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How physical settlement of stock derivatives is going to impact you
Market regulator Sebi (Securities and Exchange Board of India) on Monday issued much-awaited framework for making physical settlement of stock derivatives mandatory. The same will be enforced in a phased manner.

As on date, out of 200 stocks traded in futures - options segment, physical settlement mechanism already exists in 50 stocks.

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By Sagarika Mukherjee India’s FMCG story looks interestingly poised as we step into a new Calendar. From bigger awareness levels to better product quality, attractive offers and consumer shift to naturals; it looks like we have a good tailwind for volume and profit growth, though some challenges remain.

So, what to expect from this sector in 2019

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By Ameya Karve

A spate of political promises of waivers on farm-loan repayments in Indian states has an unlikely victim: alcohol companies.

States are expected to hike taxes on liquor -- one of top three revenue sources -- as they need to plug fiscal hole arising from bearing burden of farm-loan repayments. Any rise in tax will impact alcohol

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Tech view: Nifty forms small bearish candle, fails to cross 100-DMA
NEW DELHI: Nifty50 snapped a five-day winning streak on Wednesday to end below psychological mark of 10,800. The index formed a small bearish candle on daily chart and formed lower lows for second session. It eventually closed a tad above its 200-day moving average at 10,790 level.

What disappointed analysts was index’s failure to respect crucial

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Share market update: Nifty Private Bank index dips; IDFC Bank falls 2%
NEW DELHI: Shares of private sector banks were trading in negative zone with Nifty Private Bank index down 0.80 per cent at 15,268.55 around 02:33 pm on Wednesday.

Shares of IDFC Bank (down 1.96 per cent), South Indian Bank (down 1.60 per cent), RBL Bank (down 1.59 per cent) and Kotak Mahindra Bank (down 1.58 per cent) were trading lower.

HDFC

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Share market update: Telecom shares down; MTNL slumps nearly 5%
NEW DELHI: The S-P BSE Telecom index was trading 0.52 per cent down at 997.54 around 12:20 pm on Wednesday with most of its components trading in red.

Shares of Mahanagar Telephone Nigam (down 4.90 per cent), Reliance Communications (down 2.43 per cent), GTPL Hathway (down 1.23 per cent), and Bharti Airtel (down 1.11 per cent) were trading in

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F O: Fresh spike in India VIX not giving any comfort to bulls
By Chandan TapariaThe Nifty50 index failed to hold above 10,900 and drifted sharply towards 10,735 mark on Wednesday. It formed a bearish candle on daily scale and negated formation of higher highs of last four sessions. It remained highly volatile during day and again moved closer to its 50-day EMA.

Nifty has been moving in a rising channel

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Sensex plunges 450 pts, Nifty50 tests 10,750; 5 factors behind market's pain
NEW DELHI: Adding to their morning gloom, domestic benchmark indices extended their fall in late afternoon trade and fell over one percent, hit by concerns over slowing growth in China, fresh fall in rupee and India’s weak macro data.

At around 1:45 pm, BSE sensex was 472.64 points or 1.30 per cent down at 35,781.93. While, NSE Nifty shed 145.70

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Share market update: OMCs trade in red; GAIL slips over 2%
NEW DELHI: OMCs were trading in red with S-P BSE Oil - Gas index down 0.91 per cent at 13,688.95 around 12:09 pm on Wednesday.

Shares of GAIL (India) (down 2.37 per cent), Hindustan Petroleum Corporation (down 2.18 per cent), Castrol India (down 2.01 per cent) and Bharat Petroleum Corporation (down 2 per cent) were worst performers in

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Nifty halts 5-day rally, ends below 10,800; Sensex slides 363 pts
NEW DELHI: Across board selling led by auto and bank stocks, pushed 30-share Sensex lower by 363 points in Wednesday's trade. The index settled day at 35,892, down 1 per cent.

Weakness in markets world over, along with a sharp drop in domestic currency dented investor sentiment back home.

World shares started 2019 on a downbeat note, oil prices

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Share market update: Consumer Durables shares fall; Voltas slips nearly 3%
NEW DELHI: The S-P BSE Consumer Durables index was trading 0.56 per cent down at 20,669.22 around 02:13 pm on Wednesday with most of its components trading lower.

Shares of Voltas (down 2.85 per cent), VIP Industries (down 2.26 per cent), Symphony (down 1.53 per cent) were top losers in index.

Blue Star (down 0.86 per cent), Crompton Greaves

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Share market update: Power shares fall; Power Grid down nearly 2%
NEW DELHI: The S-P BSE Power index was trading 0.77 per cent down at 1988.65 around 11:50 am on Wednesday with most of its components trading lower.

Shares of Power Grid Corporation of India (down 1.73 per cent), Reliance Infrastructure (down 1.23 per cent), Suzlon Energy (down 1.09 per cent)and CG Power and Industrial Solutions (down 0.98

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Swap ratio announced for BoB, Vijaya, Dena Bank merger
NEW DELHI: The boards of public lenders Bank of Baroda and Dena Bank on Wednesday approved swap ratio for proposed merger of two PSU banks.

In a regulatory filing, Dena Bank said that its shareholders will receive 110 equity shares of Bank of Baroda of face value Rs 2 for every 1,000 shares they held.

Vijaya Bank shareholders will get 402 equity

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By G ChokkalingamNearly 20 consumer durables stocks are listed on domestic stock market. And almost all of them have fallen anywhere between 5 per cent and as high as 65 per cent from their 52-week highs in 2018. Most of them are smallcap or midcap stocks and their poor performance was in line with crash in smallcap and midcap (SMC) segments.

Since

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Share market update: Bank shares drag; Bank of Baroda dips over 1%
NEW DELHI: Bank shares were trading in red with Nifty Bank index down 0.05 per cent at 27,378.90 around 11:40 am on Wednesday.

Shares of Bank of Baroda (down 1.22 per cent), Kotak Mahindra Bank (down 0.51 per cent), HDFC Bank (down 0.48 per cent) and Axis Bank (down 0.33 per cent) were worst performers in index.

IndusInd Bank (down 0.25 per

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HDFC plans to raise Rs 45,000 crore via NCDs
NEW DELHI: Leading mortgage lender HDFC is planning to raise up to Rs 45,000 crore through secured redeemable non-convertible debentures (NCDs) on a private placement basis.

The board of directors of company will consider issuance in a meeting on January 29, 2019.

The amount will be raised in various tranches, company said in a regulatory filing

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There has never been a better moment to buy your dream house – investment or otherwise.

There is a big but though. The elephant in room is residential real estate, which is telling you not to uncork bubbly so soon or be so lavish with house-warming party.

So, what's cooking

The residential segment is still a big mess, as demand crawls and supply

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The BSE Sensex managed to gain nearly 6 per cent in 2018 amid global stock volatility with Dow Jones declining most in a year since financial crisis of 2008. The Nifty Smallcap and Midcap indices declined 30 per cent and 15 per cent, respectively, in last one year. Nifty Realty index was worst hit, with a over 30 per cent cut while IT index
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While most brokerages foresee strong volatility in equities and unfavourable risk-reward in 2019, many are projecting 10-15 returns, which would far exceed Sensex’s 6 per cent expansion in 2018.

But there is a caveat: 2019 elections should not throw up a ragtag coalition into power.

Kotak Institutional Equities says next year may be a happy one

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Australian shares kick off 2019 in red on weak China factory survey
Australian shares ended lower on Wednesday on first trading day of year as a disappointing Chinese manufacturing survey raised concerns about health of world's second largest economy and Australia's largest trading partner.

The S-P/ASX 200 index closed 1.6 per cent lower at 5,557.8. The benchmark ended 0.1 per cent lower on Monday and was

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Top intraday trading ideas for afternoon trade for Wednesday 2 January 2019
NEW DELHI: Equity benchmarks Sensex and Nifty50 were trading lower on Wednesday on account of selling in frontline bluechip counters.

ETMarkets.com collated a list of trading ideas from various experts and here's what they had recommended for today's afternoon trade:

Manas Jaiswal of manasjaiswal.comFederal Bank is a 'Buy' call with a target price

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Jet Airways misses payment to lenders, rating cut to default
By P R Sanjai and Saloni Shukla

Jet Airways India Ltd. has missed a payment to Indian lenders as country’s second largest airline by passengers struggles to raise funds after losses worsened a cash crunch.

The missed payment prompted a downgrade on ratings of its loans and bonds by credit assessor ICRA to D, a score that signifies that borrowers

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The global sourcing market in India is continuing to grow at a faster pace. The global IT services industry is currently going through a transition phase from traditional to digital transformations like cloud computing, analytics, artificial intelligence and IoT. India is leading sourcing destination across world, with about 55 per cent market
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Share market update: Metal shares decline; JSPL down 3%
NEW DELHI: Metal shares were trading lower with Nifty Metal index down 1.82 per cent at 3078.15 around 10:48 am on Wednesday amid weak Chinese economic data.

Shares of Jindal Steel - Power (down 3.13 per cent), JSW Steel (down 2.94 per cent), Vedanta (down 2.65 per cent) and Hindalco Industries (down 2.40 per cent) were worst performers in

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Tata Cleantech Capital raises Rs 180 crore via maiden green bond
MUMBAI: Tata Cleantech Capital (TCCL), a joint venture between Tata Capital and International Finance Corporation (IFC), Wednesday said it has raised Rs 180 crore through its maiden five-year green bond from Netherlands-based development bank, FMO.

The proceeds of bond will be used to finance eligible green projects, company said in a release.

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China stocks end lower as economic data disappoints
SHANGHAI: China stocks started 2019 on a bearish note, closing lower on Wednesday, as lacklustre economic data stoked worries about a global slowdown.

The blue-chip CSI300 index fell 1.4 per cent to 2,969.54 points, while Shanghai Composite Index ended down 1.1 per cent at 2,465.29 points.

China's factory activity contracted for first time in over

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Eicher Motors drops 5% on disappointing RE sales
NEW DELHI: Shares of Eicher Motors took a beating in Wednesday’s trade after company’s two-wheeler segment reported a dismal set of sales data for December.

At 9.35 am, scrip was trading at Rs 22,005.35 on BSE, down 5.08 per cent.

Royal Enfield, two-wheeler division of Eicher Motors reported a 13 per cent decline in total sales to 58,278 units in

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European shares start 2019 deep in red
LONDON: European shares started their first trading day of 2019 deep in negative territory on Wednesday as fears of a global growth slowdown, trade wars, rising US interest rates and political instability rolled over into new year.

Investors were awaiting a new set of data to shed more light on health of European economy as sentiment has already

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Share market update: BSE Capital Goods index down 1%; Suzlon, Siemens among top losers
NEW DELHI: The S-P BSE Capital Goods index was trading 0.93 per cent down at 18,683.87 around 02:00 pm on Wednesday with most of its components trading in red.

Shares of GE T-D India (down 2.94 per cent), CG Power and Industrial Solutions (down 2.62 per cent), AIA Engineering (down 2.46 per cent) and VGuard Industries (down 2.35 per cent)

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Share market update: Realty shares trade mixed; Oberoi Realty rises 2%
NEW DELHI: Realty shares were trading on a mixed note with Nifty Realty index up 0.21 per cent at 238 around 10:40 am on Wednesday.

Shares of Oberoi Realty (up 2.05 per cent), Godrej Properties (up 1.92 per cent), Prestige Estates Projects (up 1.08 per cent) and Sunteck Realty (up 0.47 per cent) were top performers in index.

DLF (down 1.28 per

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