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Swapnil Suvarna 22 December 2009
The Sensex closed at 16,692 as it gained 91 points from the previous day’s close, while the Nifty closed at 4,986, up 33 points on the back of strong global markets.   Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) said today that it had made a gas discovery in one of its exploration blocks in the...

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Pratibha Kamath  and   Subrato Das 22 December 2009
Where promoters have increased their stake, the growth has been excellent leading to higher share price Continuously rising stake by promoters can lead to an early signal of improving fundamentals and of course, a sharp rise in stock prices. A recent study by Moneylife found that promoters of...

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Pratibha Kamath  and   Subrato Das 22 December 2009
Where promoters have increased their stake, the growth has been excellent leading to higher share price Continuously rising stake by promoters can lead to an early signal of improving fundamentals and of course, a sharp rise in stock prices. A recent study by Moneylife found that promoters of...

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The management committee of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) Brokers Forum has asked the Exchange to reconsider the new trade timings that would come into effect from next month. In a release, the Committee said that it does not see any visible and clear benefit to any market participant,...

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Internet firm Yahoo!'s offices worldwide will remain shut from 25th December through 1st January as part of a cost-cutting measure, reports PTI.   According to the Wall Street Journal, Yahoo! is shutting down its offices, except for 'essential functions', for about a week, as the company...

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Aiming to expand its global footprint, JK Tyre and Industries Ltd is exploring the possibilities of acquiring a company in the South-east Asian region, reports PTI.   "We are looking at various opportunities, including acquisitions in the South-east Asian region but nothing has been decided...

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Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) has said that it has made its third gas discovery in the exploration block KG-DWN-2003/1 (KG-V-D3) of NELP-V. The deepwater block KG-DWN-2003/1 is located in the Krishna basin, about 45 kilometres off the coast in the Bay of Bengal, the company said in a...

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Swapnil Suvarna 21 December 2009
Another company has now tied up a foreign coal source. A subsidiary firm of Nava Bharat Ventures is acquiring a coal mine in Zambia In another example of how getting coal thousands of miles away from another continent is much easier than getting it from a few hundred kilometres within the...

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Swapnil Suvarna 21 December 2009
Higher advance tax figures from India Inc—suggesting greater profit growth and improving economic prospects—fail to uplift Indian markets The Sensex declined 119 points from Friday’s (18 December 2009) close, ending the day at 16,601, while the Nifty declined 35 points to 4,953, despite...

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The fund lobby continues with its anti-investor stance and its latest move only serves to highlight its ineptitude There is continuing confusion about who gets the trail commission in a mutual fund transaction, where a client has moved away from one distributor to another. A large part of the...

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The fund lobby continues with its anti-investor stance and its latest move only serves to highlight its ineptitude There is continuing confusion about who gets the trail commission in a mutual fund transaction, where a client has moved away from one distributor to another. A large part of the...

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Several steel makers in the country are expected to revise prices upwards from early next year to cash in on the uptick in demand Tata Steel Ltd on Monday hinted at increasing prices of its products, reports PTI. "What has gone down has to go up," Tata Steel's managing director HM Nerurkar...

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Ravi Samalad  and   Sanket Dhanorkar 21 December 2009
In a desperate attempt to capture volumes from NSE’s vastly superior derivatives segment, BSE slashes transaction costs for its F&O segment Asia’s oldest stock exchange, the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), is introducing revised transaction charges in the equity derivatives segment in a bid to...

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Ravi Samalad  and   Sanket Dhanorkar 21 December 2009
In a desperate attempt to capture volumes from NSE’s vastly superior derivatives segment, BSE slashes transaction costs for its F&O segment Asia’s oldest stock exchange, the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), is introducing revised transaction charges in the equity derivatives segment in a bid to...

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The biggest irony is that nearly two-thirds of these funds were estimated to have come from investors in overseas markets. However, these global markets themselves were in shambles and companies were in dire need of capital, forcing them to beg their respective governments for money Companies...

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The Exchange is likely to announce this facility in the next 10-15 days in a bid to enhance traders’ accessibility to its new platform—BSE StAR MF Shortly after launching its mutual funds (MF) transaction platform, the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) now plans to allow its brokers to place orders...

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The Exchange is likely to announce this facility in the next 10-15 days in a bid to enhance traders’ accessibility to its new platform—BSE StAR MF Shortly after launching its mutual funds (MF) transaction platform, the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) now plans to allow its brokers to place orders...

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The World Gold Council said recent moves by India and Sri Lanka to acquire gold suggested that central banks are increasingly looking at the yellow metal to diversify their investment portfolios. Gold, which has been one of the bigger investment vehicles this year, would remain so as the...

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The World Gold Council said recent moves by India and Sri Lanka to acquire gold suggested that central banks are increasingly looking at the yellow metal to diversify their investment portfolios. Gold, which has been one of the bigger investment vehicles this year, would remain so as the...

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Swapnil Suvarna 19 December 2009
The market may remain under pressure Last week, we had said that a downmove is quite probable and that may see a dip to below 16,500 before the next leg up. The Sensex ended the week at 16,720, down by 400 points. Speculation that the surge in wholesale price inflation index may add pressure...

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