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Sensex Today | Stock Market Live Updates: Nifty remains below 24,400; CG Power shares up 3%

Published on 20/04/2026 02:02 PM

Insecticides India On CNBC-TV18:

Paddy Crop May See Disruption If Rainfall Is Lower, But States Have Enough Groundwater

Cost Of Agriculture Might Rise

Central India’s Dependence  On Rain Is Very High

Dams Are Full Across  The Country Right Now

Raw Material Costs  Higher By Almost 10-12%

There Could Be Further 5% Increase In Input Costs If War Continues

Have Been Able To Pass On The Higher Input Costs To The Customers

The stock is down 3.5% at the moment and has fallen over 5% from its intraday high.

Nifty 50 has slipped below 24,400

Sensex is back at 76,600

Trent, JSW Steel, SBI, Asian Paints and NTPC are the top Nifty gainers, while Jio Financial Services, Hindalco, L&T, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Tata Motors PV are the top losers.

A total of 30 of the 50 stocks are trading with gains.

Manali Petro To Restart Plant-1 Operations After Government Allocates Propylene Supply

Groww Q4

Somil Mehta, Head-Retail Research, Mirae Asset Sharekhan

Buy Delhivery with a stop loss of ₹458 and a target of ₹510Buy Indian Bank with a stop loss of ₹928 and a target of ₹1,000

From The Telegraph:

Contract For Supply Of Six Advanced Submarines To Indian Navy In Advanced Stages

Min Official Says:

‘Negotiations Are On, And The Proposed Deal Is All Set To Be Finalised Soon’

Mazagon Dock & Thyssenkrupp Will Build 6 Advanced Submarines Under P-75i

As Part Of Contract, Thyssenkrupp Will Transfer Submarine’s Design & Tech To India

Alert: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh To Visit Germany From April 21–23

Here are a couple of stock recommendations by Shivangi Sarda, Analyst – Equity Derivatives & Technicals, Broking & Distribution, Motilal Oswal Financial Services:

Buy Federal Bank with a stop loss of ₹290 and a target of ₹307

Buy Power Grid with a stop loss of ₹315 and a target of ₹333

Systematix On CNBC-TV18:

EBITDA Margins Will Likely Compress Across Most Companies

Lupin Is Expected To Be The Strongest Performer, With Approx 60% Earnings Growth

Dr Reddy’s May See Sharp EBITDA Erosion If Semaglutide Does Not Materialise

The stock is currently up 4.6%.

The stock is up for the second consecutive day. It has gained for four out of the last five trading sessions.

It has gained 15.9% this year, so far.

The stock is currently up 13.6%.

It is also the top Nifty Smallcap gainer.

It has gained 28.3% in the past year.

Mastek On CNBC-TV18:

Q4 Saw A Wage Hike  Impact Of 1-1.5% On Margin

EBITDA Margin To Stay  Stable At 16-16.5% In FY27

Reduced EBITDA Margin Guidance From 17% To 16.5% Due To Increased Competition

Effective Adoption Of AI Will Determine Biz Going Forward

North America Biz Underperformed, Have Done Some Restructuring To Aid Turnaround In FY27

Here are a couple of stock recommendations by Nagaraj Shetti, Senior Technical Research Analyst, HDFC Securities:

Buy NLC India with a stop loss of ₹305 and a target of ₹335

Buy KFintech with a stop loss of ₹935 and a target of ₹1,015

Yes Bank shares reported their fourth quarter earnings over the weekend.

However, brokerage Nomura is ‘neutral’ on the stock, while Morgan Stanley and JPMorgan have ‘underweight’ stances on the stock.

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Bajaj Consumer On CNBC-TV18:

Increased Distribution And  Improved Wholesale Network

Have Upped Ad Spends On Bajaj ADHO

Also Worked On Improving P&L  Of The Coconut Oil Portfolio

Covered For Inventory In Q1,  Expect RM Basket To Cool Off

May Need To Take A  Calibrated Price Hike

Will Take Pricing Action In Q1 & Take Steps To Protect The Margin

Will Reach `500 Cr From  Non-Almond Oil Portfolio In 3 Yrs

New Age Channels Account For 30% Of Sales, Will Use To Premiumise

HOCL Says BPCL Has Resumed The Supply Of LPG In Accordance With The Directions Of Govt

Necessary Plant Restart Activities Has Been Initiated & Is In Progress

Here are a few stock recommendations by Sudarshan Sukhani, Proprietor, Technical Trends:

Buy Amber with a stop loss of ₹7,700

Buy Infosys with a stop loss of ₹1,290

Buy Canara Bank with a stop loss of ₹142

Sell ICICI Bank with a stop loss of ₹1,380

Suvankar Sen, Senco Gold On CNBC-TV18:

Saw 25-30% Growth This  Akshaya Tritiya & Poila Boishakh

Volumes Have Declined 12-15% This Year So Far, Due To Higher Prices

A 3% IGST On Dore Charges  Was The Bone Of Contention

We Pay IGST Upfront For Dore

Saw A 2-3% Growth In Footfalls

Have A EBITDA Margin  Guidance Of 7.5-7.8%

Saw Volume Degrowth Of  12-15% In Q4 As Well

Old Gold Exchange Accounts For 40-45%

Will Benefit From Higher Gold Prices Due To Inventory Gains

Have 50-55% Inventory Hedged

 

Asian Paints shares are trading with gains on Monday, on the back of second round of price hikes.

Paint companies are back in focus in view of input cost pressures resurfacing, driven largely by the increase in crude-linked derivates and currency weakness.

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Market off lows, all major indices are now trading in the green. Nifty recovers nearly 200 points from the lows.

Nifty 50 is now above 24,400.

SBI, Trent, ICICI Bank, Asian Paints, JSW Steel top gainers.

A total of 26 of the 50 stocks are trading with gains.

Sterling and Wilson Renewable Energy shares gained 12% after it won new domestic orders worth Rs 3,550 crore.

Its EPC order inflow for FY26 has now exceeded Rs 10,062 crore.

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Here are a few stock recommendations by Mitessh Thakkar, President – Retail Research, Bonanza Portfolio:

Buy APL Apollo Tubes with a stop loss of ₹2,065 and a target of ₹2,190

Buy Cochin Shipyard with a stop loss of ₹1,530 and a target of ₹1,620-1,625

Buy Federal Bank with a stop loss of ₹287 and a target of ₹305

Buy Indian Hotels with a stop loss of ₹646 and a target of ₹685

Hitesh Sethia, Jio Financial On CNBC-TV18: 

Lending Growth Has Been Primarily Around Mortgages, Also Corporate

Expenses Are A Function Of Accounting For Payments Bank As Well This Time

Focused On All Businesses Generating Operating Bottomline

Will Leverage The Balance Sheet, While We Will Invest In Key Businesses

Product Pipeline Is Very Strong For AMC

Aim To Expand The Distribution Channel For The AMC Biz

Low Penetration Offers Long Runway In Insurance Business

Work Is Under Way In Insurance, Will Make Announcements Post Binding Pact With Allianz

Advantage We Have Is Being A ‘AAA’ Rated Company

Our Cost Of Funds At 7% Is Among The Best In The Industry

We Are At The Conservative End Of The Risk Business

Ambarish Kenghe, Angel One On CNBC-TV18:

New Biz To Contribute 8-10% To Operating Profits In The Next Few Years

Saw A 48% Increase In  Orders MoM From Feb To March

Hope Macro Environment Changes For The Better

Don’t See STT Hikes  Impacting Volumes For Us

Futures Form A Small Portion Of Our Vols, Most Vols Come From Options & Cash

Expect To See A Bounceback In  Cash Market Share In April

Nifty is back below 23,300.

The top loser Jio Financial Services is down 3.5%.

Sterling & Wilson bags domestic orders worth around ₹3,550 Crore for development of a 875 MW (AC) grid connected Solar PV Project in Bikaner, Rajasthan.

The company also received an order for a 50 MW AC project in Maharashtra.

Popular Vehicles surges 13% on strong Q4 biz update impact.

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