Ballarpur Industries, JK Paper, West Coast Paper, Star Paper Mills and International Paper APPM were up in the range of 5% to 7%.
IndusInd Bank slipped 5% to Rs 1,376, its lowest level since May 22, 2017, falling 32% from its record high level of Rs 2,038 touched on August 3, 2018.
The marketmen latched on to the narrative that India did not prosper due to the misdeeds of the past government, but going ahead we should get back on track with the proposed reforms
The stock gained 6.5% to Rs 2,559 after the company reported a good operational performance in September quarter, on account of lower R&D, higher other income, financial income, and lower tax.
The stock surged 14% to Rs 1,433 on the BSE in early morning trade on Monday, after reported a healthy 92% Y-o-Y jumped in net profit at Rs 3.98 billion in September quarter.
Nifty outlook and few trading ideas by Vaishali Parekh, research analyst - technical research at Prabhudas Lilladher:
'The rupee is now at a level where it should be in terms of purchasing power and inflation differential versus the US'
ING Bank NV has lowered its year-end forecast for rupee to 76.50 -- the most bearish in a Bloomberg survey -- citing political uncertainty ahead of state elections in December
For the short term, gold or gold ETFs would be good options
High crude oil prices, interest rate hikes, dearer rupee, and elevated commodity prices to weigh on India Inc's profits
Traders rolled over their positions to November in PSBs with rollovers of 90% in Allahabad Bank, Bank of Baroda, Oriental Bank and Canara Bank ahead of their earnings
Among IT stocks, Zensar Technologies (9.7 percentage points), HCL Technologies (1.8 percentage points) and L&T Infotech (1.6 percentage points) saw their holding rise the most in percentage terms
For Q2, DRL's net profit at Rs 5.04 billion, up 77 per cent year-on-year
Heightened competition across customer segments, especially from Jio could translate into steepest industry ARPU fall in three years
Govt has already appointed ICICI Securities as the advisor for the fourth tranche of CPSE ETF
Govt was planning to list Bharat-22 ETF in the overseas market but decided not to go ahead with it as investors expressed apprehensions over the cost associated with hedging and currency conversion
In the coming week, the direction of flow of foreign funds will assume significance as there have been massive outflows in October
The latest outflow is higher than Rs 210 bn worth of net withdrawals seen in entire September
Besides, a depreciating rupee, that made imports costlier also added to the uptrend in the gold prices
The Nifty on Friday closed at 10,030