Sensex, Nifty hold gains, in afternoon session

The Sensex and Nifty hit a new record and reached respectively at 33,800 and 10,450 levels in afternoon trade on Monday. The Sensex fell in early trade on profit booking in metal, O&G, banking, and PSU stocks after a recent rally.

Indices opened on lower note and hit fresh intraday low in morning hours trade tracking mixed cues from other Asian stocks. After some range-bound trading in early afternoon trade, fresh buying pushed the Sensex & Nifty to record high levels in afternoon trade.

Except Nifty Bank and Nifty Private Bank indices, all other sectoral indices were in the green, with Nifty Auto index as the top gainer.   Shares of SAIL India, Titan watch co, PNB, ICICI Bank, Oil & Natural Gas Corporation and Tata Motors were the most traded stocks on the NSE. 

Tata Motors, M&M, O&G, Bharti Infratel, Maruti Suzuki, Hindalco , UltraTech Cement , Wipro and Cipla were among the top gainers in the Nifty50 index, whereas HPCL, BCPL, IndusInd Bank, Zee Entr., Sun Pharma, Axis Bank, YES Bank and Tech Mahindra were among the top losers. 

What to expect in the Market Week Ahead

Key benchmark indices recorded stellar gains and hit fresh record highs in the week ended 3 Nov 2017, in effect World Bank report heightened India by a whopping 30 notches at 100 in the World Bank's Ease of Doing Business rankings.

Going ahead, financial results of the Indian companies will continue to be the key factor to dictate market next week. As of result announcement, Century Textile, GIPCO, Gujarat Gas, HUDCO, L&T Infotech, Parag Milk are set to announce their results on Monday 6th Nov 2017.

Cipla Ltd, Alembic Pharma, BHEL, Liberty Shoes are some of the companies that announce their results on Tuesday, 7 Nov 2017. Tata Motors and Aurobindo Pharma, SAIL and Bajaj Electrical will announce their results on Thursday, 9 Nov 2017. Mahindra & Mahindra, Nestle and SBI will announce Q2 results on Friday, 10 Nov 2017 and Coal India and L&T will unveil Q2 results on Saturday, 11 Nov 2017.

On share sale issue, the IPO of footwear maker, Khadim India remains open for bidding from 2 Nov 2017 to Monday, 6 Nov 2017, while the IPO of HDFC Standard Life Insurance Company will remain open for bidding from Tuesday, 7 Nov 2017 to Thursday, 9 Nov 2017.

Meanwhile, the Goods & Services Tax (GST) Council chaired by finance minister Arun Jaitley along with finance ministers of all states will reportedly attend the meeting in Guwahati on Thursday and Friday, 9 & 10 Nov 2017 to consider further changing the liberal quarterly tax filing scheme for Small & Medium Enterprises (SMEs).

Tata Commn betting big on Internet of Things, to spend USD 100 mln in 2-3 yrs

Tata Communications Ltd is set to invest about USD 100 mln in the Internet of Things (IoT), a digital space the company is betting big on in coming years. The company has already rolled out its dedicated Internet-of-Things network in 38 cities across the country, together with a platform to manage the services that supports very low power consumption, said the Sr. V.P & Head, Tata Communications, Mr. VS Shridhar.

The company will also expand its LoRa network in India by 2018, Shridhar said. LoRa network is a low power wide area network, a powerful tool for mapping smart city applications and urban planning at a low bit rate.

Tata Communications focus on the enterprise biz, mostly in the B2B domain, and will be leveraging on first-mover advantage in building high networks and synchronizing with robust platforms with global leaders, it added.

Stocks of Tata Communications Limited were up 1.22% to Rs 689.00 on closing hours on NSE on Friday.