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Live: Sensex, Nifty Fluctuate; Graphite India Gains 9%
Current Market Update
Buzzing Stock: Graphite India
- Gains as much as 8.9% to Rs 207.5
- Biggest single-day gain since September 2019
- Trades at the highest level in two months
- Has gained in five out of the last seven trading sessions
- Up 16% in the last seven trading sessions
- Today's volumes are five times higher than its 20-day average
- Sustaining above its 100-Day Moving Average for the fifth straight session
- Nearing overbought territory with Relative Strength Index (RSI) at 69
- Has doubled from its 52-week low of Rs 103 on March 25, 2020
- One out of the three analysts tracking the stock has a buy recommendation; 1 sell call
- The stock is trading near its 12-month consensus price target of Rs 209
Third Day Of Gains For The PSU Bank Index
Markets At Noon
- Benchmark indices give up gains to trade flat
- Nifty up 0.1% at 11,478
- Sensex up 0.2% at 38,866
- Nifty Bank up 1% at 23,058
- Nifty Midcap index up 0.55%
- Nifty Smallcap index up 0.5%
- India Volatility Index down 0.7% to 19.1
- Nifty PSU Bank remains the top sectoral gainer; up 1%
- Nifty Realty is the top sectoral laggard; down 1.3%
- Nifty Metal (down 0.8%) and Nifty FMCG (down 0.6%) are the other sectoral laggards
- IndusInd Bank remains the top Nifty gainer; up 2.3%
- Shree Cement is the top sectoral laggard; down 2.2%
- 781 stocks on the NSE trade with gains while 967 decline
Stock Reaction: Future Retail
The company informed the exchanges that it has made the payment of interest amounting of $14 million on its U.S. Dollar notes.
It was in a 30-day grace period for making the payment of interest that was originally due on July 22.
Bloomberg News had earlier reported that the company was in talks with a consortium of lenders led by State Bank of India to arrange cash for making the payment.
Failure to make the payment would have amounted to a default for the company.
Shares gained as much as 9.5% to Rs 125, snapping a two-day losing streak.
Buzzing Stock: Timken India
- Second best performing stock on the Nifty Smallcap index
- Gains as much as 10.4% to Rs 1,154
- Biggest single-day gain in five months
- Trades at all-time high
- Up for the third straight day
- Was consolidating around its 50-Day Moving Average of 991 before breaking out on Monday
- Has risen 16% in the last two sessions
- Today's volumes are more than 20 times higher than its 20-day average
- Stock trades in overbought territory with Relative Strength Index (RSI) at 72
- Has nearly doubled from its 52-week low of Rs 639 on March 24, 2020
- Seven out of the eight analysts tracking the stock have a buy recommendation; 1 sell call
- The stock trades 11.3% higher than its 12-month consensus price target of Rs 1,000, implying a negative return potential