Divya Arora, assistant manager, Karvy Stock Broking told that today selling pressure was seen in the stock markets. There was fear in the market that China might raise the rates of interest that resulted in selling pressure in the Indian market whilst the genuine news of rate increase came after market hour. IT stocks are touching new lows day-after-day. There was some profit booking in the fertilizer stocks.
Housing Development Infrastructure Limited has informed the exchange about its plans to buy Kilburn Engg's Bhandup Unit. During afternoon trading, Housing Development and Infrastructure, HDIL is hovering near Rs 510. During the day, it touched an intraday high of Rs 530 and an intraday low of Rs 479.10. The stock ended the day at 490 on NSE with a net loss of Rs 30.
In early trading, Bharat Heavy Electricals, BHEL touched the level of Rs 1,622, up Rs 11.55, or 0.72%. The stock price had gone up to Rs 1,632.50. As the market slipped into the red, BHEL had an intraday low of Rs 1,570. The stock was strong, but due to overall weak sentiment in the market, BHEL ended the day at 1590 (down by Rs 19.10).
The company has pocketed order worth of Rs 6500 cr from Damodar Valley Corporation.
Motilal Oswal is coming up with a Public Issue to raise Rs 246 crore by selling its 29,82,710 shares with face value of Rs 5 each through 100% book building process. The price band of the IPO is Rs 725-825 per share. The issue will close on Thursday.