India Stock Market Highlights Today: ICICI Bank followed by ONGC, HDFC, L&T, SBI, HDFC Bank, IndusInd Bank and Bajaj Finance were among the top gainers on Sensex today. On the other hand, Tech Mahindra, Infosys, HCL Tech, TCS, Nestle India and Maruti were in the red

Stocks to watch today on November 10: RIL, Inox Leisure, Prestige Estates, TCS, Oil India, JK Cement among others are the top stocks to watch out for in Tuesday's trading session

Sintex Industries stock was stuck in the lower circuit of 5% since early trade

Stocks to watch today on October 1: RIL, Dr Reddy, Lupin, PNB, HDFC among others are the top stocks to watch out for in Thursday's trading session

If you have to take a crack at intraday and F&Os, then start small. Focus on a maximum of one to two stocks during a session in the beginning, but stay away from penny stocks while looking for deals and low prices

Stocks in the news: Dr Reddy's Laboratories, RIL, Airtel, Vodafone, UCO Bank, Balmer Lawrie, DHFL India, Andhra Bank among others are the top stocks to watch out for Tuesday's trading session

NHDC, a joint venture between NHPC and MP government, has been profitable since inception

Share Market Update:  Indian Benchmark indices extended gains in the afternoon session to close on the positive side, backed up by gains in Bank, Realty, Auto and Financial Services. However, India Vix index, that subjects volatility in the market, was up at 27, ahead of counting of Lok Sabha Election 2019 to be done on May 23.

Market breadth was positive with 1,513 stocks closing higher against 1224 falling on the BSE. 157 stocks remained unchanged. Infosys (1.87 percent), Bajaj Auto (1.07percent), and Mahindra and Mahindra 1.05 percent pushed the Sensex higher.

If you would have invested Rs 1 lakh in Indiabulls Ventures on August 22, 2016, it would have become Rs 7 lakh last week, and would have give a return of 600 per cent.

Finance Ministry on Thursday exuded confidence that currency and stock markets will stabilise in the next few days and decisive action against terrorism will spur growth.

The private equity industry finds itself trapped in mid-sized companies with no hope of exits in the near future.

The company had last week reported a consolidated net profit of Rs 68.66 crore for the quarter ended June 2015, up 12 per cent against Rs 61.06 crore in the corresponding period in FY15.

The company, which is engaged in the business of textiles and plastics, reported a consolidated net profit of Rs 197.78 crore against Rs 161.17 crore in the corresponding quarter a year ago.

The S&P BSE Sensex and the NSE Nifty index on the National Stock Exchange declined 0.44 per cent and 0.49 per cent to 26,599.11 and 8,057.30, respectively.

Alpha stocks are ones that give better-than-expected returns, which are calculated on the basis of the stock's sensitivity to the benchmark.

The company's scrip ended 19.70 per cent higher from its previous close, at Rs 86.90. Intra-day, the stock jumped 19.97 per cent to Rs 87.10.

If a promoter is investing, it shows that he is confident about the company's prospects and believes that investing in it is better than putting money elsewhere.

Companies with large business interests in Europe may continue to face pressure. Should the situation improve if leaders of the Eurozone reach an agreement on bailing out the stressed countries, the investors may gain.

For a select few, the key to predicting stock price movements lies in reading horoscopes. Business Today met three such clairvoyants to find out if they can tell which way stock markets will move and how stocks will perform by reading the stars, cards, birth charts and so on.