The FINRA-registered US broker-dealer, via its affiliate VF Securities, has announced two additional pre-built Vests in partnership with Xumit Capital and Ethical Advisors, which will enable the retailers to invest in the same

The aggressive policy tightening has also triggered worries of an economic downturn, with JPMorgan, Citigroup and BlackRock among those that believe a recession is likely in 2023.

Earlier in April, HDFC Ltd decided to merge with its banking subsidiary HDFC Bank. Touted as the biggest transaction in India's corporate history, HDFC Bank on April 4 agreed to take over the biggest domestic mortgage lender in a deal valued at about $40 billion, creating a financial services titan.

After opening on a marginally positive note, benchmark equity indices slipped into weakness in the early-mid part of the session. It later shifted into a gradual upside recovery with range-bound action in the later half on Monday. The S&P BSE Sensex ended 34 points lower at 62,835, while its broader peer Nifty 50 ended at 18,700 level.“The minor downward correction in Nifty is about complete and the market is set to show upside bounce from the lows in the short term. We expect 18,550-18,600 levels to be a support for the market to show upside bounce from the lows,” Nagaraj Shetti, Technical Research Analyst at HDFC Securities said.Here are 6 stock recommendations for Tuesday:

The benchmark index Sensex closed a bit lower — about 34 points — to end at 62,834 on Monday. During the trade, 18 stocks from the BSE Financial Services index managed to touch new 52-week highs. To filter the list further, we considered only stocks with a market cap of over Rs 20,000 crore, and from that 7 stocks made the cut.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.

“We’re seeing consolidation on the expected lines, which is healthy after the recent surge. We expect the resumption of the trend soon, meanwhile focus on sectors that are attracting buying interest on every dip and select the stocks accordingly,” Ajit Mishra, VP - Research at Religare Broking, said.

It was alleged that the utilisation of funds as shown by the company in the quarterly results under the erstwhile listing agreement for the three quarters ended September 30, 2008, December 31, 2008 have been misstated.

Although Adani's group was looking to take another 26% stake in NDTV, the open offer attracted bids for just 5.3 million shares, translating to an 8.3% interest in the company

The new company, to be headquartered in Mumbai, has over 6.7 million customers being served at over 3,600 branches across the country, barring Nagaland, by its 57,000 employees of which 6,000 were added after the merger announcement.

The settlement came after Labdhi Enterprises and Parekh filed a joint settlement application to settle the pending proceedings "without admitting or denying the findings".

Through its affiliate Sequoia Capital India Investments IV, the venture capital firm sold 20,00,000 shares

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 94.1 points, or 0.27%, at the open to 34335.73

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The index has to hold above 18,600 zone for an up move towards 18,881-19,000 zone, whereas supports are placed at 18,550 and 18,442 zones, said Chandan Taparia of Motilal Oswal.

Easing inflation expectations both in India and abroad, indications of slower rate hikes in the US and worries over a global economic slowdown are likely to ensure a smaller interest rate increase by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) this week, bankers and economists expect. As against three successive hikes of 50 basis points, the RBI is expected to raise rates by 25-35bps.

It was a listless session for domestic equities on Monday as investors cashed in on the recent gains, awaiting Gujarat assembly elections exit polls and RBI’s monetary policy action.RBI’s three-day meet began on Monday, and the outcome will be announced on Wednesday. Exit polls of the Gujarat assembly elections will be released around 5 pm Monday.Nifty 50 ended flat at 18,701, and Sensex ended 0.1% down at 62,834 points.Following are the stocks that were in the limelight:

Indian shares closed largely flat on Monday as upbeat November services activity data helped reverse earlier losses in the final minutes of a volatile session. The S&P BSE Sensex closed 0.05% lower at 62,834.60. The NSE Nifty 50 index settled 0.03% higher at 18,701.05. Both the indexes fell as much as 0.6% earlier in the session.

In the Sensex pack, Reliance, Tech Mahindra, UltraTech Cement, Dr Reddys Lab, Axis Bank, Bharti Airtel and Bajaj Finserv were among the top losers

Gross margin was impressive at 21.7%, upheld by private label share and store expansion was on track with 614 stores in H1FY23. It had a ‘buy’ rating on the counter but its target price of Rs 750 has already been hit by the company.

The stock was trading around Rs 408 per share on NSE in Monday’s trade. Since listing, it has given an astonishing return of 444%. So far in the calendar year, it has surged nearly over 58%.

Exports may be dented further due to the global slowdown but, the rupee is likely to appreciate with the expectation on a moderating pace of rate cuts by US Fed and softening of crude oil prices.

China relaxing COVID-19 curbs following protests against the country's strict "zero-COVID" policy as well as easing worries about interest rate hikes had helped shares log gains for a seventh straight week on Friday.

"Today's market showed little direction as U.S. jobs data did not become a market-moving catalyst. But investors had a fresh view on heavyweight technology stocks, which underpinned the Nikkei," said Shoichi Arisawa, general manager of the investment research department at IwaiCosmo Securities.

The demand by retail sector for leasing space has also witnessed a surge. According to the report, Retail demand is up by 166% Y-o-Y led by categories of fashion & apparel brands, supermarkets, and homeware stores.

"The China reopening trade maintained its strong momentum in the beginning of this week. The positive headlines continued to fuel risk sentiment in China," said Ken Cheung, Chief Asian FX Strategist at Mizuho Bank.

NDTV's latest shareholding pattern at the end of the September quarter shows that promoters Prannoy Roy and Radhika Roy own 15.94% and 16.32% of the company. RRPR owns a 29.18% stake in NDTV.

At 12.59 pm, the stock was trading 3% higher at Rs 2,875 over its previous day’s closing price of Rs 2,792. The scrip has risen nearly 32% in the last month while it has surged about 54% in the last six months.

In 2022 so far, the Nifty50 has gained about 8 per cent. However, 25 stocks from the 50-share pack are underperforming the index, with 16 stocks trading negatively. From the Nifty pack, 6 stocks have fallen double digits -- between 10-40 per cent in 2022, most of which is dominated by IT stocks. These 6 stocks need to rally up to 75% to retest their 52-week highs.Interestingly, 5 out of 6 stocks look strong on SWOT analysis. Take a look at the key strengths of these stocks, according to Trendlyne.com.

Lower commodity prices would, however, partially offset the negative effects of the recession on the economy. Every country is feeling the effects of Russian President Vladimir Putin's unprovoked attack on Ukraine, from the United States to Europe, the Middle East to South Asia.

In that process, bad performers are removed, and new ones are added to reflect the trend of the market. It has been noticed that the number of stocks that can maintain its solid performance over the long-term is limited; thus, investment in midcaps carries a high level of risk.

Domestic equity markets have been on a roll recently as the benchmark index hit record high before a sharp profit-booking. However, market experts believe that this is a hiatus before another leg of rally and traders can make money from stock specific actions. Based on the recommendations from the analysts here are seven stocks, that may rally sharply in the near term:

"We are concerned about the potential directives from CCI to the currently approved bidder asking to divest a few plants for meeting market share norms. It may impact the Puducherry plant and its employees," the letter states.

Adani Group have led the gainers as 5 out of 7 listed companies from the Gautam Adani led conglomerate are included in this list as their cumulative mcap has jumped by Rs 5.51 lakh crore.

The brokerage likes Tata Motors given the cyclical recovery and improving franchise in India, leadership in the electric vehicle (EV) space, and JLR's focus on returning to higher margin Land Rover models.

The sugar firm posted a consolidated net loss of Rs 162.37 crore in Q2FY23 against a loss of Rs 113.01 crore in Q2 FY22. However, its revenue dropped about two per cent to Rs 1,323.40 crore in the same quarter.

In the Nifty 500 pack, five stocks crossed their previous 5-year high value at the close on December 2, suggesting bullishness in counters, according to stockedge.com's technical scan data. Take a look:

The brokerage lifted China to overweight from an equal-weight position it had held since January 2021. It raised its end-2023 targets for the MSCI China Index to 70 from 59 and for the Hang Seng Index to 21,200 from 18,200.

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In the BSE list of stocks, five stocks with a market cap of over Rs 2,000 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 December 2, 2022. Take a look:

​​The stock also bounced back above the multi-year bearish trendline, which is a bullish sign. The stock rose more than 5% in a week and 13% in the last 3 months.

The market doesn’t see the terminal rate going above 5%. In India there are signals that this is a market trending higher, in spite of the high valuations, said V K Vijayakumar, Chief Investment Strategist at Geojit Financial Services.

The Indian market has opened on a weak note today. We have collated stocks from various experts for traders who have a short-term trading horizon

Despite reporting dismal quarterly numbers for the September quarter and seeing earnings downgrades, Tata Motors stock remains a “strong buy” for atleast 17 of the 29 analysts tracking the company, according to Trendlyne.

The market doesn’t see the terminal rate going above 5%. In India there are signals that this is a market trending higher, in spite of the high valuations, said V K Vijayakumar, Chief Investment Strategist at Geojit Financial Services.

Morgan Stanley maintained an overweight rating on ICICI Bank with a target price of Rs 1250. The global investment bank sees further room to improve market share in higher-margin segments.

Domestic brokerage firm Axis Securities is positive on a few smallcap stocks, which can rally up to 44% in the coming months. It believes the worst of the FIIs outflow is now behind as the strong earnings growth and economic recovery will play out for the remaining months of FY23. Axis Securities believes that the Indian economy stands in a sweet spot of growth and remains the land of stability against the backdrop of a volatile global economy. It also believes that the current setup is a ‘Buy on Dips’ market. Here are top smallcap stocks recommendation from Axis Securities:

Having scaled new lifetime peaks and now eyeing Mt 19K, Nifty is by no means cheap. The 12-month trailing PE for Nifty stood at 23.4x, 17% higher than its long term average. India's market capitalisation-to-GDP ratio now stands at 110% (of FY23E GDP), above its long-term average of 81%.

Sensex drops over 100 points; Nifty below 18,700; TVS Motor, Zomato slip up to 2%; PB Fintech up 3%.

Bharat Electronics is in the sideways range for some time however in the last trading session, it closed around 1.9% positive. Based on option chain analysis, the range is between 100 and 110 and we are around the middle end of this range. Let’s plan a trade around this.

A meeting of the board of directors of the Dhanlaxmi Bank is scheduled today to consider/ approve the raising of funds by way of issuance of Non-Convertible Debentures (NCD5) in the form of Basel III compliant Tier 2 Bonds aggregating to Rs 300 crores.