News for Vesuvius India Limited (VESUVIUS.BO)

Laxmi Goldorna House, Hybrid Financial Services, Creative Eye, Vesuvius India and Reliance Power, hit their fresh 52-week highs at 11:23AM.

The Nifty Auto index was trading 0.17 per cent up at 23818.0.

The Nifty Bank index was trading 0.38 per cent down at 56622.85.

According to market experts, global headwinds continue to weigh on the domestic market, with persistent volatility causing uncertainty among retail investors, who generally have a lower risk appetite.

At the closing bell, the 30-share Sensex tumbled 856.65 points, or 1.14 per cent, to close at 74,454.41. The index fluctuated between 74,907.04 and 74,387.44 during the intra-day trading session.

Top Nifty 50 gainers: Dr Reddy’s, Mahindra & Mahindra, Eicher Motors, Nestle India, Tata Consumer; IT stocks lagged.

The Nifty Bank index was trading 0.4 per cent up at 49623.45.

Ultratech Cement, Trent, UCO Bank, KPIT Technologies, Poonawalla Fincorp, Tata Chemicals, and PNB Housing Finance would announce their Q4 earnings later today.

SEBI asks fund houses to ignore the least 20% illiquid stocks while assessing liquidity. The idea is to let microcaps- the tiniest of the smallcaps- to grow unfettered as they could turn into tomorrow’s multibaggers. In the first such attmept, Moneycontrol identifies these 20% stocks.

More than 500 companies across all sectors will be revealing their third quarter financial results next week.

The easing of US bond yields and crude oil prices contributed to the recovery in the market last month. Bond yields eased following encouraging inflation data in the US, which strengthened the view that the interest rate hike cycle is closer to the peak.

Shares of food and beverages major Nestle India Ltd will turn ex-dividend on November 1. The Indian subsidiary of the world's largest food and beverage company has announced an interim dividend of Rs 140 per share. This is the third time Nestle India has declared dividend and second time interim dividend this year. Earlier, the stock traded ex dividend for a final dividend of Rs 75 per share on April 21, 2023. On the same trading day, the stock traded ex-dividend for an interim dividend of Rs 27 per share.

Kerala's ESAF Small Finance Bank, incorporated in 1992, mainly focusing on providing loans to rural and semi-urban customers, providing financial solutions.

Power Mech share price: The stock surged 4.22 per cent to hit a day high of Rs 3,728 over its previous close of Rs 3,577.05. At today's high price of Rs 3,728, the scrip was down 26.36 per cent from its 52-week high of Rs 5,062.25, hit on July 31 this year.

Mamaearth-parent Honansa Consumer is selling its shares in the price band of Rs 308-324 apiece with a lot size of 46 equity shares and its multiples thereafter.

GAIL (India) Ltd reported a 56% rise in standalone profit for the quarter ended September 2023 on Tuesday. Net profit rose to Rs 2405 crore in Q2 against profit of Rs 1537.07 crore in the September 2022 quarter. However, GAIL's total revenue fell 17.32% to Rs 31,822.62 crore in Q2 against Rs 38490.89 crore in the corresponding period of the preceding fiscal.

Cello World is offering its shares in the price band of Rs 617-648 per share with a lot size of 23 shares and its multiples thereafter.

Between midcap and smallcap funds, the latter has seen the highest inflows in 2023 to the tune of Rs 26,305 crore. On the contrary, largecap funds have seen net outflows of Rs 3,607 crore in the same period.

Till the index firmly withholds the pivotal support of 19,500, there is no sign of caution in the market. While on the higher end, 19,800-20,000 holds stiff resistance and a decisive move beyond which could trigger the next leg of rally