Market Roundup

COMPANIES

• RIL not selling stake in KG basin
• Tata Motors sees 30 pc rise in vehicle sales in calendar 2006
• Nimbus receives $125mn funding from 3i, Cisco, Oman Fund
• Dr Reddy's Q3 net zooms 200 pc to Rs188-cr
• Zee Telefilms Q3 net soars 186 pc to Rs96-cr
• Essar plans acrylics JV with French company in Guj
• Nicholas Piramal ties up with US firm Napo
• L&T enters into JV with Saudi firm
• Wockhardt signs pact with British healthcare company
• Welspun-Gujarat Stahl gets orders worth Rs1,049-cr
• Pratibha Inds joint venture bags contract worth Rs122-cr
• JSW Steel Q3 net more than doubles at Rs362-cr
• Maruti net up 11 pc at Rs376.41-cr
• Adlabs completes acquisition of Synergy Communications

• India, Russia to sign rash of agreements during Putin's visit
• PM supports continuation on TUFS: Kamal Nath
• Customs duty cut on cement, metals

• Rupee gains
• New pension money to be invested in stocks
• YES Bank net up 73 pc
• Kotak Bank records 39-pc rise in net
• Bajaj Allianz Life to go for capital infusion
• J & K Bank 3Q net up 66 per cent
• Indian Bank IPO slated for launch on Feb 5

• Sundaram Brake to pay 50 pc interim
• Private funds acquire 13.5 pc stake in Ramky Infrastructure
• Mefcom Agro considers bonus issue
• Atlanta board plans stock split
• Gold prices rise

• Pfizer to cut 7,800 more jobs
• Citigroup shuffles management ranks
• Malaysia cracks down on companies using toxic chemicals

• Lee appointed head of Samsung, SW Asia region