April Futures

• Nifty open interest up 1 percent adds 1.7 lakh shares in open interest.
• Bank Nifty open interest unchanged.
• Nifty futures premium at 70.4 points, closed trading at 11,742.3.
• Bank Nifty futures premium at 201 points Vs 165.56, closed trading at 30,314.8.

Options

• Nifty PCR at 1.47 versus 1.38 (across all series).

Nifty Weekly Expiry (April 11)

• Max open interest at 11,800 Call (18.3 lakh shares), 11,600 Put (18 lakh shares) and 11,500 Put (15.5 lakh shares).
• Open interest addition seen at 11,850 Call strike, adds 6.4 lakh shares in open interest.
• Open interest addition seen at 11,600 Put, adds 5.3 lakh shares.
• Open interest shedding seen at 11,700 Call strike, sheds 8 lakh shares in open interest.

Nifty Monthly Expiry (April 25)

• Max open interest at 12000 Call (28.7 lakh shares) and 11,000 Put (27.2 lakh shares).
• Open interest addition seen for put strikes 11,600 and 11,500.

Stocks In F&O Ban

In Ban:

• Adani Power
• DLF
• IDBI
• Jet Airways
• PC Jeweller
• Reliance Power
• Wockhardt

Jefferies on ICICI Prudential

• Maintained ‘Underperform’ with a price target of Rs 285.
• Growth highly cyclical, but loss of HNI customer base more worrying.
• VNB growth to be tepid & margin is peaking out.
• Upside triggers missing, near-term outlook weak.

JMFinancial on Blue Star

• Initiated ‘Hold’ with a price target of Rs 700.
• Well placed to further increase its market share, but will be an uphill task.
• Domestic investments to rise amidst rising duties and depreciating rupee.
• Rising domestic investments and depreciating rupee may restrict margin expansion.

Motilal Oswal on Aditya Birla Fashion

• Initiated ‘Buy’ with a price target of Rs 260.
• Healthy portfolio mix to help sustain growth.
• Revamped Pantaloons set to drive earnings.
• Healthy balance sheet, growing cash flow.
• Expect overall Revenue and Ebitda to grow at a compounded annual growth rate of 14 percent and 23 percent over FY19-21.

• Bajaj Healthcare record date for bonus issue at 1:1.
• HT Media record date for demerger.

Stocks Moving Into Short-Term ASM Framework:

• Indo Count Industries
• Religare Enterprises
• Dilip Buildcon
• Arvind Fashions
• Arshiya
• Ganesha Ecosphere
• MT Educare
• Bharat Road Network
• Bharat Road Network
• JBF Industries
• Matrimony.Com
• Lakshmi Vilas Bank

Stocks Moving Into ASM Framework:

• Cantabil Retail India
• Dhampure Speciality Sugars
• Mishtann Foods
• Reliance Communications
• Vikas Proppant & Granite

• Max Financial Services promoter group Max Ventures Investment Holdings created pledge of 23.3 lakh shares on April 4.
• Ashok Leyland promoter Hinduja Automotive created pledge of 3.9 crore shares on April 8.
• Adani Enterprises promoter group Gautam Adani revoked pledge of 23.2 lakh shares on April 5.
• Emami promoter groups released pledge of 12.77 lakh shares on April 5.
• Bajaj Consumer Care promoter Bajaj Resources created pledge of 35.6 lakh shares on April 5.
• Adani Transmission promote group Gautam Adani released pledge of 31.48 lakh shares on April 5.
• Max India promoter group Max Ventures Investment Holdings created a pledge of 12 lakh shares on April 4.

(As reported on April 9)

• Zee Media: IFCI sold 32.4 lakh shares (0.69 percent) at Rs. 15.23 each.

PRICOL

• AKG Finvest acquired 9.7 lakh shares (1.03 percent) at Rs.34.5 each.
• Ashmore India Opportunities Fund sold 10.9 lakh shares (1.15 percent) at Rs 34.5 each.

MEP Infra Developers

• Monarch Infra Ventures acquired 12.5 lakh shares (0.69 percent) at Rs. 40.15 each.
• Premjayanti Enterprise acquired 13.5 lakh shares (0.74 percent) at Rs. 40.15 each.
• GMO Emerging Illiquid Mauritius Fund sold 51.8 lakh shares (2.82 percent) at Rs.40.15 each.