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Markets:
Bears maintain firm grip
Mumbai: Markets on Thursday fell for the third straight day on across
the board selling. The Sensex closed at 6589.29 points, down by 18.49 points.
The S&P CNX Nifty closed at 2061.90, lower by a marginal 0.33 per cent.
Stocks of key fertiliser companies, Chambal Fertilisers & Chemicals, Deepak
Fertilisers & Petrochemicals Corporation, Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers,
Gujarat State Fertilizers & Chemicals Nagarjuna Fertilizers & Chemicals
and Madras Fertilizers registered gains.
International
Markets
Gain (+) / Loss (-)
|
|
Current
|
Change
|
| NASDAQ |
2,061.34
|
-26.09 |
| FTSE
|
5,057.40
|
+4.20
|
| Dow
|
10,754.26
|
-80.62
|
| Nikkei
|
11,648.36
|
+65.64
|
| CAC
|
4,005.50
|
-3.52
|
| HangSeng
|
13,987.93
|
+20.11
|
| DAX |
4,369.68
|
+0.91
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Last
Update : 18 February, 2005, 10:15:16 AM
National
Markets
|
SENSEX
| 6,589.29
| -18.49
| | NIFTY
| 2,061.90
| -6.90 |
Last
Update : 17 February, 2005, 16:15 PM
Market
Counters
Figures in Rupees
BSE
30
| Scrip
Name | Open | High | Low | Last
Price | | TATA
IRON AND STEEL CO. LTD. | 407.00
| 415.00
| 402.60
| 411.85 |
| HINDUSTAN
LEVER LTD. | 145.00
| 146.35
| 144.00
| 144.90 |
| LARSEN
& TOUBRO LTD. | 1,010.45
| 1,024.90
| 1,005.00
| 1,019.30 |
| SATYAM
COMP | 404.00
| 409.45
| 402.00
| 408.25 |
| RELIANCE
ENR* | 554.90
| 557.00
| 551.20
| 555.10 |
| ONG
CORP LTD | 805.50
| 815.55
| 802.25
| 808.55 |
| ICICI
BANK L | 373.50
| 380.90
| 368.25
| 376.85 |
| MARUTI
UDYOG | 472.00
| 476.00
| 467.00
| 473.10 |
| TATA
POWER | 417.25
| 420.00
| 409.00
| 418.65 |
| HOUSING
DEVELOPMENT FINANCE CO | 775.00
| 779.50
| 768.00
| 775.30 |
| RELIANCE*
| 532.60
| 537.50
| 530.15
| 535.10 |
| HEROHONDA
M | 548.00
| 548.00
| 530.10
| 531.35 |
| BHARTI
TELE | 216.00
| 216.00
| 208.20
| 210.25 |
| ZEE
TELEF LT | 153.00
| 153.00
| 149.30
| 149.95 |
| HINDALCO
IN | 1,375.00
| 1,380.00
| 1,348.00
| 1,363.35 |
| WIPRO
LTD. | 697.50
| 703.00
| 690.00
| 697.40 |
| RANBAXY
LABORATORIES LTD. | 1,043.00
| 1,051.80
| 1,032.00
| 1,038.65 |
| HINDUSTAN
PETROLEUM CORP. LTD. | 355.00
| 358.90
| 352.00
| 355.55 |
| BAJAJ
AUTO | 1,046.50
| 1,049.50
| 1,027.15
| 1,037.75 |
| GRASIM
INDUSTRIES LTD. | 1,365.00
| 1,365.00
| 1,344.00
| 1,353.75 |
| TATA
MOTORS | 490.00
| 492.45
| 484.10
| 488.55 |
| INFOSYS
TECHNOLOGIES LTD.-ORDI | 2,175.00
| 2,175.95
| 2,135.60
| 2,170.25 |
| STATE
BANK OF INDIA |
663.25 | 663.90
| 651.50
| 659.50 |
| ASSOCIATED
CEMENT COMPANIES LT | 365.10
| 370.10
| 363.20
| 366.55 |
| HDFC
BANK LT | 560.00
| 564.00
| 555.00
| 557.20 |
| GUJARAT
AMBUJA CEMENTS LTD. | 441.00
| 443.00
| 436.20
| 441.05 |
| I
T C LTD | 1,308.00
| 1,312.00
| 1,290.10
| 1,298.95 |
| DR.REDDY'S
LABORATORIES LTD. | 743.00
| 747.00
| 738.20
| 740.45 |
| BHEL
| 858.00
| 860.90
| 847.10
| 858.05 |
| CIPLA
LTD. | 274.00
| 275.00
| 271.00
| 274.50 |
Last Update
: 17 February, 2005, 16:05PM
S&P
CNX Nifty
| Symbol | Open | High | Low | Last
Price | | TISCO |
406.05 | 414.95
| 402.35
| 411.95 |
| SBIN
| 662.10
| 663.25
| 651.55
| 659.70 |
| INFOSYSTCH
| 2170.00
| 2179.80
| 2135.20
| 2173.95 |
| RELIANCE
| 536.00
| 537.75
| 530.15
| 535.85 |
| SAIL
| 63.55
| 64.00
| 62.85
| 63.60 |
| SATYAMCOMP
| 406.00
| 410.00
| 402.00
| 408.80 |
| MARUTI
| 474.40
| 475.50
| 467.05
| 473.65 |
| TATAMOTORS
| 492.50
| 492.50
| 414.40
| 488.60 |
| ONGC
| 806.00
| 816.25
| 800.20
| 809.20 |
| BHARTI
| 216.00
| 216.00
| 208.55
| 210.40 |
| TATAPOWER
| 410.20
| 419.90
| 407.30
| 418.30 |
| ITC
| 1303.10
| 1312.05
| 1285.25
| 1298.85 |
| GAIL
| 244.80
| 244.80
| 237.30
| 241.95 |
| M&M
| 544.05
| 545.00
| 532.00
| 539.15 |
| ACC
| 368.00
| 369.00
| 363.55
| 366.85 |
| LT
| 1010.00
| 1025.00
| 1001.25
| 1020.65 |
| PNB
| 424.00
| 428.75
| 422.10
| 424.95 |
| BHEL |
858.85 | 862.05
| 846.00
| 859.15 |
| WIPRO
| 703.00
| 703.00
| 690.25
| 698.50 |
| RANBAXY
| 1046.00
| 1050.90
| 1031.10
| 1039.05 |
| HINDLEVER
| 144.95
| 146.40
| 143.95
| 144.95 |
| GUJAMBCEM
| 432.55
| 443.80
| 432.55
| 441.35 |
| HDFC
| 779.85
| 780.00
| 765.00
| 775.80 |
| HINDPETRO
| 355.00
| 362.00
| 352.10
| 355.35 |
| HEROHONDA
| 548.00
| 548.00
| 530.05
| 531.40 |
| BPCL
| 440.25
| 446.80
| 436.25
| 441.70 |
| ORIENTBANK
| 309.00
| 312.75
| 305.05
| 310.70 |
| ICICIBANK
| 373.50
| 380.00
| 367.50
| 376.10 |
| HINDALC0
| 1379.00
| 1379.00
| 1348.10
| 1369.05 |
| TATATEA
| 541.00
| 544.25
| 525.60
| 535.75 |
| GRASIM
| 1370.00
| 1370.00
| 1340.05
| 1356.55 |
| REL
| 555.00
| 558.90
| 550.00
| 555.15 |
| IPCL
| 183.00
| 183.00
| 177.75
| 179.10 |
| SCI
| 164.95
| 164.95
| 161.70
| 163.30 |
| MTNL |
138.90 | 138.90
| 136.85
| 137.55 |
| HCLTECH
| 350.50
| 350.50
| 338.10
| 343.05 |
| CIPLA
| 274.50
| 274.95
| 272.00
| 274.45 |
| NATIONALUM
| 178.00
| 178.00
| 174.10
| 175.50 |
| HDFCBANK
| 560.00
| 563.60
| 555.10
| 558.30 |
| DRREDDY
| 741.00
| 748.00
| 740.00
| 741.05 |
| ZEETELE
| 153.00
| 153.85
| 150.00
| 150.10 |
| BAJAJAUTO
| 1045.00
| 1049.95
| 1027.00
| 1038.00 |
| TATACHEM
| 164.00
| 166.85
| 162.20
| 163.70 |
| GLAXO
| 702.00
| 706.95
| 692.00
| 703.75 |
| ABB
| 1264.85
| 1285.00
| 1235.00
| 1284.80 |
| SUNPHARMA
| 490.00
| 493.50
| 485.25
| 487.95 |
| DABUR
| 105.00
| 106.45
| 102.60
| 104.35 |
| VSNL
| 225.00
| 225.00
| 221.00
| 223.35 |
| INDHOTEL
| 593.00
| 596.90
| 588.10
| 593.25 |
| COLGATE
| 194.00
| 194.00
| 188.05
| 192.40 |
Last
Update : 17 February, 2005, 16:00PM
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Escorts
to undertake capital revamp
New Delhi: Escorts Ltd has announced a capital
restructuring plan under which it will restructure its
authorised share capital by way of consolidation of
existing unclassified shares of Rs333 crore and "increase
by creation of further unclassified shares up to an
amount of Rs440 crore."
In a communication to the Bombay Stock Exchange, Escorts
said that the company will also issue its securities
on preferential basis, up to the extent of Rs777.76
crore in favour of overseas investors by way of cumulative
redeemable preference shares.
The financial restructuring programme is subject to
regulatory approvals and permissions. The Escorts board,
has already given its nod to the proposal.
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Tata
MF files offer document for long term fund
Mumbai: The Tata Mutual Fund has filed an offer
document with the Securities and Exchange board of India,
for its scheme, the Tata floater - long-term fund. This
is an open-ended pure debt scheme, investing only in
debt and money market instruments.
The scheme could invest 65 - 100 per cent of its corpus
in floating rate debt instruments, including securitised
debt and money market instruments.
Up to 35 per cent of the corpus can be invested in fixed
rate debt securities, including securitised debt and
money market instruments.
The scheme offers growth and dividend options, with
the proviso that if the dividend is less than Rs500,
it will be compulsorily reinvested. The minimum application
amount for the fund is Rs10,000.
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Satnam
Overseas promoters shed stake
Mumbai: Promoters of Satnam Overseas Ltd, a basmati
rice-exporting firm, have sold more than six per cent
of their stake in the stock market this month, to leading
FIIs.
Following the sale of 6.1 per cent stake (12.09 lakh
shares) this month, the promoters' stake in the company
has come down from 55.93 per cent at the end of December
2004 to 49.83 per cent.
Since the beginning of October 2004, the promoters have
sold almost 20 per cent of their equity. At the end
of September 2004, they held 69.86 per cent stake.
Some of the FIIs, which have bought the shares of Satnam
Overseas this month, include Citigroup Global Market,
Mauritius (6.16 lakh shares), Arnada Investment Mauritius
(2 lakh shares) and TAIB Bank (3.95 lakh shares).
After these purchases, the FIIs' holding in the company
has also gone up to 23.83 per cent. Among the leading
FIIs having large stakes in Satnam include Temasek Holding
group company Arnada Investment (8.1 per cent), Merrill
Lynch Capital Market Espana (5.1 per cent) and Citigroup
Global Market (3.1 per cent). Satnam's flagship brand
'Kohinoor' is well known both in the domestic and export
markets.
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Goldman
and Merrill Lynch pick up stake in Rajesh Exports
Mumbai: Goldman Sachs and Merrill Lynch have
picked up a total of 5.7 per cent stake in Rajesh Exports
Ltd, a gold jewellery exporting company. While Goldman
Sachs bought 4.28 per cent, Merrill Lynch bought 1.42
per cent from the total equity of 70 crore shares .
A third investor bought 1.42 per cent of the total paid-up
capital of the company.
Shares of Rajesh Exports closed at Rs347.90 on the BSE
on Thursday.
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