Shares of IIFL Wealth (Rs 17 per share), KPI Green (Re 0.25 per share) and Focus Business (Re 0.38 per share) shall trade ex-dividend today.

In the Nifty50 index, 16 stocks closed in the green, while 34 stocks ended in the red.

In the Nifty 50 index, 16 stocks ended in the green, while 34 stocks closed in the red in today's trade.

In the Nifty 50 index, 16 stocks ended in the green, while 34 stocks closed in the red in today's trade.

In the Nifty50 index, 9 stocks were trading in the green, while 41 stocks were in the red.

In the Nifty50 index, 9 stocks were trading in the green, while 41 stocks were in the red.

In the Nifty 50 index, 15 stocks were trading in the green, while 34 stocks were trading in the red.

In the Nifty 50 index, 15 stocks were trading in the green, while 34 stocks were trading in the red.

The Nifty IT index was trading 0.92 per cent down at 27439.25.

The Nifty IT index was trading 0.92 per cent down at 27439.25.

Zenith Exports, Macpower CNC Machine, Hindcon Chemicals, Astec Lifesc and Apollo Micro Systems, hit their fresh 52-week highs at 10:29AM.

Zenith Exports, Macpower CNC Machine, Hindcon Chemicals, Astec Lifesc and Apollo Micro Systems, hit their fresh 52-week highs at 10:29AM.

The Nifty Auto index was trading 0.13 per cent down at 12582.55.

Wipro, ONGC, SBI Life, HDFC Life and Adani Ports SEZ were among the top losers on NSE.

In the Nifty pack, 11 stocks were trading in the green, while 39 stocks were trading in the red.

The Nifty Auto index was trading 0.13 per cent down at 12582.55.

In the Nifty pack, 11 stocks were trading in the green, while 39 stocks were trading in the red.

Wipro, ONGC, SBI Life, HDFC Life and Adani Ports SEZ were among the top losers on NSE.

ICICI Direct is bullish on Astec Lifesciences has recommended buy rating on the stock with a target price of Rs 2215 in its research report dated July 27, 2022.

Shares of Hindustan Foods, Ontic Finserve, Rajnish Wellness and Shanti Educational Initiatives will go ex-split today. Hindustan Foods and Rajnish Wellness had announced the splitting of shares into face value of Re 2 from the face value of Rs 10 while Ontic Finserve and Shanti Educational Initiatives had announced the splitting of shares into face value of Re 1 from the face value of Rs 10.

Hindustan Unilever, HDFC Life Insurance, Ambuja Cements, ICICI Lombard General Insurance, AU Small Finance Bank, Polycab India, Hatsun Agro Product, L&T Finance Holdings and DCM Shriram are among companies that will announce their quarterly earnings today.

Even with bloated portfolio, the fund has put in a good show in recent years and enjoys a solid longer term track record. Yet, investors should watch for performance dilution in the face of continued inflows.

HDFC Life, ONGC, Tata Steel, Maruti Suzuki and JSW Steel were among the top losers on NSE in today's trade.

TCPL Packaging, Arman Financial, Uravi T and Wedge, Monte Carlo Fashion and Astec Lifesc, hit their fresh 52-week highs during the day.

Revenue from operations of the company went up by 42.62 per cent during the quarter under review at Rs 2,075.62 crore compared to Rs 1,455.25 crore in the same period of the previous fiscal, PTI reported.

ICICI Direct is bullish on Astec Lifesciences has recommended buy rating on the stock with a target price of Rs 2215 in its research report dated May 04, 2022.

Net Sales are expected to increase by 45.7 percent Y-o-Y (up 44.5 percent Q-o-Q) to Rs. 250.6 crore, according to ICICI Direct.

“Agro chemicals, pharmaceuticals and speciality chemicals have had an excellent year and agro chemicals exports were also excellent. Oil palm of course has been a very successful business for us. The palm oil prices are at an all-time high. This is likely to stay for sometime but in the long run, we expect prices to normalise.”

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Astec Lifesciences Ltd., incorporated in the year 1994, is a Small Cap company (having a market cap of Rs 2678.41 Crore) operating in Pesticides/Agro Chemicals sector.