Stocks To Watch: Aban Offshore, JP Associates, Reliance, Wipro
SGX Nifty indicates a muted start to trade.
- Reliance Q1 beats estimates; to buy 24.92 percent stake in Balaji Telefilms
- Wipro board announces Rs 11,000 crore buyback
- Rakesh Jhunjhunwala buys 2.5 crore shares in Jaiprakash Associates
- Aban Offshore promoters sell shares in the open market
The Singapore traded SGX Nifty, an early indicator of Nifty’s performance in India was little changed at 9,904.
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Here are the stocks to watch out for in today’s session:
Reliance Industries (Q1, YoY)
- Revenue down 4.4 percent to Rs 64,217 crore
- EBITDA up 2.7 percent to Rs 11,589 crore
- EBITDA margin expands to 18 percent from 16.8 percent
- Net profit up 0.6 percent to Rs 8,196 crore
- To acquire 2.52 crore shares or 24.92 percent stake in Balaji Telefilms at Rs 164 per share for a total investment of Rs 413.28 crore
- To invest up to $25 million in Jerusalem Innovation Incubator over a period of about 8 years
Wipro (Q1, QoQ)
- Revenue up 2.6 percent to Rs 13,626 crore
- EBIT down 9.7 percent to Rs 2,174 crore
- EBIT margin contracts to 16 percent from 16.7 percent
- Net profit down 8.1 percent to Rs 2,077 crore
- To buyback up to 34.37 crore shares worth Rs 11,000 crore at Rs 320 per share
- Shareholders approve appointment of Azim Premji as Executive Chairman and Managing Director of the company
- Expects revenue to remain flat or lower in the next quarter between $1.96 billion and $2 billion
Rallis India
- To sell its stake in Advinus for a consideration of Rs 17.32 crore
- Board approves scheme of amalgamation with Zero Waste Agro-Organics subject to NCLT approval
Welspun Corp
- Won an order for supply of 100K MTs pipes
- Current order book of the company stands at Rs 4,200 crore
- Aurobindo Pharma: U.S. FDA gives tentative approval to Esomeprazole Magnesium capsule.
- Jaiprakash Associates: Rakesh Jhunjhunwala bought 2.5 crore shares during the June quarter
- Jubilant Life Sciences: Rakesh Jhunjhunwala picks up 1.26 percent stake in the company
- Aban Offshore: Promoter sells 20,000 shares in the open market
Reliance Industries will invest close to Rs 413 crore in Balaji Telefilms. https://t.co/ME2S6t9AsR pic.twitter.com/iPc4bo73HQ
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Other Corporate Announcements
- Gravita India: Started commercial production of PET Flakes at its Jamaican unit
- Hindustan Motors: HPCL withdraws application for initiating insolvency proceedings against company
- Amrutanjan: Received NCLT nod for scheme of amalgamation between Amrutanjan Pharmaessense and self
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Today’s Nifty Call
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Bulk Deals
V-Mart Retail
- Fidelity Funds - Asian Smaller Companies Pool sold 4.39 lakh shares or 2.4 percent stake at Rs 1,143.02 each
- GMO Emerging Domestic Opportunities Fund bought 2.86 lakh shares or 1.6 percent stake at Rs 1,143 each
Time Techoplast
- Morgan Stanley Asia (Singapore) Pte sold 54.66 lakh shares or 2.4 percent stake at Rs 156.25 each
- Kap For Investment Pro DLT AKTIER Asien Ex-Japan bought 46.41 lakh shares or 2.1 percent stake at Rs 156.1 each
Honda Siel Power
- Reliance Mutual Fund bought 89,800 shares or 0.9 percent stake at Rs 1,350.01 each
- Prasoon Harshad Bhatt sold 90,000 shares or 0.9 percent stake at Rs 1,350.01 each.
- Bhatt reduced his stake to 11,700 shares or 0.1 percent
Sterling Tools
- IDFC Mutual Fund bought 4.80 lakh shares or 1.4 percent stake at Rs 265 each
- Promoter Anil Aggarwal sold 4.75 lakh shares or 1.4 percent stake at Rs 265
- Aggarwal reduced his stake to 73.65 lakh shares or 21.51 percent
Omkar Speciality Chemicals
- Promoter Pravin Herlekar Omkar sold 2.25 lakh shares or 1.1 percent stake at Rs 97.04 each
- Promoter reduced his stake to 50.26 lakh shares or 24.4 percent
Graphite India
Morgan Stanley (France) S.A. bought 12 lakh shares or 0.6 percent at Rs 196.39 each
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F&O Setup
- Nifty Bank sees open interest addition of 1.7 lakh shares
- Nifty Bank continues to show more strength than the Nifty
- Rangebound market with support at 9,800 and resistance at 10,000 levels
- Nifty Put-Call Ratio drops as call writers aggressive at 9,900 - 10,100 levels
- Put writers avoid any major positions; shed positions at 9,900 - 10,000
Active Stock Futures
- Engineers India: Sees open interest addition of 11 percent on the long side
- L&T Finance: Sees open interest addition of 8 percent on the long side
- Axis Bank: Sees open interest addition of 3 percent on the long side
- Just Dial: Sees short covering on open interest shedding of 18 percent
- Power Finance Corporation: Sees short covering on open interest shedding of 5 percent
Stocks In F&O Ban
- Fortis Healthcare
- DLF
- GMR Infrastructure
- Infibeam
- JSW Energy
- Just Dial
- Kaveri Seeds
- Oriental Bank of Commerce
- Network18
- Sintex
- Ujjivan Financial Services
- Jaiprakash Associates
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Earnings Reaction To Watch
RBL Bank Q1
- Net Interest Income up 54.3 percent to Rs 378 crore
- Net profit up 45.4 percent to Rs 141 crore
- Provisions up to Rs 94 crore from Rs 82 crore (QoQ)
- Gross NPA at 1.46 percent from 1.20 percent (QoQ)
- Net NPA at 0.81 percent from 0.64 percent (QoQ)
Bajaj Holdings & Investment (Q1, YoY)
- Revenue up 30.4 percent to Rs 152.45 crore
- Net profit up 29.4 percent to Rs 110.96 crore
Mahindra CIE Automotive (Q2CY17, YoY)
- Revenue up 12.5 percent to Rs 504 crore
- EBITDA up 7.4 percent to Rs 42.7 crore
- EBITDA margin down to 9.5 percent from 9.8 percent
- Net profit up 63.6 percent to Rs 18 crore
Nucleus Software (Q1, QoQ)
- Revenue up 0.7 percent to Rs 94.3 crore
- EBITDA down 29 percent to Rs 10.2 crore
- EBITDA Margin down to 10.8 percent from 15.3 percent
- Net profit down 43.3 percent to Rs 11.5 crore
Cupid (Q1, YoY)
- Revenue up 22 percent to Rs 19.7 crore
- EBITDA up 14 percent to Rs 7.4 crore
- EBITDA Margin down to 38 percent from 40 percent
- Net profit up 13 percent to Rs 4.3 crore
Rallis India (Q1, YoY)
- Net profit down 74 percent to Rs 45.25 crore
- Revenue down 0.9 percent to Rs 463 crore
- EBITDA down 6.8 percent to Rs 69.45 crore
- EBITDA Margin down to 15.6 percent from 16.6 percent
Zensar Technologies (Q1, QoQ)
- Revenue down 0.9 percent to Rs 736.65 crore
- EBITDA up 27.7 percent to Rs 74.7 crore
- EBITDA Margin up to 10 percent from 8 percent
- Net profit up 349.5 percent to Rs 48.1 crore
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Brokerage Calls
Hindustan Zinc
- Credit Suisse maintains 'Neutral' with price target of Rs 273
- JPMorgan maintains 'overweight' with price target of Rs 310
Reliance Industries
- Morgan Stanley maintained 'Overweight' and set the price target at Rs 1,531
- JP Morgan maintained 'Neutral' with the price target of Rs 1,310
Kotak Mahindra
- Credit Suisse maintained a 'Neutral' rating but hiked the price target to Rs 950 from Rs 827
- Macquarie retained its 'Neutral' stance with the price target of Rs 940
- NIIT Technologies: Credit Suisse maintained an 'Outperform' rating on the stock with the price target raised to Rs 640 from Rs 550
- DB Corp: CLSA maintained 'Buy' with the price target of Rs 450
- Bajaj Auto: Macquarie maintained an 'Underperform' rating on the stock with price target of Rs 2,400
Wipro
- Morgan Stanley retained an 'Underweight' rating, however hiked the price target to Rs 240 from Rs 215
- CLSA retained an 'Outperform' rating with the price target hiked to Rs 310 from Rs 290
- Credit Suisse maintained its 'Neutral' stance, but marginally hiked the price target to Rs 250 from Rs 230
Reliance Industries surprises the street for eighth straight quarter, reports @soumeet_sarkar. https://t.co/zneycSwFWo pic.twitter.com/qrgnOdtUh9
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Media Reports
- IDBI Bank: To sell its entire 5 percent stake in CCIL. (Mint)
- Zee Media Enterprises: The company is in advanced talks to buy BTVi. (Economic Times)
- Britannia Industries: Takes Kerala distributors to Court. (Economic Times)
- Bajaj Auto: Likely to join KTM in the race to buy bike-maker Ducati. (Economic Times)
- Jet Airways: Cuts pay for some of its pilots. (Economic Times)
- Jaypee Infratech: It has time till August 4 to respond to insolvency plea. (Business Standard)
- Coal India: Gets stay on two CCI orders. (Business Standard)
- InterGlobe Aviation: The company is said to pick banks for institutional share sale. (Business Standard)
- ICICI Bank: Offers up to Rs 15 lakh instant personal loans via ATMs. (Financial Express)
- HDFC: To raise Rs 35,000 crore through NCD’s. (Financial Express)
- Neyveli Lignite Corporation: Talks fail to end strike by the State-owned company's workers. (Economic Times)
- ABG Shipyard: Agrees to insolvency proceedings. (Mint)
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