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Markets: Heavyweights and mid-caps back in the fray
Mumbai: The Sensex clawed its way back by 35 points to close the trading session at 6268.72, up from its previous close of 6233.54. The S&P CNX Nifty settled 16 points above its previous close of 1969, ending the day at 1985.35.

Market Gainers
Indian Hotels, EIH, Asian Hotels, Oriental Hotels, Jaypee Hotels, Viceroy Hotels, U.P Hotels, Tourism Finance Corporation of India, Castrol Indi, GAIL, Kochi Refineries, ONGC, Madras Cement, India Cement, Gammon India, Madhucon Projects, IVRCL Infrastructure, Ranbaxy, Tata Honeywell, SAL Steel, Ind Swift, Four Soft, EID Parry, Dhampur Sugar, Crew B.O.S.

Market Losers
Hindalco, Dr Reddy's, Thomas Cook, International Travel House, Zandu Pharma, Dishman Pharmaceuticals, Nicholas Piramal, GlaxoSmithKline

Market Counters
BSE 30

Figures in Rupees
Gain (+) / Loss (-)

ACC 314.30
Bajaj Auto 1,020.50
Bharti Televentures 190.90
BHEL 684.85
Cipla 284.55
Dr. Reddys Laboratories 811.90
Grasim Industries 1,209.20
Gujarat Ambuja 380.05
HDFC 779.80
HDFC Bank 473.40
Hero Honda Motors 491.85
Hindalco Industries Limited 1,263.65
Hindustan Petroleum Corp 373.75
HLL 143.80
ICICI Bank 360.30
Infosys Technologies 2,038.15
ITC 1,267.50
Maruti Udyog 436.00
MTNL 125.90
ONGC 836.65
Ranbaxy Labs 1,215.10
Reliance Energy 510.20
Reliance Industries 502.10
Satyam Computer Services 406.55
State Bank Of India 596.40
Tata Motors 481.85
Tata Power 357.65
TISCO 323.30
Wipro 750.00
Zee Telefilms 162.15

Others
Easun Reyrolle up Rs20.35 at Rs148
Bharat Forge up Rs22 at Rs970.6
Texmaco up Rs9.4 at Rs197.45
United Breweries up 6 per cent at Rs91.55
Williamson Tea up 8.78 per cent at Rs159.15
Bhartiya International up 12.9 per cent at Rs59.90
BOC India up 11.47 per cent at Rs64.65
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Reliance denies private gain to Mukesh on ONGC and TCS IPOs
Mumbai: Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) has clarified that Smart Entrepreneur Solutions Pvt. Ltd and Smart Infosolutions Pvt Ltd, which were among the top bidders in the ONGC and TCS public offers, do not belong to its Chairman and Managing Director, Mukesh Ambani.

It said the two companies belonged to Reliance Communications Infrastructure Ltd (RCIL), reportedly the holding company of Reliance Infocomm. However, Ambani and associates are said to hold about 55 per cent stake in RCIL, and RIL the rest.

RIL issued the clarification regarding the ownership of the two companies after a newspaper reported that the two companies belonged to Ambani and that they diverted about Rs1,600 crore from Reliance Infocomm into the ONGC and TCS public offers.

The report also alleged that the companies repeatedly changed their names and registered offices to hide the money trail. It said the two companies could have made a killing when the shares listed at a large premium on the exchanges.

RIL clarified that RCIL did not borrow from any banks or financial institutions to provide funds to two of its companies for subscribing to the IPO. "In fact, RCIL provided funds from its own sources. It is libelous to say that the money was diverted from Reliance Infocomm to these companies," it said in a release.

It also aid there is no private gain for Mr Ambani and there is no loss to RIL or its shareholders.
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Birla Sun Life MF to launch fixed income global fund
Mumbai: Birla Sun Life Mutual Fund is planning to launch a fixed income global fund. This close- ended income scheme has a tenure of five years from the date of allotment.

The fund seeks to generate regular returns by investing in a portfolio of fixed income securities and debt instruments including foreign debt securities, according to its offer document. The offer document has been filed with Securities and Exchange Board of India. The scheme will have dividend and growth options. The minimum application amount is Rs. one lakh and the asset management company seeks to raise a targeted Rs5 crore from the fund.

The fund would invest in foreign debt securities in countries with fully convertible currencies as permitted under SEBI Regulations, including through international special purpose vehicles that enjoy the highest credit rating. The securities could be listed or unlisted, secured or unsecured, rated or un-rated and of varying maturity, as enabled under SEBI and RBI regulations. The securities may be acquired through Initial Public Offerings (IPOs), secondary market operations, private placement, rights offers or negotiated deals, said the offer document.

The fund could invest up to 35 per cent in money market instruments, as well.
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