Investec initiated coverage on IDFC First Bank with a hold rating and a target price of Rs 103. Balance sheet stability should ensure high growth.

Cyient is a global engineering and technology solutions company, with strong capabilities in mechanical engineering for aerospace, defense and communications sectors. Sumit Pokarna of Kotak Equities sees multi-year growth themes, and higher external sourcing by clients boding well for the company in the long term.

Cyient is betting big on aerospace, defense and communication segments, and Kotak Equities believes the company will be a major beneficiary of the tailwinds these sectors are likely to see.

From the Sensex stocks, Tata Steel, JSW Steel, Wipro, SBI, and Tech Mahindra opened with gains, while only HUL, ITC, and UltraTech Cement opened with cuts.

On the weekly options front, the maximum Call OI is placed at 20100 and then towards 20200 strikes while the maximum Put OI is placed at 20000 and then towards 19900 strikes.

After opening flat, the Nifty moved ahead to end with a gain.

Companies' stock prices often rise when Berkshire discloses new stakes, reflecting investors' regard for Buffett, the world's fifth-richest person according to Forbes magazine.

Fresh highs on D-St! Sensex jumps 200 points, Nifty nears 20,150; Bombay Dyeing surges 15%, Coffee Day 8%; Tata Steel, Wipro, Tech Mah are some of the gainers in the morning trade.

From the Sensex stocks, Tata Steel, JSW Steel, Wipro, SBI, and Tech Mahindra opened with gains, while only HUL, ITC, and UltraTech Cement opened with cuts.

Indian benchmark indices ended Wednesday with gains led by buying action in bank and financial stocks. While the Nifty50 settled at 20,063.45, up by 70.25 points or 0.35%, the S&P BSE Sensex finished at 67,466.99, higher by 245.86 points or 0.37%. Banking gauge Nifty Bank closed higher by 398.10 points or 0.87% at 45,909.45.

GIFT Nifty on the NSE IX traded 36 points, or 0.18 per cent, at 20,182, signaling that Dalal Street was headed for positive start on Thursday. Here's a slew of stocks that will be in focus today for various reasons.

ET Now spoke to various experts, and here's what they have to recommend for today's trading session. Kunal Bothra has a buy/sell recommendation on PNB and Bank of Baroda, while Nooresh Merani has a buy/sell recommendation on ICICI Bank and Bharti Airtel for today's trading session. Check out the targets and stoploss.

Indian Oil Corporation’s daily trend is bullish to sideways. The RSI for weekly and daily is showing sideways momentum. But the RSI for monthly is showing bullish momentum. Based on option chain analysis, the range is between 90 and 100. Let’s plan a trade around this.

​​Robust demand outlook ahead of the upcoming festive season, improvement in semi-conductor supply, and declining raw material prices prompted fund managers to buy auto and auto-component stocks like Mahindra & Mahindra, Bharat Forge, Hero Motors, TVS Motors, and Samvardhana Motherson International.

In the Nifty200 pack, we have collated a list of seven stocks that witnessed a 5-year swing high at the close on September 13, suggesting bullishness in counters, according to stockedge.com's technical scan data. Take a look.A 5-year swing high represents the highest price a stock has reached within a five-year timeframe. This level acts as a significant resistance point where the price has historically struggled to go beyond. This occurrence may be seen as a bullish sign, indicating the potential for further upward movement in the stock.However, it's worth noting that this is different from a 5-year breakout, which occurs when a stock's price surpasses a key resistance level that has held for five years.

In the NSE list of stocks, five stocks with a market cap of over Rs 1000 crore are witnessing Golden Crossovers, according to stockedge.com's technical scan data. Golden Cross is an important technical indicator of bullishness. It occurs when the short-term moving average crosses over the major long-term moving average on the upside. These stocks' 50-day simple moving averages (SMA) crossed their 200-day SMAs on September 13.

​​Robust demand outlook ahead of the upcoming festive season, improvement in semi-conductor supply, and declining raw material prices prompted fund managers to buy auto and auto-component stocks like Mahindra & Mahindra, Bharat Forge, Hero Motors, TVS Motors, and Samvardhana Motherson International.

As for the Bank Nifty which had a weekly expiry on Wednesday, the series witnessed short covering with an increase in price of 3.87% and decrease in OI by 16% where there was shedding of over 4 lakh shares in OI, decreasing from 25.17 lakh to 21.15 lakh shares. The Bank Nifty August series rollover stands at 17%.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced the investigation in her annual address to lawmakers on Wednesday, saying: "Global markets are now flooded with cheaper electric cars. And their price is kept artificially low by huge state subsidies."

Overnight data showed higher fuel prices had lifted headline U.S. consumer prices by the most in 14 months in August, for an annual rate of 3.7% which was a touch above expectations. Core inflation slowed to an annual 4.3%, as expected.

Stocks that were in focus included names like NIIT, which rose 20%, PNB, which gained 8.5%, and Aarti Drugs, whose shares jumped 3% on Wednesday.

Adani Group is in talks with banks to refinance debt taken on to fund its purchase of Ambuja Cements, with lenders divided into three categories in what could be one of Asia’s largest syndicated loan deals of the year, Bloomberg reported.

"Havells is among the consistent performers in the consumer electronic space, maintaining a steady uptrend since 2011. Traders can accumulate the stock for a target of Rs 1640 in the next 1-2 months," Ajit Mishra, SVP - Technical Research, Religare Broking Ltd, said.

The net long position of foreign portfolio investors increased from Rs 46,143 crore on Tuesday to Rs 60,567 crore on Wednesday.

Nifty’s progress is a testament to the trust Indian and foreign investors place in India’s capital markets and its regulatory legal system to provide a fair, efficient, transparent, low-cost, always available, orderly marketplace that is better than the best in the world

The S&P 500 consumer discretionary index climbed 0.9%, lifted as Ford Motor rallied 1.5% on the vehicle maker's plans to double the production of its hybrid F-150 pickup trucks in 2024.

The S&P 500 consumer discretionary index climbed 0.9%, lifted as Ford Motor rallied 1.5% on the vehicle maker's plans to double the production of its hybrid F-150 pickup trucks in 2024.

Analysts said upsides in the stock benchmarks were capped as investors and traders were, at the time, awaiting US consumer inflation data after trading hours in Mumbai on Wednesday.

With the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) mandating banks to maintain an incremental CRR of 110% of net demand and time liabilities and the resulting squeeze on liquidity, CD issues once again increased. Moreover, deposit growth at 13.2% is still lagging behind credit growth, which was 14.2% as of August.

Lenders felt that NARCL's offer of ₹4,700 crore in a 15:85 structure was below their recovery expectations through the debt restructuring process. Under 15:85, 15% of the amount is paid upfront while the remaining is paid by way of security receipts.

Macquarie believes that with Axis Bank acquiring a significant stake in Max Life Insurance, there could be more involvement at the board level by the bank. Axis Bank has increased its stake in Max Life Insurance to 19% from 13% last month.

Nifty’s progress is a testament to the trust Indian and foreign investors place in India’s capital markets and its regulatory legal system to provide a fair, efficient, transparent, low-cost, always available, orderly marketplace that is better than the best in the world