Top stocks to watch today— Wipro, Future Retail, RIL, Divi’s Lab, SBI Life Insurance, Hindalco, Rossari Biotech and more

• At 7:45 am, the SGX Nifty was down 1% at 8.56 points pointing towards a lower start for Nifty50.
• Here’s a list of stocks to watch for in trade today.
• Check out the latest news and updates on Business Insider.

Indian stock-market indices are likely to open in green on Friday, on the back of positive cues from the global markets. At 7:45 am, the SGX Nifty was down 1% at 8.56 points pointing towards a lower start for Nifty50.

US stocks finished higher on Thursday, buoyed by strong gains in tech shares. Nasdaq ended at a record high. Asian markets too have opened on a positive note.

These are the stocks to watch out for during the trading session today:

Future Retail and RIL

According to reports, the board of Future Enterprises is likely to discuss the proposal to merge other listed group entities, such as Future Lifestyle, Future Retail, and Future Supply Chain Solutions, with itself on Saturday. After completing the process, Ambani’s owned Reliance Industries will be investing ₹8,500 crore in the merged entity by way of additional capital, said the report.

The shares of RIL ended nearly 2% lower, whereas Future Retail was up 4% yesterday.

Divi’s Lab and SBI Life Insurance

SBI Life Insurance and Divi’s Lab will enter benchmark index Nifty50 on September 25, the stock-exchange said on Thursday. It will replace Zee Entertainment and Bharti Infratel on the index.

The shares of Divi’s Lab ended nearly a percent higher, whereas SBI life Insurance tanked nearly 2% yesterday.

Wipro

Wipro has set up a blockchain-based gas trading platform for Uniper Global Commodities SE. The platform is built in collaboration with Uniper Global utilises a consortium model for all ssLNG market participants to help transform the trading market space, which will result in significant market efficiencies and cost savings for traders.

The shares of Wipro closed nearly 2% lower yesterday.

Indian Overseas Bank

The Indian Overseas Bank posted a net profit of ₹121 crore for the first quarter ended June 30, mainly due to fall in bad loans. Total income of the bank during April-June 2020-21 rose to ₹5,233.63 crore from ₹5,006.48 crore in the same period of the previous fiscal, mainly due to an increase in treasury income, it said.

The shares of IOB closed nearly 5% higher yesterday.

Premier Explosives

Premier Explosives won an order from Israel Aerospace Industries Limited. The company also added that the order is expected to be delivered within 9 months.

The shares of IOB closed over 1% lower yesterday.

Future Enterprises

Kishore Biyani-led Future Enterprises Ltd (FEL) on Thursday said it has defaulted on interest payment of non-convertible debentures.

"The company is unable to service its obligations in respect of the interest on non-convertible debentures (NCDs) due on August 16, 2020, since August 16, 2020 was holiday, interest was due on 17 August 2020," Future Enterprises said in a filing to stock-exchanges.

The shares of Future Enterprises closed over 5% higher yesterday.

Hindalco

Hindalco Industries has signed an MoU with UltraTech Cement to deliver 1.2 million metric tonne of bauxite residue annually to the cement company’s 14 plants located across seven states. Hindalco claims to be the world’s first company to achieve 100% red mud (bauxite residue) utilisation, across three of its refineries.

The shares of Hindalco closed nearly a percent higher yesterday.

Punjab National Bank, Oil India, Indiabulls Housing Finance, Coffee Day Enterprises, Rossari Biotech

These companies are slated to report their first-quarterly earnings today.

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