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Fresh Investments by Mutual Funds, SAIL Q1 Results, and Top Buzzing Stocks Today

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Indian share markets ended higher yesterday.

At the closing bell yesterday, the BSE Sensex stood higher by 288 points. Meanwhile, the NSE Nifty stood higher by 82 points.

IndusInd Bank and Bajaj Finance were among the top gainers. Titan, on the other hand, was among the top losers.

The BSE Mid Cap index ended up by 0.9%. The BSE Small Cap index ended up by 1.4%.

Barring realty stocks, all sectoral indices ended on a positive note with stocks in the healthcare sector and banking sector witnessing maximum buying interest.

Gold prices were trading up by 0.7% at Rs 52,048 at the time of closing stock market hours yesterday.

Gold and silver prices rose yesterday ahead of US Federal Reserve's policy meet. Rising Covid-19 cases also helped the demand for bullion counters.

Even with the recent volatility in prices, gold and silver remain among the best performing commodities this year to combat the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic. Earlier, gold had hit a record high of Rs 56,191 in Indian markets amid a global rally.

So, is it time to book profits in gold and silver?

In our latest episode of Investor Hour Podcast, Jim Rogers joins Rahul Goel to talk about gold and more...

In the podcast, he tells that he was buying gold and silver and would buy even more. He believes you can get rich with investments in gold and silver.

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Top Stocks in Focus Today

JB Chemicals will be among the top buzzing stocks today. JB Chemicals reported a 92.6% year-on-year (YoY) jump in its consolidated net profit at Rs 1,194.2 million for the quarter ended June 2020 against Rs 620 million profit in the year-ago period.

Revenue came in at Rs 5,222.8 million, up 17% against Rs 4,461.1 million in the corresponding quarter of the previous fiscal. Total income rose 18.7% YoY at Rs 5,449.7 million. EBITDA rose by 61.9% YoY and stood at Rs 1,554.1 million in Q1FY21.

Tata Motors share price will be in focus today as the company has ramped up monthly production to 16,000-18,000 cars for the coming months. It was reported that Tata Motors has initiated the process of selling stakes in units Tata Technologies and Tata Hitachi Construction Machinery Co. as part of its ambitious plan to turn debt-free in three years. The intent is to monetise non-core assets and the exercise has begun with these two companies.

Fresh Buying and Selling in Mutual Funds

In news from the mutual funds space, as per an article in a leading financial daily, mutual funds made fresh buying in eight stocks and exited four counters.

As per the article, the eight stocks that funds invested in include ADF Foods, Associated Alcohols & Breweries, Fairchem Organics, Fiem Industries, Kovai Medical Center & Hospital, MSTC, Technocraft Industries and Mindspace Business Parks REIT.

On the other hand, the four stocks they exited are Macpower CNC Machines, NDR Auto Components, Novartis India and RSWM.

Among Nifty 50 stocks, maximum buying was seen in Axis Bank and Coal India whereas selling was seen in Adani Ports and Asian Paints.

Speaking of mutual funds, note that last week on Friday, the markets regulator issued guidelines for 'multi-cap' equity mutual fund schemes.

The circular mandates multi-cap equity schemes to allocate 25% each to largecaps, midcaps, and smallcaps. The remaining 25% is up to the fund manager.

The regulator also issued a clarification on Sunday, suggesting that based on the preference of unit holders, mutual funds could consider rebalancing.

They also have an option to facilitate a switch for unitholders to other schemes. They could also merge the multicap fund with a largecap fund or convert it to large cum midcap fund.

Assuming every fund rebalances, Friday's circular is expected to trigger a move of around Rs 280 billion from largecaps to smallcaps.

Richa Agarwal, lead smallcap analyst at Equitymaster, believes this move would be net positive for select smallcap stocks.

The BSE smallcap index gained over 4% yesterday. This was the highest ever single day move in last five years.

As per Richa, there could be a speculative rally across smallcaps as we saw yesterday.

Here's what she wrote about it in yesterday's edition of the Profit Hunter:

• It would be myopic and imprudent to bet on any smallcap in the hope of a regulation driven rally.
  
  That said, you must invest in smallcaps selectively with long-term horizon in mind.
  
  Here's why...

• You see, despite the rally in smallcaps since March, there is still a huge valuation gap between smallcaps and Sensex.
  
  The ratio of smallcaps to Sensex stands at 0.37 now, as compared to long-term average of 0.44 times.
  
  This means certain smallcaps will witness a significant rebound, irrespective of regulations.

Richa believes this could be a once in a decade opportunity to get rich from select smallcaps.

SAIL Posts Net Loss of Rs 12.3 Billion in Q1

SAIL posted a consolidated net loss of Rs 12.3 billion for the first quarter ended June 30, mainly on account of reduced income. The company had posted Rs 1 billion net profit in the year-ago quarter.

During the quarter under review, the company said its net profit declined to Rs 93.5 billion from Rs 150 billion in the April-June period of the preceding fiscal.

Its total income stood at Rs 113.3 billion as against Rs 148.9 billion a year ago.

The company said the pandemic outbreak and measures to contain it have caused significant disturbance and slowdown of economic activities. Consequently, the company's manufacturing operations had to be scaled down during the said quarter.

Though the operations resumed in the later part of the quarter with limited availability of workforce and disrupted supply chain, the restrictions imposed adversely impacted the sales volume and realization.

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