The benchmark index Sensex has fallen about 630 points to 60,115 on Tuesday. Despite this free fall in the markets, 8 stocks from the BSE smallcap index managed to record new 52-week highs.The 52-week high is the highest price at which a stock has traded during the last year. Some traders and investors use this technical indicator as an important factor for analysing a stock's current value and for predicting its future price movement.

Rekha Jhunjhunwala, as per the latest corporate shareholdings filed, publicly holds 19 stocks with an estimated net worth of over Rs. 11,866.8 crore. Some of the top holdings of the investor include Aptech, Crisil, Indian Hotels and Jubilant Pharmova and Fortis.

Until now, only promoter and promoter group entities were allowed to sell stake through the offer for sale on bourses

“For bulls, 18000 would be the key level to watch out for, and above the same, the index could retest the level of 18100-18150. On the flip side, 17800 would act as a sacrosanct support zone, below which selling pressure is likely to accelerate and drag down the index up to 17700-17675,” said Shrikant Chouhan of Kotak Securities.

The fund, launched in 2021, provides so-called "growth capital" to companies further along in developing solutions in clean energy, sustainable transport, waste and materials, sustainable food and agriculture and ecosystem services.

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“For bulls, 18000 would be the key level to watch out for, and above the same, the index could retest the level of 18100-18150. On the flip side, 17800 would act as a sacrosanct support zone, below which selling pressure is likely to accelerate and drag down the index up to 17700-17675,” said Shrikant Chouhan of Kotak Securities.

Equity benchmarks Sensex and Nifty slipped into the negative territory on Tuesday after a day’s breather, dragged down by Reliance Industries and banking stocks. A weak trend in European markets and unabated foreign fund outflows also negatively impacted the domestic equity market with Sensex ending 632 points lower at 60,115 points. Nifty dropped 187 points at 17,914. Barring Nifty healthcare and auto, all the other indices traded in the red. Nifty PSU Bank index posted the maximum loss at 3%.Here are the stocks that remained in focus on Tuesday:

SIPs are currently basking in investors’ attention with another bout of inflows making fresh records. Monthly data shows SIPs contributed Rs 13,573.08 crore to mutual funds in December. Interestingly, with over 1 crore new SIP MF accounts created in 1 year, the number of such accounts for December 2022 stood at 6,12,42,531 as compared to 4,90,78,547 in the same month last year.“The importance of investing in equity markets for longer-term goals is not lost on investors and the same is reflected in the ever-increasing awareness and adoption of SIP as a goal-linked route to create wealth over the long term. This month, almost 24 lakh new SIPs were registered, which shows increasing investor belief in the instrument. SIPs are the simplest route to build a disciplined habit of regular investing,” said N S Venkatesh, Chief Executive, Amfi

But domestic institutional investors continued to pour money into the market as they net bought shares to the tune of over Rs 14,600 crore in December. In 2022, they poured a record Rs 1.9 lakh crore into the equity market, and this helped India outdo most of its emerging market peers.

Athulya Senior care is backed by its founders Karthik Narayan, Srinivasan G and J Krishna Kavya, who have earlier served various healthcare institutions in the country and in the United States.

Citing the downside risks to earnings, the brokerage has cut the earnings per share (EPS) estimates for FY24 and FY25 due to a slower-than-expected net addition of subscribers, lower margins, and interest expenses.

Citing the downside risks to earnings, the brokerage has cut the earnings per share (EPS) estimates for FY24 and FY25 due to a slower-than-expected net addition of subscribers, lower margins, and interest expenses.

Closing Bell: Sensex returns to red after 1-day break, falls 632 points; Nifty below 17,950; Eicher Motors, Yes Bank crack 3% each.

Private equity investment inflows into the country fell by a sharp 42 per cent in 2022 from last year to USD 23.3 billion -- the lowest annual inflows since 2019 when it was a low USD 15.8 billion, but still relatively elevated compared to historical levels, said Elaine Tan, a senior analyst at Refinitiv, the LSEG business arm that provides financial markets data and insights.

Last year, analysts cut their forward 12-month earnings by 7% as the region's revenues shrank due to China's stricter COVID-restrictions and as higher product prices affected companies' profit margins.

Small-cap funds accounted for most of the investments at 22.45 billion rupees. Large-cap funds saw outflows falling to 0.26 billion rupees, compared to outflows of 10.39 billion rupees in the previous month.

Against the backdrop of a volatile market in the last 5 trading days, benchmark index Sensex closed in the negative in three sessions. But, six stocks from the BSE 500 list consistently moved up in all of the five sessions and are still trading with at least a double-digit discount to their 52-week high. All 6 stocks see good upside potential, according to Trendlyne.com forecaster. Take a look.

The connection between production and consumption activities, which controls how resources are distributed, is the economy. The purpose of producing goods and services is to meet the demands of consumers. This, to put it simply, is our economic system.

After a rough 2022, Europe's STOXX 600 has risen 5.5% since the start of this year on growing hopes that the euro zone will get a milder-than-expected recession and central banks will ease their aggressive monetary policy tightening.

Shares of the silver, platinum and diamond-studded jewellery maker have given good returns to investors in the last quarter. The stock has gained 9%, outperforming the BSE Smallcap index which rose 2% in the same period.

Today's downside left Dalal Street investors poorer by Rs 3 lakh crore as the total market capitalisation of all BSE-listed stocks came down to Rs 280 lakh crore.

Eventually, after slowing speed and applying a break, there comes a U-turn on the policy stance. Surely, dollar bears would welcome this scenario and keep on piling up their bets against USD. The carry is likely to go in favor of riskier currencies like Emerging market ones, at least until the recession spread out globally.

Japan's central bank last month widened the trading band for the benchmark 10-year government bonds to 0.5% from 0.25%, sending yields across the curve higher.

"As per the latest UDCPR-2020 guidelines issued by the Govt. of Maharashtra, the company has applied to TMC for availing maximum potentiality of the land, and accordingly the company has received amended permission on 5 January 2023 for construction of Tower G," the company said in a release.

Eventually, after slowing speed and applying a break, there comes a U-turn on the policy stance. Surely, dollar bears would welcome this scenario and keep on piling up their bets against USD. The carry is likely to go in favor of riskier currencies like Emerging market ones, at least until the recession spread out globally.

At 10.43 am, the scrip was trading at 6.9% higher at Rs 452 over its previous day’s closing price of Rs 422.5 apiece. However, the stock has plunged about 21% in the last six months, while it has declined about 39% in the last one year.

As the market witnesses volatile movement there are few large cap stocks which are still finding favor with analysts . ET screener powered by Refinitiv’s Stock Report Plus lists down quality stocks with high upside potential over the next 12 months, having an average recommendation rating of “buy” or "strong buy". The screener applies different algorithms for all BSE and NSE stocks. This predefined screener is only available to ET Prime users.

In the Sensex pack, TCS and Infosys were the top laggards, falling about 1.5-2%. Asian Paints, HDFC, Tech Mahindra, HDFC Bank, HCL Tech and IndusInd Bank also opened with cuts. On the other hand Tata Motors, Tata Steel, Power Grid, M&M, Sun Pharma and Bajaj Finserv opened with gains.

While NIFTY continues to remain in a volatile mode, there are select midcaps which are witnessing an improvement in their scores. A engineering company to an auto ancillary company to sanitary ware company are the ones which have seen their rating moving up. ET screener powered by Refinitiv’s Stock Report Plus applies different algorithms & filters to all BSE and NSE stocks, and lists down stocks which fulfill the various criteria as specified into the algorithms & filters.

JPMorgan maintained an underweight rating on TCS post December quarter results with a target price of Rs 3000. Jefferies maintained its hold rating on TCS with a target price of Rs 3500 post December quarter results.

Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) said it continues to see strong demand for its vehicles. "As of December 31, 2022, the total order book increased to 2,15,000 client orders, up around 10,000 orders from September 30, 2022. Demand for the New Range Rover, New Range Rover Sport and Defender remains strong and represents 74% of the order book," it added.

The same is visible in tractors too backed by strong rabi sowing, good kharif procurement, and agriculture exports. Meanwhile, EV and scooter penetration is accelerating in the urban market, however, the space is getting crowded.

Broad market indicator Nifty has formed a bearish engulfing pattern on the monthly chart and the daily chart shows stiff resistance at 18300 to 18400 in the near term. The Nifty IT sector continued to be under selling pressure.

In the Sensex pack, TCS and Infosys were the top laggards, falling about 1.5-2%. Asian Paints, HDFC, Tech Mahindra, HDFC Bank, HCL Tech and IndusInd Bank also opened with cuts. On the other hand Tata Motors, Tata Steel, Power Grid, M&M, Sun Pharma and Bajaj Finserv opened with gains.

The stock is consolidating in the 2850-2300 range since April 2022. Over the past few sessions, the price was moving inside a Symmetrical triangle. A breakout of such a pattern propels the price in a particular direction with a higher momentum and greater public participation. In Monday's session, we have witnessed such a breakout.

Motilal Oswal Research recently came out with its top investment ideas in the largecap space for 2023. According to the report, the brokerage house is betting on 10 largecap stocks that can give double-digit returns. Take a look.

Sebi on Monday came out with a standard operating procedure (SOP) asking stock exchanges to inform about trading disruptions to stakeholders within 15 minutes from such occurance and extending trading time by one-and-a-half hours in certain outage conditions. The move came amid instances of technical snags impacting the overall trading system.

Meanwhile, with the growing preference for a China+1 strategy globally, experts expect the government to extend the tax sops under production-linked incentive (PLI) schemes for new manufacturing companies.

TCS's Q3 revenue growth of 19.1% YoY at Rs 58,229 crore surpassed analyst estimates. Global brokerage firm Jefferies said while TCS delivered healthy growth during the quarter, falling headcount and book-to-bill ratio points to sharp growth moderation in FY24.

In the Sensex pack, TCS and Infosys were the top laggards, falling about 1.5-2%. Asian Paints, HDFC, Tech Mahindra, HDFC Bank, HCL Tech and IndusInd Bank also opened with cuts. On the other hand Tata Motors, Tata Steel, Power Grid, M&M, Sun Pharma and Bajaj Finserv opened with gains.

Sensex falls 150 points, Nifty below 18,100; Tata Motors rallies 4%, TCS drops 2%; YES Bank, Vodafone Idea, Tata Steel, IDBI Bank are some of the top movers in opening trade.

From a retail investor's perspective, it is best to ignore top-down market valuations unless one is buying index funds. For stock pickers, bottom-up valuation of individual stocks is much more relevant to make any investment decision.

ET Now spoke to various experts and here's what they have to recommend for today's trading session. Nooresh Merani has a buy/sell recommendation on L&T and M&M while Kunal Bothra has a buy/sell recommendation on L&T Finance Holdings and RIL for today's trading session. Check out the targets and stoploss.

As anticipated, the markets on Monday opened on a positive note and ended the day with a gain. The index on the energy sector is seen improving its momentum against the broader markets.

On the options front, the weekly maximum Call OI is placed at 18300 and then towards 18200 strikes while the weekly maximum Put OI is placed at 18000 and then towards 17800 strikes.

Tata Steel’ daily trend is bullish. However, RSI for monthly and weekly is indicating a sideways trend. Based on option chain analysis, the range is between 100 and 120. This is a wide range. Let’s plan a trade around this.

The two major factors cited by analysts for not turning bullish on the stock is the lack of clarity from the management on the outlook for deals, and the valuation discomfort.

The company offering allied capital markets services will also release its quarterly results. This is another stock that has generated significant wealth for investors with a 3-year return at 199%.

Core consumer prices in Tokyo, released on Tuesday, rose a faster-than-expected 4.0% in December from a year earlier, underpinning market expectations that the Bank of Japan may phase out its massive stimulus by tweaking its yield curve control policy.