Stocks Investing tips - How to choose your broker

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This post is for the beginners of stocks investing.

For starting online trading the first thing one needs is broker, this can be fulfilled by choosing a broker who knows you, or you can go for any of the top brokerage houses, for list of top brokers available click here.
and one should prefer one of these brokers.

Always give preference to online stock trading over telephone trading or some other method of stock trading, The reason for this is simple that online trading has highest transparency, and very minute chances of getting duped by your broker.

For most novice investors, it is much much better to go with beginner-friendly brokers. The brokers geared for professionals offer lower trading fees and some advanced tools, but this will most likely just confuse beginning investors.

However still your mind is the best analyst according to me.
HAPPY TRADING

Oil & Gas, banks boosts Indian markets closes in green

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Bombay Stock Exchange’s Sensex closed at 18,114.83, up 33.62 points or 0.19 per cent. The index touched intraday high of 18,167.45 and low of 18,072.38.

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SENSEX Companies closing
BSE Sub indices closing

National Stock Exchange’s Nifty ended at 5439.55, up 7.9 points or 0.15 per cent. The broader index touched a high of 5459.20 and low of 5426.40 in today’s trade.

The BSE Midcap Index was up 0.31 per cent and BSE Smallcap Index inched up 0.33 per cent.

Major Gainers of the day were Bharti Airtel, ICICI Bank, Hero Honda, Reliance Industries, HDFC.

Whereas the list of losers included Reliance Communications, L&T, ITC, M&M and Jindal Steel. Market breadth was positive on the NSE with 1507 gainers against 1430 losers.

SENSEX Companies closing rates - 3/8

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SENSEX	03 Aug 17:31
Company Name	Industry	LastPrice	Change	% Chg	Mkt Cap(Rs cr)	Weight
ACC	Cement - Major	829.90	-4.65	-0.56	15,597.14	0.58
Bharti Airtel	Telecommunications - Service	328.65	10.65	3.35	124,805.83	4.64
BHEL	Engineering - Heavy	2,464.65	12.15	0.50	120,649.55	4.48
Cipla	Pharmaceuticals	324.95	-0.85	-0.26	26,090.93	0.97
DLF	Construction & Contracting - Real Estate	305.45	1.75	0.58	51,847.18	1.93
HDFC	Finance - Housing	3,052.00	28.00	0.93	88,810.33	3.30
HDFC Bank	Banks - Private Sector	2,124.15	-12.25	-0.57	97,645.20	3.63
Hero Honda	Auto - 2 & 3 Wheelers	1,860.10	34.70	1.90	37,143.87	1.38
Hindalco	Aluminium	165.40	1.05	0.64	31,648.90	1.18
HUL	Personal Care	253.60	0.05	0.02	55,337.56	2.06
ICICI Bank	Banks - Private Sector	962.10	22.35	2.38	107,318.28	3.99
Infosys	Computers - Software	2,784.55	-15.00	-0.54	159,805.63	5.94
ITC	Cigarettes	154.10	-2.28	-1.46	58,940.10	2.19
Jaiprakash Asso	Construction & Contracting - Civil	119.00	0.55	0.46	25,283.15	0.94
Jindal Steel	Steel - Sponge Iron	619.60	-5.05	-0.81	57,867.11	2.15
Larsen	Engineering - Heavy	1,785.50	-26.65	-1.47	107,695.49	4.00
Mah and Mah	Auto - Cars & Jeeps	652.85	-7.55	-1.14	37,763.09	1.40
Maruti Suzuki	Auto - Cars & Jeeps	1,212.75	4.35	0.36	35,037.57	1.30
NTPC	Power - Generation/Distribution	197.65	-0.35	-0.18	162,971.60	6.06
ONGC	Oil Drilling And Exploration	1,270.85	-5.65	-0.44	271,818.62	10.10
Reliance	Refineries	1,026.20	11.65	1.15	335,694.42	12.48
Reliance Comm	Telecommunications - Service	174.45	-4.10	-2.30	36,006.95	1.34
Reliance Infra	Power - Generation/Distribution	1,120.05	3.45	0.31	27,426.69	1.02
SBI	Banks - Public Sector	2,603.05	21.95	0.85	165,263.35	6.14
Sterlite Ind	Metals - Non Ferrous	178.50	-1.00	-0.56	60,004.59	2.23
Tata Motors	Auto - LCVs/HCVs	841.90	-5.70	-0.67	48,038.81	1.79
Tata Power	Power - Generation/Distribution	1,327.20	7.50	0.57	31,495.42	1.17
Tata Steel	Steel - Large	546.90	-0.25	-0.05	48,532.45	1.80
TCS	Computers - Software	833.10	-5.45	-0.65	163,056.08	6.06
Wipro	Computers - Software	412.50	-1.40	-0.34	101,041.88	3.76

BSE's Sectoral performance review for today

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Following are the closing prices of BSE subindices representing various sectors of the Indian economy.

Index Name	Last Trade	Change
BSE 30	18,114.83	33.62(0.19%)
AUTO INDEX	8,445.85	7.53 (0.09%)
BANKEX	11,929.16	112.29(0.95%)
BSE - 100	9,684.78	18.48(0.19%)
BSE - 200	2,312.26	4.76 (0.21%)
BSE - 500	7,300.40	16.08(0.22%)
BSE - CAPITAL GOODS	14,582.65	106.70(0.73%)
BSE - CONS. DURABLES	5,384.84	4.22(0.08%)
BSE - FMCG	3,241.60	23.80(0.73%)
BSE - HEALTHCARE	5,625.05	20.64(0.37%)
BSE - INFOTECH	5,463.00	26.27(0.48%)
BSE Mid-Cap	7,516.38	23.48(0.31%)
BSE PUBLIC SECTOR	9,668.60	29.58(0.31%)
BSE Small-Cap	9,466.70	31.42(0.33%)
BSE TECK INDEX	3,431.44	4.13(0.12%)
METAL INDEX	15,636.17	22.01 (0.14%)
OIL & GAS INDEX	10,333.93	68.47 (0.67%)

BSE's SENSEX closes up by 166 points

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The 30 stock benchmark index SENSEX closed up by 166 points today as more purchasing was seen. Market breadth was positive and all the major global peers also closed up(read more...)

SENSEX	02 Aug 17:31
Company Name	Industry	LastPrice	Change	% Chg	Mkt Cap(Rs cr)	Weight
ACC	Cement - Major	834.55	3.10	0.37	15,684.53	0.57
Bharti Airtel	Telecommunications - Service	318.00	11.10	3.62	120,761.46	4.40
BHEL	Engineering - Heavy	2,452.50	13.60	0.56	120,054.78	4.37
Cipla	Pharmaceuticals	325.80	-0.80	-0.24	26,159.18	0.95
DLF	Construction & Contracting - Real Estate	303.70	2.40	0.80	51,550.14	1.88
HDFC	Finance - Housing	3,024.00	42.75	1.43	87,995.56	3.21
HDFC Bank	Banks - Private Sector	2,136.40	8.95	0.42	98,208.32	3.58
Hero Honda	Auto - 2 & 3 Wheelers	1,825.40	10.00	0.55	36,450.96	1.33
Hindalco	Aluminium	164.35	4.05	2.53	31,447.98	1.15
HUL	Personal Care	253.55	2.45	0.98	55,326.65	2.02
ICICI Bank	Banks - Private Sector	939.75	35.30	3.90	104,825.23	3.82
Infosys	Computers - Software	2,799.55	10.70	0.38	160,666.48	5.85
ITC	Cigarettes	312.75	4.00	1.30	119,620.48	4.36
Jaiprakash Asso	Construction & Contracting - Civil	118.45	0.20	0.17	25,166.30	0.92
Jindal Steel	Steel - Sponge Iron	624.65	1.50	0.24	58,338.75	2.13
Larsen	Engineering - Heavy	1,812.15	15.05	0.84	109,302.93	3.98
Mah and Mah	Auto - Cars & Jeeps	660.40	-1.10	-0.17	38,199.81	1.39
Maruti Suzuki	Auto - Cars & Jeeps	1,208.40	10.25	0.86	34,911.89	1.27
NTPC	Power - Generation/Distribution	198.00	-0.60	-0.30	163,260.20	5.95
ONGC	Oil Drilling And Exploration	1,276.50	33.95	2.73	273,027.08	9.95
Reliance	Refineries	1,014.55	4.95	0.49	331,883.42	12.09
Reliance Comm	Telecommunications - Service	178.55	0.10	0.06	36,853.20	1.34
Reliance Infra	Power - Generation/Distribution	1,116.60	8.85	0.80	27,342.21	1.00
SBI	Banks - Public Sector	2,581.10	77.30	3.09	163,869.78	5.97
Sterlite Ind	Metals - Non Ferrous	179.50	4.60	2.63	60,340.75	2.20
Tata Motors	Auto - LCVs/HCVs	847.60	1.45	0.17	48,364.06	1.76
Tata Power	Power - Generation/Distribution	1,319.70	-0.10	-0.01	31,317.44	1.14
Tata Steel	Steel - Large	547.15	10.00	1.86	48,554.64	1.77
TCS	Computers - Software	838.55	-2.55	-0.30	164,122.77	5.98
Wipro	Computers - Software	413.90	2.55	0.62	101,384.81	3.69

Soros Fund Management to buy 4 perc of BSE from Dubai Financial

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Soros Fund Management will buy the stake in Asia's oldest stock exchange from Dubai Financial, part of sovereign fund Dubai Holding.(read more...)