These stocks are likely to be in focus on October 25

On Friday, the benchmark indices faded the early gains and ended in negative territory for the fourth straight session. mostly dragged by IT and healthcare names.

At close, the Sensex was down 101.88 points or 0.17% at 60,821.62 level, and the Nifty was down 63.20 points or 0.35% at the 18,114.90 level.

On the sectoral front, except for realty, all the other indices ended in the red. BSE Realty Index outperformed the markets by rising 2.45% on an intraday basis. Brigade Enterprises, Prestige Estates Projects, Godrej Properties and Oberoi Realty were the top-performing stocks within the index.

The broader market indices, BSE Smallcap index and BSE Midcap index, underperformed the benchmark indices by declining 1.09% and 1.18% each.

Watch out for these stocks for in the Monday trading session: 

Kajaria Ceramics - The Board of Directors of the company have approved investments up to Rs 5 crore by way of opening office(s) and/or a wholly-owned subsidiary company of the company in UAE. The proposed wholly-owned subsidiary company may be incorporated in UAE., to market the tiles/sanitaryware/faucet/plywood/laminates in UAE, and/or may also in other international markets. The stock traded 1.23% down in Friday’s trading session and is likely to be in focus on Monday.

PVR - The company announced the quarterly results for the quarter ended September 30, 2021. For the quarter ended September 30, 2021, consolidated Revenue, EBITDA and PAT stood at Rs. 275.2 crore, Rs 86.7 crore and Rs (153.3) crore respectively as compared to Rs 110.6 crore, Rs (14) crore and Rs (184.1) crore for the corresponding quarter last year. During the quarter as the screens re-opened, the company continued with its strategy for keeping operating costs low and maintaining adequate liquidity. The company launched 13 new screens during the year.

52-week high stocks – On Friday, the stocks of HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, SBI and Kotak Mahindra Bank in the Sensex pack outperformed the index and made fresh 52-week highs. These stocks are likely to be on the watchlist for Monday’s trading session.