The key benchmark indices snapped a two-day losing streak on Monday. After opening on a flat note indices remained under pressure and slipped lower in the first half. However, as the day progressed, late bout of buying in the auto, capital goods, energy, metal, oil& gas, banking and finance stocks lifted the benchmarks. On the other hand, IT, realty, FMCG, teck and pharma stocks were under pressure. Nifty closed with a gain of 35 points at 8,607, while BSE Sensex ended with a gain of 120 points at 27,902.

On the global front, Asian stocks closed on mixed note. The Shanghai Composite index and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index closed marginally lower. Nikkei 225 gained 2.3%.

In Europe, the FTSE 100 was trading up 0.31%. DAX and the CAC 40 were trading lower by 1% each.

Tata Motors soared 4.2% to Rs.525 on BSE. The company posted a net profit after tax, minority interest and share of profit of associates of Rs.2260.4 crore for the quarter ended June 30, 2016 as compared to Rs.5254.2 crore for the quarter ended June 30, 2015. Higher volumes in both standalone as well as Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) business was more than offset by the adverse foreign currency impact of Rs 2296 crore and adverse commodity derivatives impact of Rs 167 crore in the operating profit mainly in the Jaguar Land Rover business.

Indian Oil Corporation ended marginally down at Rs.572. The company posted a net profit of Rs.8269 crore for the quarter ended June 30, 2016 as compared to Rs.6590.8 crore for the quarter ended June 30, 2015.

Procter & Gamble Hygiene and Health Care slipped 1%. The company reported an increase of 2.2% in its net profit at Rs 109.40 crore for the quarter ended June 30, 2016.

Adani Enterprises closed higher by 1% at Rs.72.85 on the BSE after a federal court in Australia rejected challenge to its Carmichael mine.

Shree Renuka Sugars rallied 5.6% after creditors approved the reorganisation proposal put forward by its bankrupt Brazilian subsidiary, Renuka do Brasil S/A (RdB).

Pratibha Industries tumbled 4.8% to Rs.21.45 on the BSE. The company reported a consolidated net loss of Rs.30.15 crore for the quarter ended June 30 as compared to net profit of Rs.16.45 crore in the similar quarter of 2015-16.

Claris Lifesciences dropped 6.2%. The company received approval from the U.S. health regulator for generic Flumazenil injection used for reversal of the sedative effects of benzodiazepines in the America market.

GMR Infrastructure inched up 1.6% to Rs.13.30. GMR Airports Limited, a subsidiary of GMR Infrastructure Limited has won the competitive bid for development and operation of the Rs.3,000 crore Mopa Greenfield Airport in North Goa.

Alankit gained 2.6% to Rs.143.50 on BSE. Alankit Ltd has informed BSE that the Board of Directors of the Company approved the increase in Authorised Share Capital of the Company from Rs. 10 crores to Rs. 20 crore and issue of Bonus Shares in the proportion of 1:1.1, said a media report.

The rupee was trading down 11 paise at 67.16 per US dollar.

Out of 1,420 stocks traded on the NSE, 840 declined and 618 advanced today.

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The Indian equity market closed lower on the first day of the September contracts ahead of US Fed Reserve Chair’s speech. Indices ended on a negative zone for the second straight day as heavy selling pressure seen in realty, capital goods, IT, banking and industrial stocks. On the other hand, consumer durables, oil & gas and energy stocks were among the gainer on the BSE index. Nifty closed with a loss of 20 points at 8,573, while BSE Sensex ended with a loss of 54 points at 27,782.

On the global front, Asian stocks were mixed on Friday. Chinese shares ended flat. The Shanghai Composite index closed up 0.07%, while Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index was up 0.41%. Nikkei 225 ended 1.2% lower hitting three-week lows.

European equities were trading lower. The FTSE 100 was trading marginally up. The CAC 40 and DAX was trading in red.

Tata Motors gained 2% to Rs.504. The company reported a 57% YoY plunge in consolidated PAT to Rs.2,236 crore for the June quarter compared with Rs.5,231 crore in corresponding quarter last year.

Welspun India erased early morning gains and closed lower by 8.6%. The stock slipped for the fifth straight session after Target Corp’s decision to terminate business with the firm for passing off cheap sheets as premium Egyptian cotton escalated.

Tata Communications climbed 4.5% to Rs.524 on the BSE. The company is planning to set up necessary storage infrastructure in countries of operations to win over the local business by addressing its concerns on overseas data storage.

Trident jumped 12.4% after the media reports said that Target is considering shifting its bedsheets orders to Trident. The stock is at the highest level in two-months.

ICRA soared 4.4% to Rs.3751 after the Reserve Bank of India announced a slew of measures to improve the corporate bond markets.

Gammon Infra dropped 4% to Rs.5.12 on BSE. The company reported Rs.5.9 crore for the quarter ended June 30 compared with Rs.6 crore reported in the year-ago period.

J Kumar Infraprojects hit 5% upper circuit at Rs.162. The company said Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (MMRC) has issued LOA (letter of award) to J Kumar-CRTG’s joint venture for Rs.5,012 crore projects.

Biocon soared 3% to Rs.892. The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has accepted for review Biocon and Mylan’s Marketing Authorization Application (MAA) for a proposed biosimilar Trastuzumab, used to treat certain breast and gastric cancers.

Spice Mobility climbed 4.4%. The telecom company informed BSE that Spice Digital Limited (SDL), a subsidiary of the Company, has divested its entire equity stake constituting 26% of share capital in Vavia Technologies Private Limited (Vavia) pursuant to a Share Purchase Agreement entered into by them. Consequent to this, Vavia has ceased to be an associate of the Company.

USDINR trading marginally up one paise at 67.03 per US dollar.

Out of 1,491 stocks traded on the NSE, 929 declined and 500 advanced today.

Top 5 Nifty Gainers: Tata Motors (4.42%), Hero Motocorp (1.54%), Reliance Ind. (1.11%), Tata Steel (1.01%) and Bharti Airtel (0.77%).

Top 5 Nifty Losers: TCS (-1.93%), Wipro (-1.58%), Lupin Ltd. (-1.16%), HDFC Bank (-1.16%) and Asian Paints (-1.10%)

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Nifty closed with a loss of 58 points at 8,592, while BSE Sensex ended with aloss of 224 points at 27,836.

Titagarh Wagons Ltd is currently trading at Rs. 113.3, up by Rs. 4.3 or 3.94% from its previous closing of Rs. 109 on the BSE. The scrip opened at Rs. 110 and has touched a high and low of Rs. 115.9 and Rs. 109.6 respectively. So far 2481935(NSE+BSE) shares were traded on the counter. The current market cap of the company is Rs. 1257.69 crore.

Texmaco Rail & Engineering Ltd is currently trading at Rs. 110, up by Rs. 2.05 or 1.9% from its previous closing of Rs. 107.95 on the BSE. The scrip opened at Rs. 109.3 and has touched a high and low of Rs. 112.95 and Rs. 108.85 respectively. So far 548043(NSE+BSE) shares were traded on the counter. The current market cap of the company is Rs. 2270.56 crore.

Kalindee Rail Nirman (Engineers) Ltd is currently trading at Rs. 115.8, up by Rs. 2.8 or 2.48% from its previous closing of Rs. 113 on the BSE. The scrip opened at Rs. 115 and has touched a high and low of Rs. 118.3 and Rs. 114 respectively. So far 184812(NSE+BSE) shares were traded on the counter. The current market cap of the company is Rs. 186.56 crore.

IL&FS Transportation Networks Ltd is currently trading at Rs. 72.25, up by Rs. 2.2 or 3.14% from its previous closing of Rs. 70.05 on the BSE. The company has entered into Share Purchase Agreement with Cube Highways & Infrastructure Pte. Ltd., a company incorporated in Singapore for sale of its entire equity stake in Andhra Pradesh Expressway Limited (APEL) for an aggregate value of Rs.140.37 crores.

Jubilant Life Sciences Ltd is currently trading at Rs. 538.7, up by Rs. 31.65 or 6.24% from its previous closing of Rs. 507.05 on the BSE. The company has announced that it has received Abbreviated New Drug Application final approval for Felodipine Extended-Release Tablets USP, 2.5 mg, 5 mg, and 10 mg, the generic version of Plendil Tablets of AstraZeneca, which is used for the treatment of hypertension.

Natco Pharma jumped 6.2% to Rs.696. The company announced receipt of successful Establishment Inspection Report (EIR) from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the inspection conducted, during the period February 8 – February 12, 2016, at its Chemical Division, Chennai, India (named NATCO Organics Limited, prior to amalgamation into the company).

AstraZeneca Pharma tanked 6.6% to Rs.1065 on BSE after it receives a notice of termination of its distribution pact for meropenem from its U.K. parent. This is part of the AstraZeneca PLC’s deal to sell its antibiotics business to Pfizer.

TV Today Network gained 2% after the company has entered into an Advertising Sales Agreement with Entertainment Network, effective from 1st September, 2016, duly approved by the Board of TVTN through circulation on 24th August, 2016 in relation to TVTN’s 3 private FM radio stations at New Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata.

Lupin inched up 0.34% on BSE. The pharma company said its subsidiary Gavis Pharmaceuticals has received approval from the US health regulator to market generic linezolid tablets used for treating bacterial infection in the American market.

IDBI Bank is marginally down at Rs.71.80. The bank will raise Rs.1,500 crore by issuing tier I bonds. The bank said it will allot the bonds on August 30, 2016.

Ramco Systems soared 7% after the company has informed BSE that company’s subsidiary, Ramco Systems Pte Ltd., Singapore, has secured order from one of the top 5 most valuable global brands for Ramco HCM & Payroll in APAC.

Asian markets are trading mixed. Nikkei 225 is trading in red, while Shanghai Composite and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng are trading lower. Market-wide rollovers to the September F&O series were above average while rollovers for Nifty futures so far have been much higher than the past three series.

Few global developments like North Korea testing another missile and Turkey launching attacks on Syria have once again brought in the tension factor.

Wall Street closed lower on Wednesday. The Dow Jones industrial average closed 0.35% lower, at 18,481.48. The S&P 500 fell 0.52% and the Nasdaq dropped 0.81%, to 5,217.69.

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved nine projects worth about Rs.24,000 crore in nine states for expansion of railway network and connectivity across the country. The Union cabinet on Wednesday approved a revised India-Cyprus tax treaty that seeks to plug loopholes used by investors to avoid paying taxes in India.

BSNL announced a national unlimited 3G mobile data plan for Rs.1,099 and doubled the data usage limit in some existing plans.

USDINR trading higher by two paise at 67.08 against US Dollar.

Out of 1,851 stocks traded on the NSE, 913 declined, 657 advanced and 281 remained unchanged today.

The rupee was trading down five paise at 67.10 per US dollar.

Top 5 Nifty Gainers: Tata Motors (1.78%), GAIL (1.58%), CIPLA (1.38%), M&M (1.11%) and Reliance Ind. (0.79%).

Top 5 Nifty Losers: L&T (-1.32%), Asian Paints (-1.13%), Wipro (-0.95%), Adani Ports & Sez (-0.92%) and SBI (-0.74%)

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