Wednesday, 23 August 2017

Nifty, Sensex May Record More Gains - Wednesday closing report-The Total Investment & Insurance Solutions

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23 August  2017

I had mentioned in Tuesday’s closing report that Nifty, Sensex might rally a bit. The major indices of the Indian stock markets rallied on Wednesday and closed with handsome gains over Tuesday’s close. The trends of the major indices in the course of Wednesday’s trading are given in the table below: The Total Investment & Insurance Solutions
 
Major Indices (The Total Investment & Insurance Solutions)
Positive global cues pushed the key Indian equity indices -- the NSE Nifty 50 and the BSE Sensex -- higher during mid-afternoon trade session on Wednesday. According to market observers, healthy buying in pharma, banking and IT (information technology) sector stocks supported equity indices' upward trajectory. The BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty opened higher on Wednesday against their respective previous session's close. The Indian rupee also opened on a strong note against the US dollar. Each of the three major indices on Wall Street (USA) posted their best one-day percentage gains in over a week ahead of the annual meeting of central bankers in Jackson Hole on Friday. On the NSE, there were 981 advances, 448 declines and 48 unchanged. The Total Investment & Insurance Solutions

The Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) on Wednesday announced that it has become the biggest importer of ethane from the US in 2017, a development that follows the commissioning of the firm's ethane gas project at its Dahej manufacturing facility earlier this year. The ethane will be used as feedstock for RIL's cracker facilities at Dahej and Hazira in Gujarat and at Nagothane in Maharashtra. The company said the ethane shipments to RIL constitute 48% of total US exports. RIL shares closed at Rs1,582.05, up 1.44% on the NSE.
The Finance Ministry on Wednesday formally announced the launch of the new Rs200 note. "The central government hereby specifies the denomination of bank notes of the value of 200 rupees," a Gazette notification said. The notification has been issued under Section 24 of the Reserve Bank of India Act (RBI), 1934, and on the recommendations of the Central Board of Directors of the RBI. Earlier, Minister of State for Finance Santosh Kumar Gangwar told IANS that Rs200 note, printing of which had begun, would be in circulation soon. 

Reliance Capital Ltd, part of the Anil D Ambani-led Reliance Group, on Wednesday announced the launch of the Employees' Stock Option (ESOP) Scheme 2017. In a statement here, the company said that under the scheme it has granted ESOPs with a notional value of approximately Rs300 crore to 500 employees across its various group units, and eligible employees have received options on Reliance Capital listed stock and/or phantom shares of its unlisted operating businesses. The ESOPs comprise of 9,21,000 shares of Reliance Capital plus shares/ phantom shares of operating subsidiaries and associates. The grants have been approved by the Board of Directors of Reliance Capital and the respective group companies. The scheme is part of Reliance Capital's Rewards Programme aimed at retaining and incentivising key employees for their contribution to the growth and profitability of the company, the statement said. The shares of the company closed at Rs766.65, up 3.00% on the BSE.

Hindustan Copper Ltd (HCL) is focusing on Rs5,000 crore of expansion projects which will be executed over the next three to four years, a top company official said on Tuesday. "We are focusing on expansions projects over the next 4-5 years and the investment would be around Rs5,000 crore," company's Chairman KD Diwan told reporters here. Of the total investments, around Rs2,000 crore would be made in mining and rest for manufacturing of copper cathodes. Its Malanjkhand underground mine with a capacity of 50 lakh tonnes has been making progress and it is expected that the ore production will commence from December 2018, he said. "The investment for the project would be around Rs1,856 crore," an official of the company said. During the current financial year, it expects to make progress in mine development activity with the appointment of MDO for Banwas mine at Khetri. The company has obtained environment and forest clearances for its Kendadih and Rakha mine re-opening projects. The company’s shares closed at Rs62.05, up 1.72% on the NSE.

The top gainers and top losers of the major indices are given in the table below:
 
Top Gainer (The Total Investment & Insurance Solutions)

The closing values of the major Asian indices are given in the table below: The Total Investment & Insurance Solutions
Asian Indices (The Total Investment & Insurance Solutions)

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