Bandhan Bank gets regulator’s Nod For Rs 2500 Cr IPO

Bandhan Bank Limited, an Indian banking & financial services company headquartered in Kolkata, on Monday filed the draft red herring prospects  (DRHP) with  market regular Sebi, for its proposed IPO of up to 119,280,494 equity shares of face value of Rs 10/- each.

As per the DRHP, the Bandhan Bank's IPO comprises a fresh issue of up to 97,663,910 equity shares and offer for sale  (OFS) of up to 14,050,780 shares by International Finance Corpn (IFC) and up to 7,565,804 shares by IFC FIG Investment Company, the Bank said in a statement.

The equity shares are expected to be listed on the NSE and the BSE. The IPO is considered to be the biggest banking sector offer till date.

Kotak Mahindra Capital Co Ltd, JM Financial Institutional Securities Ltd, Goldman Sachs(India) Securities Pvt Ltd, Axis Capital Ltd and JP Morgan(India) Pvt Ltd are the book-running lead managers to the public Offer.

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Sensex snaps Four-day drop on value buying

The key benchmark indices Sensex, Nifty settled with small gains on first trading session of the week after seeing volatility in intraday trade. The Sensex rose 36.78 points to end at 32,869.72 on value-buying in IT, teck, metal and healthcare stocks. The Nifty of National Stock Exchange inched up 5.95 points, or 0.06%, to 10,127.75 points

A highly volatile trading was seen all through the session ahead of RBI's monetary policy review and Gujarat elections later this week. The RBI is scheduled to announce the fifth bi-monthly policy of the current fiscal on Dec 6.

After a strong pick up at 32,968.02, the benchmark index Sensex reclaimed the 33,000-level to hit a high of 33,008.62 points, but profit- booking at high levels capped the gains and it finally settled at 32,869.72, up 36.78 points, or 0.11%.

The gauge had tanked 891.50 points in the proceeding four sessions as upbeat Q2 GDP numbers failed to dispel concerns over a widening fiscal deficit.

Bharat-22 ETF to raise Rs 8000 Cr.

The government will start the 'Bharat 22' ETF (Exchange Traded Fund), managed by ICICI Prudential MF, to garner about Rs 8000 cr. As per statement, the new fund offer will open for anchor investors on Nov 14 2017, whereas subscription for retail investors will launch from Nov 15 and continue till Nov 17.

Bharat-22 ETF consists of 22 scrips of public sector units, banks and companies in which the govt holds a minority stake.  It is a good opportunity for investors to play a part in some of the best entities with high future growth potential.

The state-owned companies or PSUs that are part of the new ETF are IOCL, ONGC, BPCL, SBI, Coal India Ltd and Nalco.  The other Central PSUs on the list are Bharat Electronics, Engineers India, NTPC, NBCC, SJVNL, NHPC, PGCIL, GAIL India and NLC India.

The govt is expected to fetch an initial amount of Rs. 8,000 cr from the Bharat-22 ETF. ICICI Prudential MF has already filed docs for the new ETF with markets regulator Sebi.

NSE to auction investment limits for Rs 9,000-cr corporate bonds on Nov 7

Leading bourse National Stock Exchange (NSE) will auction investment limits for overseas investors for the purchase of corporate bonds worth over Rs 9000 crore on Tuesday, Nov 7, 2017.

The auction quota gives overseas investors the right to invest in debt up to the specific limit.  Till Friday, total investment in the corporate debt segment crossed Rs 2,08,804 cr, 95.86% of the total permitted threshold of Rs 2,17,822 crore. As a result, the NSE will conduct an auction for the allocation of unutilized debt limits to the tune of Rs 9,018 cr on Nov 7. 

In an auction conducted in October, investment limits for corporate bonds had attracted bids worth 11,875 cr from FPIs as against 10,502 cr put on offer.

Quarterly results to dictate market trend this week

The continuing quarterly results season, together with global markets cues and direction of foreign funds are expected to keep the tone for the key Indian equity indices through this week.

The major companies announcing their July-Sept 2017 quarterly results include, Hindustan Zinc Ltd. and Indiabulls Housing Finance will declare their financial results today, 23 October 2017.

Infosys Ltd, Asian Paints, Ambuja Cements, ICICI Prudential, HDFC Bank, Zee Entertainment Enterprises and ABB India Ltd will announce July-Sept 2017 quarterly results on Tuesday, 24 October 2017.

Kotak Mahindra Bank, Hindustan Unilever, Glaxo smithkline Pharmaceuticals, HCL Technologies, Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services, RBL Bank and Tata Communications will announce their results on Wednesday 25 October 2017, while Yes Bank will announce their earning result on Thursday, 26 October 2017, whereas ITC, IOC, ICICI Bank, and Maruti Suzuki India will announce July-Sep 2017 quarterly results on Friday, 27 October 2017.

Top stocks in focus on 17 October 2017

Stock markets have opened lower on Tuesday with a negative bias. The domestic currency also opened lower versus the US dollar. Shares of Asian Paints, TCS, Bharti Airtel, and Axis Bank rose in the morning hours, whereas Tata Motors, Mahindra & Mahindra and Dr Reddy’s Labs fell.

Here is a list of a few major stocks that are likely to be in focus today:- Axis Bank is likely to report muted earnings for Sept quarter because of a rise in provisions. This is in spite of an expected moderation fresh corporate slippages and stellar digit loan growth.

Bajaj Auto - The two-wheeler major is to report mixed set of numbers on Tuesday for the quarter ended Sept 30, 2017. There are expectations that revival in demand from rural markets due to normal monsoons and early festive season will help the industry to post positive growth in Q2FY18.

Wipro Ltd - The Company is set to declare their Sept 2017 quarter results today, 17 October 2017 today.

General Insurance Corp IPO fully subscribed on strong QIB demand

The Rs 11,370 crore mega initial public offer of General Insurance Corpn of India (GIC Re) got fully subscribed on Day third day of the bidding process on Friday under strong demand from qualified institutional buyers (QIB).

The issue received bids for 12,61,97,408 shares, which were 1.01 times the issue size of 12,47,00,000 shares on offer after lunch hours. The quota for QIB was subscribed 1.79 times, retail 32%, while non-institutional investor witnessed 5% subscription.

The company’s gross premium has grown at CAGR of 24.84% in FY15-17. On consolidated basis, the company’s gross premium has grown at a CAGR of 48.65% FY1517.

General Insurance Corpn of India’s IPO is India’s third biggest after Coal India Ltd’s Rs 15,200 crore and Reliance Power Ltd’s Rs 11,700 crore issues in 2008.

NSE withdraws advance collection of service charges from October

National Stock Exchange (NSE) has decided to stop advance collection of service charges, including transaction fee related to cash market, equity derivatives and currency derivatives segments, from this month.

Moreover, the NSE would not collect in advance annual charges for applications related to connectivity and co-location. The step is effective for all new requests from October 2017, as per NSE circular.

The exchange shall raise appropriate bills on the member at the end of each month for services consumed during that month. However, it said interest-free security deposits and one time charges, if any, applicable, wherever, would be collected in advance.

Kalyan Jewellers lines up Rs. 135.00 crore investment in Uttar Pradesh

Kerala-based Kalyan Jewellers has lined up investment of about Rs 135 crore to expand its track in the market in Uttar Pradesh. The Indian jewellery store chain, Kalyan Jewellers, which already run a company owned retail store in Noida, on today, 4th October 2017, announced to launch its 116th outlet in Lucknow.

As stated by the Executive Director of Kalyan Jewellers, Mr. Ramesh Kalyanaraman, the company have invested close to Rs 75.00  crore in the Lucknow market and by the end of this financial year, its third UP store would materialize in Kanpur. “Uttar Pradesh was a big market and contributed almost 10% to the country’s jewellery segment, which is still dominated by the local unorganized players. Before entering this market, proper diligence and market research had conducted to explore flourishing prospects in the business. We found that our brand provided the perfect proposition to the state customers taking into account of the product, design and value”, Kalyanaraman added.

The company has also under planning to launch new stores in other cities of the North, including Bhopal and Indore. The company claims a dedicated customer base of almost 1.5 million with 70% repeat buyers.

Kalyanaraman informed over the past few weeks, the domestic jewellery segment had registered an unpick in demand and the players were optimistic that the momentum would further pick up in the months ahead.

RMCL Share View for positional Trading by Expert ( 29 Sep 2017 )

Research Head (MONEY MAKER RESEARCH & INVESTMENT ADVISOR PVT LTD) is having a view that one can go long in RMCL.

“RMCL is the stock which I would suggest to buy above 39.50; this can see upside to levels closer to Rs 41 - 42 zones, keep stop loss below Rs 37”

Stock has been gaining for the last 4 days and has risen 34.64% in the period & it outperformed Sector by 9.02%.

RMCL was closed 9.06 percent up today at Rs 37.90 at NSE.