Nifty 50 closed at 14683.85 (-12.7, -0.1%) , BSE Sensex closed at 48732.55 (41.8, 0.1%) while the broader Nifty 500 closed at 12476.60 (-61.4, -0.5%)
Market breadth is in the red. Of the 1747 stocks traded today, 641 showed gains, and 1082 showed losses.
Cyient, Bajaj Holdings & Investment, Schaeffler India, and Aavas Financiers are trading with higher delivery volume compared to the previous day.
ICICI Securities maintains a 'Buy' rating on Sonata Software expecting a revival in non-essential retail and manufacturing which will further boost revenue growth. The brokerage's target price is at an upside of 17.7%.
TCNS Clothing, and Mas Financial Services are trading in the green with 20 and 11 times the weekly average trading volume respectively.
Happiest Minds' Q4 net profit declines nearly 17% QoQ to Rs 37 crore due to an increase in expenses by 17.8% QoQ.
Indian Energy Exchange's revenues rise by 35% to Rs 93.8 crore YoY in Q4FY21 due to a 63% increase in the volume of power traded to 22.4 billion units.
Motilal Oswal maintains a 'Buy' rating on Granules India on the back of the pharma company's strong performance in the formulations and intermediates division in Q4.
Cipla, Dr. Reddy's Laboratories and SKF India are trading higher whereas Just Dial, Larsen & Toubro, and Jindal Stainless are trading lower ahead of their Q4FY21 results later today.
Pharmaceutical company Lupin reports a total income of Rs 3,783 crore in Q4FY21, a 2% decline YoY, with net profits of Rs 460 crore, an 18% YoY jump.
PowerGrid Infrastructure Investment Trust lists at Rs 104 per share, a 4% premium to the IPO issue price of Rs 100 per share.
Maharashtra Seamless' promoters sell 80,000 shares (0.11% of the company) worth Rs 2.4 crore via an insider trade. Earlier this month, L&T Mutual Fund sold 14 lakh shares or 2.1% of the company.
Jindal Steel & Power reports a 34% jump YoY in revenue for Q4FY21 at Rs 11,900 crore with net profits up by nearly 23 times to Rs 1,900 crore due to rising steel prices and a 27% growth YoY in exports.
Motilal Oswal upgrades its rating on Godrej Consumer Products to 'Buy' from 'Hold' following the appointment of Sudhir Sitapati as the managing director of the FMCG company.
UPL’s Q4 net profit rises 73.5% YoY to Rs 1,361 crore with revenues rising by 15% YoY to Rs 12,796 crore.
Nifty 50 was trading at 14663.35 (-33.2, -0.2%) , BSE Sensex was trading at 48656.98 (-33.8, -0.1%) while the broader Nifty 500 was trading at 12504.65 (-33.3, -0.3%)
Market breadth is in the green. Of the 1662 stocks traded today, 886 were on the uptrend, and 728 went down.
Riding High:
Largecap and midcap gainers today include Asian Paints Ltd. (2773.60, 8.50%), UPL Ltd. (743.55, 7.50%) and ITC Ltd. (212.35, 4.48%).
Downers:
Largecap and midcap losers today include Adani Total Gas Ltd. (1192.00, -9.25%), Jindal Steel & Power Ltd. (417.15, -8.64%) and NMDC Ltd. (185.70, -8.50%).
Volume Rockets
27 stocks in BSE 500 are trading on high volumes today.
Top high volume gainers on BSE included Omaxe Ltd. (83.80, 13.63%), Welspun India Ltd. (101.25, 10.96%) and Asian Paints Ltd. (2773.60, 8.50%).
Top high volume losers on BSE were Jindal Steel & Power Ltd. (417.15, -8.64%), Vinati Organics Ltd. (1677.80, -4.73%) and Honeywell Automation India Ltd. (42000.00, -4.49%).
TCNS Clothing Co. Ltd. (534.00, 4.96%) was trading at 29.6 times of weekly average. Mas Financial Services Ltd. (861.50, 3.18%) and GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (1503.80, 1.78%) were trading with volumes 15.8 and 7.0 times weekly average respectively on BSE at the time of posting this article.
BSE 500: highs, lows and moving averages
16 stocks took off, crossing 52 week highs,
Stocks touching their year highs included - Adani Transmission Ltd. (1143.50, -4.99%), Birla Corporation Ltd. (1054.00, 1.06%) and Chambal Fertilisers & Chemicals Ltd. (270.25, 5.69%).
12 stocks climbed above their 200 day SMA including Omaxe Ltd. (83.80, 13.63%) and SIS Ltd. (399.95, 3.43%). 10 stocks slipped below their 200 SMA including Granules India Ltd. (321.65, -4.47%) and DCB Bank Ltd. (96.10, -4.28%).
