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Markets: Mid-caps make sense
Mumbai: The Sensex ended the day with a gain of about 0.11 per cent closing at 5192.08. The S&P CNX Nifty closed at 1631.75 up 3.30 points.

Market Gainers
Sono Koyo Steering, Saint Gobain, FCI OEN Connectors, Forbes Gokak, Kochi Refineries, Apollo Hospitals, Chennai Petroleum, Reliance Industries, Mangalore Refinery, Gujarat Gas, Petronet LNG, GAIL, Mahavir Spinning, Century Textiles, Garden Silk, Raymond, Bombay Dyeing, Tata Metalliks, Vesuvius India, Maharashtra Seamless, Welspun Gujarat, Rolta India, Aptech, Punjab National Bank, Corporation Bank, ING Vysya Bank, Today's Writing, Texmaco, Biocon

Market Losers
State Bank of India, Blue Dart

Market Counters
BSE 30
Figures in Rupees
Gain (+) / Loss (-)
ACC 269.25 -0.15
Bajaj Auto 932.65 +2.20
Bharti Televentures 139.85 +3.90
BHEL 551.90 -5.85
Cipla 238.05 -2.85
Dr. Reddys Laboratories 704.70 -3.65
Grasim Industries 1,117.80 -1.25
Gujarat Ambuja 324.25 +0.35
HDFC 556.45 +1.40
HDFC Bank 367.40 -3.50
Hero Honda Motors 442.50 -7.05
Hindalco Industries Limited 1,178.75 -1.05
Hindustan Petroleum Corp 315.00 +0.45
HLL 112.00 +0.05
ICICI Bank 269.45 -1.55
Infosys Technologies 1,574.90 -0.45
ITC 1,046.90 +5.80
Larsen & Toubro Limited 792.80 0.00
Maruti Udyog 381.80 +0.30
MTNL 122.95 0.00
ONGC 713.90 -3.50
Ranbaxy Labs 958.05 -8.40
Reliance Energy 653.10 -6.15
Reliance Industries 475.55 +8.45
Satyam Computer Services 339.55 +1.20
State Bank Of India 442.85 -2.45
Tata Motors 390.50 +1.75
Tata Power 259.60 -1.75
TISCO 251.90 +2.15
Wipro 578.50 -1.45
Zee Telefilms 152.65 -2.20

Others
Others
SRF Ltd up 5.77 per cent at Rs.48.60
ING Vysya Bank up 6.31 per cent at Rs.290.75
VST Tillers and Tractors up 8.91 per cent at Rs.61.75
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SEBI okays open offer exemption to L&T employees foundation
Mumbai: The Securities and Exchange Board of India has granted Larsen & Toubro Employees Welfare Foundation exemption from making an open offer for L&T shares, of which the foundation proposes to purchase another 0.77 per cent from AV Birla group company - Samruddhi Swastik Trading and Investment Company.

After this acquisition, the Foundation, which currently holds 14.95 per cent of the paid-up equity capital of L&T, would hold a stake of 15.72 per cent in the company. In ordinary circumstances, this would have required the acquirer to make an open offer.

But the Foundation has got exemption on the grounds that it has been established for promoting the welfare activities of the employees of L&T and at the same time to preserve the professional management model of the target company, according to SEBI's announcement on its Web site on Tuesday.

The announcement also noted that the acquirer (the Foundation) does not intend to trade in the shares of the target company in the open market and further, that there is no intention on its part to acquire the control of the management of the target company. The Foundation will not sponsor directorships on the board of the company either.
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