ICICI Bank: Delivery ratio low on NSE
Mumbai: ICICI Bank saw huge block deals on the NSE as well. Trading volumes on this exchange amounted to 25.27 lakh shares. Interestingly, not all the shares were presented for delivery at the end of the day. 
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ICICI Bank sells 16.5% to FIIs
Mumbai: Fearing a further dip in the stock market, ICICI Bank on Thursday rushed through a mega deal, selling over 10 crore of its own shares held in a trust at an average price of Rs 130 a share. The Rs 1,318-crore deal struck with a string of foreign institutional shareholders, is one of the largest secondary market placements to take place in India.
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Rupee stable; gilts dull
Mumbai: IN a market marked by thin attendance, the rupee finished nearly unchanged at 48.3950/40 against the dollar in comparison to Wednesday's close of Rs 48.3975/4025. 
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Interest perks up in Bank of Rajasthan
Mumbai: The stock price of Bank of Rajasthan (BoR) yesterday rose sharply on the bourses along with rise in trading volumes on market talk that the promoters (Tayal group) are hiking their stake through the creeping acquisition route. 
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Unit Trust officers plan protest
Mumbai: Officers of the Unit Trust of India (UTI) are planning to form an association to protest against the proposed privatisation of UTI-II. According to a UTI official, officers, particularly those in charge of the US-64 scheme, have been expressing concern over the Government decision to privatise UTI-II.
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Franklin India Index Fund tracking error at 0.67 pc
Kolkata: The two index funds managed by Franklin Templeton, both launched before its takeover of Pioneer ITI, have recorded tracking errors of around 0.7 per cent each. 
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Initial gains not held
Mumbai: Bulls were in command of initial hours of Thursday's trading. Thereafter, bears gained control of the day's proceedings and recouped their early losses. Bulls were successful to the extent of reducing the bear count. 
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Survival steps high on CSE board meet agenda
Kolkata: The 2001 scam-beleaguered Calcutta Stock Exchange will hold a crucial governing committee meeting on October 1 to finalise its accounts for 2001-2002 and discuss its survival strategy. 
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BSE certificate test at Madurai
Madurai: The Bombay Stock Exchange Training Institute has in principle accepted to conduct the BSE Certificate of Derivative Exchange Test at Madurai, according to a communication from the Madurai Investors Association here. 
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Funds fancy Balaji Telefilms
Mumbai: Balaji Telefilms is back on the institutions' buy list post-stock split. There were large purchases on the counter despite lacklustre trading on Thursday. This led to rise in the stock price. On the BSE, the stock gained 7.64 per cent at Rs 108.65 with volumes of 1.40 lakh shares. On the NSE, the stock was up 8.24 per cent at Rs 108.85 with volumes of 10.92 lakh shares. 
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Pendse violated norms, says SEBI
Mumbai: The Securities and Exchange Board of India has said that D.S. Pendse, former Managing Director of Tata Finance Ltd, and his associates have prima facie violated its regulations on insider trading. 
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Media stocks enliven market; ICICI Bank boosts volumes
Mumbai: The nationwide strike called in response to the Tuesday's attack in the Swaminarain temple in Gujarat contributed to lacklustre trading activity at the bourses on Thursday. 
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Dow surges 155 points at close
Mumbai: Bluechip stocks extended their rally to a second session Thursday, but tech stocks slipped when investors sold shares to lock in profits.
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