Charged upA section of HNIs is piling on to battery maker Amara Raja's shares, most likely inspired by the recent rerating of the Exide stock. And what could be a better vote of confidence than the promoter himself hiking stake in the company? Fund houses are not biting yet. They used the rally in the stock to trim their positions during the March quarter. Bulls are unfazed by this. More than a de...

Sensex and Nifty 50 were down in early trade after having opened flat. At 9.30 am, the Sensex was down 199.14 points or 0.27 percent at 73,696.40, and the Nifty 50 was down 47.90 points at 22,394.80. About 1,336 shares advanced, 1,637 shares declined, and 98 shares were unchanged.Financial services and IT stocks dragged the indices down while FMCG and consumer durables were the major positive cont...

Marico shares surged around 10 percent on May 7 as the company’s quarterly numbers promoted rating upgrades for the stock. Nuvama has upgraded the stock to 'buy' while City raised its target price on the stock. Motilal has a 'buy' rating on the stock with a target price of Rs 625 per share.As of May 7, Bloomberg showed 31 analysts have a buy rating on Marico stock, 8 have a hold rating and 3 hav...

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) returned the National Stock Exchange (NSE) proposal since brokers and trading members in the equity market gave divergent views on the proposed extension.India's markets regulator has shelved a proposal by the country's largest stock exchange to extend trading hours for index derivatives, the exchange said in an analyst call.The Securities and Exch...

The Nifty 50 was trading range bound on May 6, up 32.40 points or 0.14 percent at 22,508.20 around noon.Nifty is constantly being rejected from its all-time high levels indicating potential turbulence on D-street. A break of 22,350 on the downside can trigger a further fall of 300-400 points on the index, says Rahul Kumar Ghose, CEO- hedged. in. The index has its last support at 22,000, he added.G...