The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, July 16, 2003

Big cos yet to meet demat requests
SEVERAL index heavyweight companies such as SBI, Reliance Industries, Hindustan Lever and Hindalco are in the list of 200 companies that have highest number of requests to demat their physical shares pending for more than three weeks. The list ... More

MUTUAL FUNDS

Franklin Templeton mulls 3 models under `Fund of Funds' scheme
FRANKLIN Templeton has lined up a ``Fund of Funds'' (FoF), the first-ever proposal of its kind in the country. The proposed Franklin Templeton India Life Cycle Fund will invest in a basket of schemes, both equity and debt, managed by FT. The ... More

UTI Children's Career Plan declares 1:10 bonus
UTI Mutual Fund's UTI Children's Career Plan (UTI CCP) has declared 1:10 bonus wherein one unit will be issued for every 10 units held of face value Rs 10 each. The bonus will be issued to all unit holders who will be on the books as on July 31. ... More

TECHNICAL ANALYSIS

Bear onslaught
BULLS failed to extend their pressure over Tuesday's trading. Bears took over and were in total control of the day's trading. The market sentiment reading of the tradable counters stands mildly in favour of the bears. Bull domination on ... More

STOCK MARKETS

Global demand fuels steel stocks
INCREASING global prices and demand have had a catalytic effect on steel sector stocks on domestic bourses with some shares rising by as much as 115 per cent over the last one month alone. The rally has not been restricted to frontliners such ... More

FII buying in bank stocks
FOREIGN institutional investors were seen picking up banking stocks towards mid-day and then in late trade on Tuesday. Local funds, however, were selling bank stocks, dealers said. Much interest was seen in industry leader State Bank of India. ... More

DERIVATIVES MARKETS

HCL Tech: Outlook positive, buy July futures
THE following strategies are based on Tuesday's trading in the derivatives segment on the NSE: Equity options HCL Technologies: The outlook on this stock is positive. Note that there has been a gradual decline in the put-call ... More

COMMENTARY

IT stocks turn weak; Mastek sinks
THE stock market was unable to sustain the gains recorded on Monday. The 34.41 point decline in the Sensex on Tuesday wiped out more than 50 per cent of the gains recorded yesterday. The index closed at 3686.34. The S&P CNX Nifty was down by ... More

IPOS

`IPOs will tell if biotech is attractive'
THE appetite in the capital market for public issues of biotech companies may hold the key to the speed with which a commercial focus is injected into the industry in India. Different arms of the Union Government fund a significant extent of ... More

INVESTOR PROTECTION

SEBI alerts investors on stock price rise
THE Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) Chairman, Mr G.N. Bajpai, on Tuesday cautioned the investors not to fall prey to the sudden spurt in the stock price and make their own decision while investing in stock market. Speaking at the ... More

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