grow by 40% while remaining stores' sales are up by 70% in the quarter.
Macrotech Developers' sales bookings in Q2FY22 rises by 88% YoY to Rs 2,003 crore. The real estate company expects FY22 sales bookings to reach Rs 9,000 crore by March 2022.
Tata Steel's Q2FY22 steel production rises by 7% YoY to 7.7 million tonnes (MT) and sales fall by 6% to 7.4 MT. Domestic production is up by 3% to 4.73 MT and sales is down by 8% to 4.6 MT in the quarter.
Axis Securities maintains a 'Hold' rating on Astral with a target price at a 4.6% downside as the brokerage expects limited upside from higher PVC pipe prices.
Sobha is trading with more than six times its weekly average trading volume. Titan Company, Kalyan Jewellers India, and The New India Assurance Company are trading with more than three times their weekly average trading volume.
Sobha's sales volume grows by 50.6% YoY to 13.5 lakh sq ft in Q2FY22 and sales value is up by 51% to Rs 1,030 crore.
Au Small Finance Bank's total deposits in Q2FY22 increases by 45% YoY to Rs 39,034 crore with a 24% growth in loans to Rs 38,011 crore. The bank's current account to savings account (CASA) ratio was 30% in the quarter.
Nazara Technologies’ board of directors approves a preferential allotment of 14.2 lakh shares to raise Rs 315.3 core. The investors include Gamnat Pte (3.6% stake) and Plutus Wealth (6.92% stake). The shares will be locked in for one year from the date of issue.
Titan Company’s revenue grows by 78% YoY to Rs 3,519 crore led by a 78% growth in jewellery revenues and a 73% growth in watch and wearables revenue.
Reliance Industries' retail subsidiary Reliance Retail Ventures Limited will launch the 7-Eleven convenience stores in India. On Tuesday, Future Retail terminated its master franchise agreement with 7-Eleven as it could not meet the store target and pay the franchise fees.
Ambuja Cements is rising as Life Insurance Corporation of India buys 3.9 crore shares (2.01% stake) in the cement maker in an open market transaction on Tuesday.
Blackrock India Equity Fund sells 25.5 lakh rights entitlement of Bharti Airtel at Rs 207 per share. The telecom company's Rs 21,000 crore rights issue opened on Tuesday.
Markets opened high. Nifty 50 was trading at 17809.35 (163.4, 0.9%) , BSE Sensex was trading at 59774.43 (584.7, 1.0%) while the broader Nifty 500 was trading at 15288.20 (153.7, 1.0%)
Market breadth is surging up. Of the 1715 stocks traded today, 1483 were on the uptick, and 175 were down.
Riding High:
Largecap and midcap gainers today include Tata Motors Ltd. (376.50, 12.04%), Titan Company Ltd. (2375.35, 10.60%) and Relaxo Footwears Ltd. (1330.10, 10.41%).
Downers:
Largecap and midcap losers today include Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. (160.40, -4.58%), GAIL (India) Ltd. (159.65, -4.06%) and Oil India Ltd. (242.45, -2.45%).
Volume Shockers
26 stocks in BSE 500 are trading on high volumes today.
Top high volume gainers on BSE included Sobha Ltd. (884.75, 16.64%), Tata Motors Ltd. (376.50, 12.04%) and Titan Company Ltd. (2375.35, 10.60%).
Top high volume losers on BSE were Trident Ltd. (32.40, -4.57%), Grasim Industries Ltd. (1592.00, -0.44%) and Orient Electric Ltd. (325.80, -0.12%).
Mishra Dhatu Nigam Ltd. (198.05, 5.94%) was trading at 13.6 times of weekly average. Chambal Fertilisers & Chemicals Ltd. (375.85, 9.98%) and VIP Industries Ltd. (545.55, 9.27%) were trading with volumes 9.6 and 7.9 times weekly average respectively on BSE at the time of posting this article.
BSE 500: highs, lows and moving averages
37 stocks took off, crossing 52 week highs,
Stocks touching their year highs included - Atul Ltd. (10445.55, 6.59%), Bata India Ltd. (1944.40, 6.44%) and BEML Ltd. (1538.15, 2.97%).
11 stocks climbed above their 200 day SMA including Bandhan Bank Ltd. (328.55, 7.49%) and Mishra Dhatu Nigam Ltd. (198.05, 5.94%). 4 stocks slipped below their 200 SMA including Solara Active Pharma Sciences Ltd. (1481.60, -3.43%) and MOIL Ltd. (164.55, -2.32%).