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On Tuesday, share markets in India opened on a positive note and ended the day in green after an optimistic day of trading.

The BSE Sensex closed higher by 131 points to end the day at 35,981. While the broader NSE Nifty ended up by 30 points to end at 10,802.

Among BSE sectoral indices, telecom stocks rose the most by 1.3%, followed by banking stocks and healthcare stocks.

Top Stocks in Action Today

Tata Elxsi share price will be in focus today as the company has reported a rise of 5.1% in its net profit at Rs 660 million for the quarter under review as compared to Rs 627.7 million for the same quarter in the previous year.

Total income of the company increased by 14.8% at Rs 4043 million for Q3FY19 as compared Rs 3523.5 million for the corresponding quarter previous year.

Tata Motors share price will be in focus today as the company's wholly owned subsidiary - Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has reported 16.2% rise in its sales in India at 4,596 units in 2018. The company had sold 3,954 units in 2017.

To know more about the company, you can access to Tata Motors Q2FY19 result analysis and Tata Motors stock analysis on our website.

Cadila Healthcare share price will also be in focus today as the drug company has received the final approval from the United States Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) to market Aripiprazole Tablets USP (US RLD - Abilify) in the strengths of 2 mg, 5 mg, 10 mg, 15 mg, 20 mg, and 30 mg.

Aripiprazole is an antipsychotic drug, used to treat mental/mood disorders such as bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, Tourette's disorder, and irritability associated with autistic disorder.

Market participants will also track JSW steel share price.

JSW Steel has reported crude steel production of 4.23 million tons (MT) in Q3FY19, registering a growth of 3% over corresponding period of previous year.

Oil Prices Rise

Oil prices rose slightly on Tuesday, supported by hopes that talks in Beijing between US and Chinese officials might defuse a trade dispute between the world's two biggest economies, while OPEC-led supply cuts also tightened markets.

Reportedly, there is also concern that a worldwide economic slowdown will dent fuel consumption, resulting in a reduction of bullish positions the hedge fund industry holds in crude futures.

Looking at oil supplies, 2019 crude prices have been supported by supply cuts from a group of producers around the Middle East-dominated Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) as well as non-OPEC member Russia.

Crude oil prices, however, are on a decline over the last few weeks over concerns of a supply glut.

OPEC oil supply fell by 460,000 barrels per day (bpd) between November and December, to 32.7 million bpd, as top exporter Saudi Arabia made an early start to a supply-limiting accord, while Iran and Libya posted involuntary declines.

It would be interesting to see how this pans out. Meanwhile, we will keep you updated on all the developments from this space.

From the IPO Space...

In the latest developments from the IPO space, Prince Pipes and Fittings Ltd, a maker of PVC pipes for plumbing, irrigation and sewage works, has received approval for its revised initial public offering (IPO) proposal.

Markets regulator issued final observations to Prince Pipes' revised proposal on 28 December 2018.

Originally, the company had filed its draft red herring prospectus (DRHP) in September 2017. In October 2018, the company filed a revised DRHP to cut its offer size.

Under the revised offering, the company's IPO size is estimated at Rs 6 billion as compared with the original plan to raise Rs 7 billion.

Prince Pipes is among the leading makers and distributors of polymer pipes and fittings in India. It sells its products under two brand names-Prince Piping Systems and Trubore Piping Systems.

In 2018, the markets regulator approved 71 IPO proposals as compared to 46 in 2017.

Speaking of IPO's, according to an article in The Economic Times, Indian stock exchanges ranked second globally in terms of IPOs, raising US$ 5.52 billion from 161 offerings till November this year. The US ranked first, raising US$ 60 billion from 261 IPOs.

Here's an excerpt from the article:

• According to the report, the drop in IPOs could be attributed to reasons such as significant corrections in the stock markets in mid-cap and small-cap stocks.
  
  Further, the amount of volatility has increased due to uncertainties around global growth compounded by the ongoing US-China trade wars.
  
  In addition, there are a number of macroeconomic factors which are contributing uncertainties such as liquidity crises among non-bank lenders in India triggered by defaults done by a leading infrastructure finance company IL&FS and currency volatility (depreciation of the rupee), the report added.

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