The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, May 18, 2002

Volatile movement
BEARS dominated the initial hours of Friday's trading. During the close, bulls made a strong comeback to recover their day's losses. The market sentiment reading of the tradable counters remains bearish. Bull domination on Monday is likely to ... More

STOCK MARKETS

Fundamentals, buyback talk lift Vesuvius India
STRONG fundamentals, expectations of a buyback announcement and nominal improvement in the steel industry's prospects seem to have propelled the share price of the refractory manufacturer, Vesuvius India Ltd. After registering a new 52-week ... More

Public shareholders emerge savvier on TVS scrip?
THE community of `public shareholders' can be savvier when it comes to stock picking — buying on the `lows' to participating in the subsequent boom in valuation — than perhaps even institutional investors. Or so it would seem, if ... More

LIC, UTI buy index heavyweights
AT a time when the share market is on a downtrend, domestic institutions have taken the opportunity to do some value buying. Dealers said that fund majors, LIC and UTI, bought some index heavyweights, which gave the stocks and the market the ... More

DERIVATIVES MARKETS

Sell Nifty 1140 call
ON the last day of the week, the spot market ended on a negative note on Friday. Consequently, select call options lost value during the day's trading at the derivatives segment of the NSE. Here are some trading recommendations based on ... More

COMMENTARY

Negative sentiment persists; Zee tumbles further
GLOOMY was the way to describe what transpired at the markets on the last day of the trading week. Expect for day one, the bourses tumbled south on all other days, dropping a total of around 3 per cent this week. Terrorist attacks were the single ... More

IPOS

B4U puts off IPO plans
THE promoters of B4U Television Network have further deferred their plans for an initial public offering (IPO) till the end of this year. They may rope in fresh partners if the situation forces them to defer the IPO plans even further. The ... More

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Home Trade bank accounts sealed

In Depth
Inside Kashmir

Guide to derivatives

US-64

Looking back
May. 5-May. 11
Q4 results prove elusive for investors

For making good shortfall in assured schemes -- Development fund is guarantor, UTI told

DSE records zero turnover