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Friday, March 14, 2014

PSU Shares - Gold Mine or Black Hole ?

Dear Investors,

The recent rally in BSE and NSE has given a big boost to the most neglected sector - Public Sector Undertakings.  

BSE PSU Index comprises of 59 scrips out of which 24  belong to Nationalized Banks.  Rest 35 shares belong to core business / manufacturing activities.  Many stocks in this sector are under owned by both FIIs and Domestic Institutions, HNIs for the simple reason that these are thoroughly mis-managed.

The Sector is out of investment radar of large investors due to uncertainty. There are several reasons for the downturn in PSU stocks include decline in net profit and the government's move to sell shares of some of these companies via offer for sale, at a discount to prevailing market price.  Any further equity dilution means - more supply depressing the market price.  FPOs by the government has become a nightmare for the Retail investors as they are now trading at deep discount to their issue price.  

For the smart investors this gives a golden opportunity to buy into high quality stocks at attractive valuations.  The top ten identified by our Research Team is given below :

  1. BHEL
  2. BPCL
  3. BEML
  4. Coal India
  5. Engineers India
  6. GAIL
  7. Hindustan Copper
  8. Indian Oil
  9. NMDC
  10. ONGC
Investors should carefully analyze the price movements of these shares besides the Q4 results for 2014 before taking any investment decisions.

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Saturday, December 11, 2010

Top 10 Buys for Dec 13-16, 2010 BSE / NSE Tips

Derivative Analysis

Buy the following and hold for the next week 13-16 Dec for a 8-10% jump

Federal Bank Ltd

2 GAIL India Ltd

3 ACC Ltd

4 Rural Electrification Corp Ltd

5 Bhushan Steel Ltd

6 Kingfisher Airlines Ltd

7 DLF Ltd

8 Rolta India Ltd

9 Wipro Ltd

10 JSW Steel Ltd

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Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Buy GAIL on dips


The company plans to almost double its pipeline network and capacity over the next four-to-five years.

Anand Kalyanaraman

Investors with a high-risk appetite can consider buying the stock of GAIL (India), the country's predominant natural gas transmission and trading player.

At its current price of Rs 472, the stock has gained almost 70 per cent over the past year and discounts its trailing 12 month earnings by around 18 times. Though it trades close to its all-time high, we believe the stock still offers scope for upside, primarily due to the company's strong positioning, good performance and massive expansion plans in the burgeoning Indian gas market, where demand growth outpaces rapid growth in supplies.

The sanguine outlook is reinforced by recent regulatory surprises — on the tariff front and on marketing margins on administered pricing mechanism (APM) gas. Also, good showing and expansion plans in other major segments such as petrochemicals lend confidence about the company's prospects. Contingent positives (success in exploration efforts and removal of subsidy overhang), if they materialise, may further improve returns.

Ramping up

GAIL has lined up massive expansion plans to capitalise on favourable demand-supply dynamics in India. Despite increased supply of gas from domestic sources (mainly Reliance's KG-D6) and augmentation expected from new domestic finds and imported liquefied natural gas, the demand is expected to outstrip supply in the country.

GAIL, being in a position of eminence in the gas trading and transmission market, is in a sweet spot, and is the process of ironing out the infrastructural creases to cater to the market expansion.

The company, which has a current gas transmission network of around 7,200 km and transmission capacity of about 160 million metric standard cubic meter per day (mmscmd), plans to almost double its pipeline network and capacity over the next four-to-five years.

Capex plans worth around Rs. 35,000 crore have been lined up and expansion plans include currently under-served markets of the country including South India. In the near term, GAIL which had laid around 800 km of pipeline in 2010, plans to spend around Rs. 8,000 crore to lay 1,200 kms of pipeline in 2011 and increase transmission capacity to 200 mmscmd by the end of the year.

Expansion plans have also been lined up in other key segments such as petrochemicals and the high-margin city gas distribution. The company is also investing more in its exploration and production efforts (the company has 27 oil and gas blocks, and three coal bed methane blocks).

GAIL's wide range of businesses, including transmission (natural gas and LPG), commodity (petrochemicals, LPG and other liquid hydrocarbons), gas trading and city gas distribution helps de-risk the business model and mitigates cyclical fluctuations in the petrochemicals and other business.

Key Regulatory upsides

Positive developments on the regulatory front in the recent past have given GAIL a shot-in-the-arm.

First among these was the notification of provisional tariffs by the downstream gas regulator, PNGRB. Though the tariff of Rs 25.46/mBtu (applicable retrospectively from November 2008) notified for the existing HVJ-GREP-DVPL pipeline was around 10.6 per cent lower than existing tariff, this was more than offset by the almost 88 per cent increase in the tariff to Rs 53.65/mBtu for the new DVPL/GREP upgradation pipeline. The new pipeline with almost similar capacity as the existing pipeline is likely to be commissioned in the second half of the current fiscal. GAIL stands to benefit significantly from an increase in the blended rate.

Also, GAIL will gain handsomely from the government move allowing it to charge a marketing margin of 11.2 cents/mBtu on APM gas, since around 60 per cent of the gas marketed by GAIL currently is from APM sources.

Healthy Financials

GAIL's financial performance over 2006-2010 has been healthy with the consolidated topline and bottomline growing at an annual rate of close to 16 per cent and 8 per cent respectively. In FY-10, sales grew around 9 per cent to Rs. 27,035 crore, while the bottomline increased 17.7 per cent to Rs. 3,328 crore.

Better growth in profits in the last fiscal was primarily driven by strong showing by the high-margin gas transmission business, and lower subsidy burden compared with the previous year. Overall, consolidated operating margins have been maintained above 20 per cent, while net margins continue to be in the early teens. Return on equity (close to 20 per cent) is healthy.

While natural gas trading continues to occupy the lion's share of revenues (in excess of 60 per cent), gas transmission (the main contributor to profit) increased its share in profits and accounted for more than half of the company's EBIT in 2010. This trend is expected to continue with the gas transmission business expected to grow strongly, going forward. This bodes well for the company's prospects, since the transmission business generates the highest margins.

EBIT margins in gas transmission further improved in FY-10 and touched 71 per cent. With the improvement in blended rate, this is expected to further improve. Also, margins in the gas trading business are also expected to improve significantly, with marketing margins allowed on APM gas.

However, the cyclical petrochemicals business, which accounts for around 30 per cent of EBIT, is expected to see margin pressure over the near term due to significant new capacity additions in many geographies.

In the latest quarter, GAIL registered good performance due to strong showing by most segments and reduced subsidy burden. This more than offset the one-time charge for the retrospective reduction in tariff (from November 2008) notified by PNGRB for the existing HVJ pipeline.

Comfortable cash position (in excess of Rs 4,500 crore), low leverage (around 0.3 debt to equity) and good operating cash flows provide the company enough headroom to fund its capital expansion plans.

Opportunities, risks

Big wins in its exploration and production efforts could integrate the company across the energy value-chain and provide a significant upside trigger for the stock.

This will also mitigate risks if expected gas volumes from other sources do not meet expectations. Lack of success, however, will result in an increase in write-off of exploration expenses and could prove to be a drag.

On the other hand, subsidy overhang continues to be a drag and a major risk factor for the company. GAIL's share (around Rs. 1,320 crore) of the subsidy burden in FY-10 on transport fuels accounted for more than 20 per cent of its operating profits for the year.

The Kirit Parikh committee recommendations on fuel price deregulation include exempting GAIL altogether from the subsidy sharing mechanism. The government move of more than doubling APM gas prices in May sent positive signals on its intent on fuel price deregulation.

However, it remains to be seen whether the powers-that-be will implement the recommendations, especially in the current high inflation environment. Any positive move on this front could provide another positive trigger for the stock. A business-as-usual scenario could depress the stock's prospects, especially in a regime of high crude prices and inflating subsidy bills.

Q1 Resules of 2010

GAIL (India) Ltd has reported a 35 per cent increase in its net profit for the first quarter of the current fiscal, as it transported more natural gas and LPG as well as made more revenues from marketing margins.

The company's net profit for the quarter stood at Rs 887 crore against Rs 656 crore in the corresponding previous quarter. GAIL has registered an increase of 18 per cent in turnover at Rs 7,096 crore (Rs 6,039 crore).


This is despite the heavy subsidy burden which GAIL had to share along with ONGC and Oil India to partially compensate the public sector oil retailers. GAIL has shared Rs 445 crore towards domestic LPG and PDS Kerosene subsidy in the first quarter (Rs 75 crore).

Net Sales

Addressing newspersons after the board meeting, GAIL Chairman and Managing Director, Mr B.C. Tripathi, said: “The net sales from natural gas trading during the first quarter increased by 17 per cent to Rs 5,452 crore and revenue from natural gas transmission business rose by 22 per cent to Rs 897 crore.”

“During the quarter GAIL's revenue from LPG transmission increased by 8 per cent to Rs 114 crore and the net sales from LPG and liquid hydrocarbons business increased by 14 per cent to Rs 781 crore,” he said.

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Sunday, July 4, 2010

Gail Buy on declines for a target of 525

GAIL reported impressive year-on-year topline growth of 9.09 per cent to Rs 27,035.30 in FY10, largely driven by transmission revenues. Natural gas transmission revenues aided by KG basin grew a healthy 27.63 per cent, while LPG transmission revenues grew 17.58 per cent during the fiscal.

The year saw 28 per cent y-o-y growth in gas transmission to 106.74 MMSCMD. Fourth quarter alone saw a gas transmission increase by 115 mmscmd. Net sales in Q4 FY10 grew in line with estimates to Rs 6,522.12 crore, marking 6.42 per cent y-o-y growth.

Operating profit for the year grew 23.97 per cent and operating margins surged 242 basis points. The growth at PBIT level for transmission of natural gas was 40.12 per cent and for LPG at 25.79 per cent. Fourth quarter marked operating profit growth of 37.52 per cent (Increase of Rs 359.26 crore). Further upside was restricted in the backdrop of transmission tariff being less at Rs .72/scm compared to last year’s Rs 0.88 /scm.

Net profit growth (y-o-y basis) for the full year ended March 2010 was robust at 18 per cent with consolidated profit at Rs 3,292.29 crore compared to Rs 2,790.05 in FY09. Profit margin also showed improvement of 89 bps. Consolidated fourth quarter net at Rs 9,10.82 crore grew a healthy 44.57 per cent from Rs 630.02 crore in Q4FY09.

Petrochem business has shown good growth and is about 11.5 per cent contributor to overall revenues. Other revenue contributors for Gail like LPG and liquid hydrocarbons segments (contributing 10.48 per cent to total revenues) have shown de-growth of 4.5 per cent over FY09.

While the city gas distribution grew good 23.72 per cent and holds promise, it is still a small business segment (2.64 per cent contribution in overall revenues). Thus, going ahead, transmission services still hold the key to overall revenues and the growth registered is encouraging. However, transmission tariffs have to be watched carefully for margin expansions.

The crude prices have again started spiraling and likely to go up from present $72 per barrels. “Given our crude price assumption of $80/bbl for FY11E-12E, we model for GAIL’s subsidy payout to be higher by 15 per cent – 30 per cent over FY10,&" states an Ambit Capital report.

The stock moved up 1.7 per cent to Rs 440 levels today and trades at 16 times FY10 earnings.

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Sunday, April 19, 2009

TA - GAIL

GAIL (Rs 254.9): The long-term trend in GAIL continues to be up since the stock is still poised above its long-term trend-line. Moreover, it has retraced only half of the gains it recorded between 2000 and 2008. The market decline of 2008 halted around Rs 200 and after moving in a range between Rs 200 and Rs 220 between November 2008 and March 2009, the stock is currently in a medium-term up-trend.

This up-trend will face resistance in the band between Rs 290 and Rs 300. A reversal from this zone will take the stock lower to Rs 210. Long-term investors can hold the stock as long as it trades above Rs 200.

Conversely a rally past Rs 300 would imply that the stock can progress towards the previous peak at Rs 370.

Source : Businessline 19-04-09

Our Recommendation :

Our Research Team Views :

Day High Low Rs.263-249

Monthly High Low Rs.220-285

6M H/L Rs. 185-285

This share has risen sharply more than 50% in the last 6 months. The following

are the ideal ranges for buying and selling :


Buying Range : Rs.200-210

Selling Range : Rs. 270-280


Wait for the price to the buying range on correction in the stock markets.


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Returns expected : 100% plus


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Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Gail Sell

GAIL India Reco price: Rs 260 Current market price: Rs 268 Target price: Rs 255 Upside: NA Brokerage: Religare Hichens, Harrison GAIL India’s management indicated that at least two-thirds of the KG-basin gas would flow through its network--the brokerage anticipates gas flow of over 80 per cent. However, GAIL is seeking clarity on marketing margins for KG gas. GAIL currently has 7,000 km (150 mmscm) of pipeline capacity and is adding another 5,500 km (150 mmscm) in two phases by FY12. The company has charted out a capex of around Rs 20,000 crore during the 11th five-year plan, of which, close to 80 per cent is expected to be incurred towards the pipeline business. GAIL does not expect its transmission tariff to reduce, even if PNGRB (the regulator) imposes a ROCE-based rate. It expects gas transmission volumes to be revised downwards for FY10 and also raised petrochemical price assumption from Rs 42 to Rs 55 per kg and a shift in rupee depreciation assumption from Rs 46 to a dollar to Rs 48.5. Driven by change in estimates and altered WACC assumptions, the target price is revised upwards from Rs 216. Maintain ‘hold’. Smart Investor BS 13-04-09

Sunday, February 15, 2009

Market Wrap for week ending

It was a good week for the Indian market that showed resilience and held its own amidst its global peers. On the domestic front, good IIP numbers and lower inflation figures kept the market in a positive frame. While the market goes into next week with a positive bias, experts are not convinced there is more steam left for the market to go up. This week's good figures are: Sensex up 3.5% and Nifty up 3.7%. BSE Midcap index up 4.5%, BSE Smallcap index up 3.5% over the week. BSE Realty index up 13%, BSE Consumer Goods index up 7.7%, BSE Auto index up 6.5%, BSE Bankex index up 5.5%, BSE Metal index up 3.5% and BSE Oil & Gas index up 3%.  

Positive global cues saw the Indian market close higher today. There was some profit booking in last hour of trade. Experts felt the market did not have any major expectations from the interim rail budget and thus almost ignored the event today. They added that the market could see a sell off on Monday due to the vote on account and interim budget. Sensex shut shop at 9634, up 168 points and Nifty at 2948, up 55 points from the previous close. CNX Midcap index was up 1.65% and BSE Smallcap index was up 0.62%. The market breadth was positive with advances at 771 against declines of 417 on the NSE. Top Nifty gainers included Mahindra & Mahindra, Idea and Reliance Communications while losers included Sun Pharma, GAIL and ABB. 

One can expect a global rally in the next two months, feels Amitabh Chakraborty of Religare Securities, on CNBC TV18. The market could see a selloff on Monday on account of the interim budget, he says. But Nifty could possibly go to 3500 till the elections, he adds. 

The market may see a sell off on Monday if there are negative surprises in the interim budget, says Gaurang Shah of Geojit Financials, on NDTV Profit. It would be a good time to book profits across the board, he adds.  

The acid test for the market is likely to be 3100, feels E Mathew, technical analyst, on CNBC TV18. It is to be seen if Nifty can convincingly cross that level or peter out, he says. If Nifty can cross 3100 then levels of 3482 and 3500 is what one can expect, he adds. 

Hold Reliance Communications with a target price of Rs 200 where one can book profits and exit the stock, says Ashwani Gujral, technical analyst, on CNBC Awaaz. The stock has support at Rs 160 and is currently trading at Rs 181, up 5.3% on the BSE.  

Hold Sesa Goa with a target price of Rs 120 in 2 months, says Salil Sharma of Kapoor & Sharma Company, on CNBC Awaaz. The stock is currently trading at Rs 95, up 2.08% on the BSE.  

Hold Bharti Airtel with a target price of Rs 750 where one can book profits and exit the stock, says Ashwani Gujral, technical analyst, on CNBC Awaaz. The stock is currently trading at Rs 652, up 0.26% on the BSE. 

Hold Dish TV with a target price of Rs 30-32 where one can book profits and exit the stock, says E Mathew, technical analyst, on CNBC TV18. The stock is currently trading at Rs 27, up 16% on the BSE. 

Hold Idea Cellular with a target price of Rs 58 where one can book profits and exit the stock, says Ashwani Gujral, technical analyst, on CNBC Awaaz. The stock has support at Rs 33 and is currently trading at Rs 51, up 5.2% on the BSE.  

Hold Idea Cellular with a target price of Rs 56-60 where one can book profits and exit the stock, says VK Sharma of Anagram Stock Broking, on Zee Business. The stock is currently trading at Rs 51, up 5.2% on the BSE.

 If Nifty is able to sustain above 2950 then it could see an upmove to 3050, says Atul Badkar of Edelweiss, on CNBC TV18. It would be good to book profits at higher levels, he adds.  

It was a good day for the market that closed higher thanks to positive global cues. Sensex closed at 9617, up 151 points (provisional) and Nifty at 2948, up 55 points (provisional) from the previous close. CNX Midcap index was up 1.4% and BSE Smallcap index was up 0.82%. The market breadth was positive with advances at 771 against declines of 417 on the NSE.  

Hold all Nifty long positions with a target of 3050-3075 and stop loss of 2840, says E Mathew, technical analyst, on CNBC TV18, as closing market strategy. 

Book 50% profits on long positions and hold the rest with Nifty target of 3050, says Anil Maghnani, on CNBC TV18, as closing market strategy.

Hold Nifty long positions, says Deepak Mohoni, technical analyst, on CNBC TV18, as closing market strategy.

It is worthwhile to wait and watch which way the market is likely to go, says Sudarshan Sukhani, technical analyst, on CNBC-TV18. If Nifty is able to cross 2940 then it could rally another 100 points, he says. So stay long, he adds. 

If Nifty closes above 2930 then it could go up to 2960 which is a strong resistance level, says MB Singh, technical analyst, on Zee Business. If Nifty is able to cross 2960 then it would mark a short-term uptrend and Nifty could even rally another 150 points, he adds.  

Crnindia.com maintains a buy call on GMR Infrastructure with a target of Rs 88 and stop loss of Rs 73, reports CNBC Awaaz. The stock is currently trading at Rs 79, up 2.57% on the 

SMC Global Securities maintains a buy call on Alstom Projects with a target of Rs 340 and stop loss of Rs 268, reports CNBC Awaaz. The stock is currently trading at Rs 287, up 0.90% on the BSE. 

HEM Securities maintains a sell call on Ranbaxy with a target of Rs 192 and stop loss of Rs 222, reports CNBC Awaaz. The stock is currently trading at Rs 211, down 0.59% on the BSE.  

Sharekhan maintains a buy call on Bajaj Auto with a target of Rs 640, reports Zee Business. The stock is currently trading at Rs 484, up 1.25% on the BSE.  » Send to friends

Crnindia.com maintains a buy call on Ambuja Cements with a target of Rs 79 and stop loss of Rs 70, reports CNBC Awaaz. The stock is currently trading at Rs 73, down 0.20% on the BSE. 

Tata Steel continues to be in a range of Rs 165-Rs 220 and one can trade accordingly on the lower and upper side, says Ashwani Gujral, technical analyst, on CNBC TV18. The stock is currently trading at Rs 195, up 5.23% on the BSE. 

Buy Kalpataru Power and Lupin for the long term for good returns, says Jigar Shah of KIM ENG Securities, on CNBC TV18. Kalpataru Power is currently trading at Rs 277, up 4.4% and Lupin at Rs 638, up 0.23% on the BSE. 

Hold Nifty long with a stop loss of 2880, says Ashwani Gujral, technical analyst, on CNBC TV18. Nifty range is 2940-2960 and the market does not seem to have much fuel left to go up, he says. The market does not have much upside now, he adds.  

The European markets have opened in the positive. Positive global cues see the Indian market continue to trade firm. Sensex is trading at 9666, up 200 points and Nifty is at 2954, up 61 points from the previous close. CNX Midcap index is up 1.7% and BSE Smallcap index is up 1.11%. The market breadth is positive with advances at 868 against declines of 285 on the NSE. 

Buy Sterlite Technologies with a price target of Rs 120 in 12 months, says Jigar Shah of KIM ENG Securities, on CNBC TV18. The stock is currently trading at Rs 65, up 2.42% on the BSE.  

Angel Broking maintains a buy call on Petronet LNG with a target of Rs 80, reports Zee Business. The stock is currently trading at Rs 37, up 0.02% on the BSE.  

HEM Securities maintains a buy call on Titan Industries with a target of Rs 879 and stop loss of Rs 820, reports CNBC Awaaz. The stock is currently trading at Rs 857, up 0.42% on the BSE.

The economy is likely to see a significant slowdown in the second half of this year, says Tushar Poddar of Goldman Sachs, on CNBC TV18. Do not expect the IIP numbers to bounce back in January-March, he says. Exports may go down by 20%, he adds.  

Buy ABB close to Rs 435-420 with long-term view, says PK Agarwal of Bonanza Portfolio, on Zee Business. It has resistance at Rs 480, he adds. It will give good returns, he says. The stock is currently trading at Rs 448, down 1.6% on the BSE. 

Investors should stay away from Educomp Solutions, says Deepak Mohoni, technical analyst, on CNBC Awaaz. There is downside volatility in the stock and overnight risk is too much, he adds. The stock is currently trading at Rs 2051.50, up 4.9% on the BSE. 


Buy MRPL with target of Rs 46, says Ashwani Gujral, technical analyst, on CNBC Awaaz. Keep stop loss of Rs 37, he adds. The stock is currently trading at Rs 40.90, up 0.4% on the BSE.  

Hold Power Grid with stop loss of Rs 80, says PK Agarwal of Bonanza Portfolio, on Zee Business. It can go up to Rs 140, he adds. The stock is currently trading at Rs 93.70, up 3.1% on the BSE.  

I am negative on IT space, says Vibhav Kapur of IL&FS Investmart on CNBC TV18. Indications are that IT spending will be cut and there is a lot of pricing pressure, he adds.

Hold IDFC with stop loss of Rs 50, says PK Agarwal of Bonanza Portfolio, on Zee Business. It will give good returns in the long run, he adds. The stock is currently trading at Rs 58.75, up 3.1% on the BSE. 

Stay away from SKumars Nationwide, says Sudarshan Sukhani, technical analyst, on CNBC TV18. The stock is currently trading at Rs 20.90, up 2.2% on the BSE

Hold IDBI Bank which is for quite some time trading in the range of Rs 50-60, says PK Agarwal of Bonanza Portfolio, on Zee Business. Keep stop loss of Rs 50, he adds. The stock is currently trading at Rs 56.10, up 1.5% on the BSE.  

Go long on Hero Honda with target of Rs 970, says Devangshu Dutta, market expert, on CNBC TV18. Keep stop loss of Rs 890, he adds. The stock is currently trading at Rs 926.95, up 1.2% on the BSE. 

Hold Nagarjuna Construction with stop loss of Rs 45, says PK Agarwal of Bonanza Portfolio, on Zee Business. It has resistance at Rs 55, he adds. The stock is currently trading at Rs 52.75, up 0.9% on the BSE.  

Both investors and traders should sell Kernex Microsystems on rally, says Anil Singhvi, market expert, on CNBC Awaaz. The stock is currently trading at Rs 94.30, up 10% on the BSE. 

Go long on Power Grid with target of Rs 105, says Ashwani Gujral, technical analyst, on CNBC TV18. Keep stop loss of Rs 85, he adds. The stock is currently trading at Rs 93.95, up 3.4% on the BSE.  

An hour into opening, the market continues to hold on to its morning gains with rail stocks buzzing ahead of the rail budget announcement. Sensex is trading at 9631, up 165 points from its previous close, and Nifty is at 2944, up 50 points. CNX Midcap index is up 1.3% and BSE Smallcap index is up 1.5%. The market breadth is strongly positive with advances at 832 against declines of 219 on the NSE.  

Hold BHEL, says Ashish Kapur of Invest Shoppe, on CNBC Awaaz. New investors can buy on dips, he adds. It is a fundamentally strong stock, he adds. The stock is currently trading at Rs 1454, up 3% on the BSE. 

Buy TCS at Rs 490 with stop loss of Rs 475, says Ramesh Arora, technical analyst, on Zee Business. It has resistance at Rs 530, he adds. The stock is currently trading at Rs 514.55, up 1.1% on the BSE. 

Buy BEML when it is available 5 to 7% down from its current levels, says Ashish Kapur of Invest Shoppe on CNBC Awaaz. The company's valuations are good, he adds. The stock is currently trading at Rs 411.80, up 4.3% on the BSE.  

Hold Texmaco which is fundamentally strong, says Ashish Kapur of Invest Shoppe, on CNBC Awaaz. New investors can buy on dips, he adds. It will give returns of 30-40% from the current levels. The stock is currently trading at Rs 62, up 7.1% on the BSE.  

Hold JP Associates with stop loss of Rs 61, says Ramesh Arora, technical analyst, on Zee Business. It has resistance at Rs 90-95, he adds. The stock is currently trading at Rs 75.60, up 3.5% on the BSE. 

Buy Aban Offshore at Rs 443 with target of Rs 461, says Simi Bhaumik, technical analyst, on Zee Business. Keep stop loss of Rs 434, she adds. The stock is currently trading at Rs 456.80, up 3% on the BSE. 

Buy Reliance Industries at Rs 1325 with target of Rs 1425, says Ramesh Arora, technical analyst, on Zee Business. Keep stop loss of Rs 1290, he adds. The stock is currently trading at Rs 1380, up 2.1% on the BSE.  

Sell Gail at Rs 214 with target of Rs 210, says Simi Bhaumik, technical analyst, on Zee Business. Keep stop loss of Rs 219, she adds. The stock is currently trading at Rs 216.75, up 1% on the BSE  

The market opens on a positive note with most of the heavyweights in the green. Sensex is trading at 9599, up 133 points from its previous close, and Nifty is at 2935, up 42 points. CNX Midcap index is up 0.9% and BSE Smallcap index is up 0.6%. 

Market may have flat to positive opening and may remain volatile as it is still moving within a narrow range, says Ashwani Gujral, technical analyst, on CNBC TV18. He sees support at 2830-2860 and resistance at 2960-2980. Markets are moving in a very narrow range and this range may break in either direction, he adds. He advises traders to go long on dips for intra-day gains as long as Nifty is trading above 2800.  

2800 Put buyers have been squaring up their positions, says Siddharth Bhamre of Angel Broking, on CNBC TV18. This is not the right time to go short or form longs, he adds. He advises investors to wait for 3000 level for creating shorts in the market. He finds RIL and ONGC weak.  

I think we can see some technical rebound in Asian markets today but however most of the markets have no clear direction, says Patrick Shum of Karl-Thomson Securities on CNBC TV18. I think the investors are waiting for further news from US side and also from Chinese Government, so I guess in the near-term most markets will continue to move within a range, he adds. 

We are positive on the market and may see a higher base after the recent consolidation, says Deven Choksey of KR Choksey, on CNBC TV18. The Nifty can gain 100-150 points if it manages to cross 2950, he adds. He expects continued focus on capex in the Rail Budget today and additional stimulus measures in the Interim Budget next week.