Markets Today

The markets ended the day on a flat note amid volatility. Buying interest was seen in technology, oil, telecom, metal and FMCG stocks have given support to the markets though selling pressure has continued in power and capital goods.
On the global front, Asian markets ended strong barring Jakarta Composite and Taiwan. European markets are trading mixed.
Top gainers were Wipro, Satyam, TCS and Dr Reddy's Labs while losers - BHEL, Maruti, Reliance Energy, Suzlon and ABB.
Sensex closed up 82.15 points or 0.52% at 15832.55, and the Nifty up 17.40 points or 0.37% at 4771.60.
About 1393 shares have advanced, 1599 shares declined, and 77 shares are unchanged.
The BSE Midcap Index ended at 6,387.23 down 0.4%.
The BSE Smallcap Index ended at 7,840.29 down 0.9%.
The BSE Bankex closed ended flat at 7,820.62. IOB, ICICI Bank, Centurion bank, Axis closed in green.
The BSE Capital Goods Index closed at 13,214.73 down 2%. Suzlon, Reliance Infra, Siemens, Triveni Engineering closed lower.
The BSE Auto Index closed at 4,490.94 down 1%. Apollo Tyres, Escorts, Ashok Leyland, Hind Motors closed lower.
The BSE Metal Index closed at 13,588.76 up 0.5%. SAIL, JSW Steel, Jindal Steel, Jindal Stainless, Hind Zinc closed lower
The BSE FMCG Index closed up 1% at 2,344.68. Colgate, ITC, Nestle, Dabur ended higher.
BSE Oil and Gas Index closed at 10,531.88 up 2%. BPCL, HPCL, IOC, Reliance Natura, GAIL ended higher.
The BSE IT Index was at 3,764.91 up 3%. HCL, Infosys, Tech mahindra, TCS, Tech Mahindra closed higher.
The NSE cash turnover was at Rs 12401.12 crore and the NSE F&O turnover was at Rs 32513.16 crore. The BSE cash turnover was Rs 4972.01 crore. Total market wide turnover was at Rs 49886.29 crore.

Source: moneycontrol.com

Investment Idea: Panacea Biotech

Panacea Biotech is predominantly recognized as the company that manufactures the polio vaccines in India. And recently the stock price saw a major spurt when the Union Budget announced that there would be increased allocation for polio and this company is to be one of the major beneficiaries. The future might be good but the same cannot be said about its Q3 performance.

The financial performance for the third quarter ended 31st December 2007 has not been very good when compared on a QoQ basis but consistent when compared on YoY.

YoY, the company posted a net sales of Rs.226.35 crore, a rise of 15% YoY. Of this, Rs.177.42 crore was via vaccines, its mainline of business, Rs.49.84 crore came in via formulations and Rs.4 lakhs via its R&D. EBIDTA rose 22% at Rs.59.60 crore. Interest outgo jumped up more than three times to Rs.4.72 crore. PBT was up 13% at Rs.43.68 crore and PAT was up 6% at Rs.28.93 crore. QoQ, PAT was actually down 10%.

Hopefully, the coming quarters will now be good for the company with many positives happening. It has entered into an MOU with Punjab University, Chandigarh for research collaboration to identify a lead molecule with an aim to bring a drug superior to existing marketed products in me therapeutic area of Psychiatric Disorders.

It has been pre-qualified by WHO for supplying their innovative combination vaccines for pediatric immunization- EasyFour (DTP + Hib) and Ecovac (DTP + Hep B). The company is already a pre-qualified supplier of OPV and Hepatitis-B vaccines to UN agencies. With this pre-qualification by WHO, Panacea Biotec would now be able to participate in a large global market of combination vaccines for paediatric immunization.
The company is setting up a new vaccine production plant at Baddi, H.P.at a capex of over Rs.100 crore. It will have a capacity of more than 1 billion doses per annum, to cater to domestic and global markets. Once this goes on stream in FY09, the total capacity at Panacea would be two billion doses per annum.

The company is also into R&D in a big way. It recently opened its fifth R&D centre in Navi Mumbai. The company invests around 6% of its annual turnover into R&D though it is yet to start giving good returns.
Currently quoted at Rs.344, a good stock to invest and if invested, hold on.

Source: sptulsian.com

Intraday Calls for 3rd April

Market may open with positive bias and small rally expected today. A positive closing with some gain expected.

Today's Intraday Picks:

SAIL
RPOWER
SATYAM Computer
DLF
YES BANK

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Short Term Delivery Buy IOC (461) Target Rs. 525+
Good Luck