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| Central Bank, 9 others to be out of BSE IPO Index | 08-SEP-09 |
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| The Bombay Stock Exchange on Monday said that 10 companies on its recently launched IPO index to track newly listed companies for the first two years would be excluded after completion of their term. |
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| Markets at a glance | 07-SEP-09 |
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| After sustaining losses in the first four days of the week, Sensex bounced back strongly on Friday closing the week with a return of -1.46 per cent. Both the BSE Mid-cap (a fall of 0.52 per cent) and Small-cap index (rose 0.43 per cent) outperformed the Sensex. GDP growth at 6.1 per cent in the June quarter 2009, improving monsoons and a proposal to increase natural gas prices did not excite investors much due to volatile global equity markets and profit booking at higher levels. |
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| Small-cap route to returns | 24-AUG-09 |
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| The markets were in consolidation mode last week, with the Smart Portfolios benchmark BSE 200 index moving in a narrow band of 3.60 per cent (65 points). The index eventually ended with a loss of 1.23 per cent at 1,865. Global cues, especially from China, had a major bearing on the markets throughout the week. |
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| Markets at a glance | 24-AUG-09 |
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| The key benchmark indices were under pressure on concerns that a deficient monsoon could hurt growth numbers. Weakness in Chinese markets impacted domestic markets. Though the week started on a bearish note with major losses on Monday, a pull-back was seen during the second half of the week. |
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| Small-caps back in action | 26-MAY-09 |
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| The small-cap stocks trading under sectors such as information technology, engineering, construction, trading, steel, capital goods, fertilisers, tea, broking houses, banking and shipping have appreciated more than 100 per cent each over their March 9 levels. However, stocks traded under airlines, chemicals, hospitals, personal care products, automobiles and auto ancillary sectors have underperformed the index, up 19-36 per cent each. |
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| Biggest losers: Mid- and small-cap funds | 16-NOV-08 |
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| It has been reported that this year ice had melted more around the world than, in any other year. The year 2008 has been marked by meltdowns of all kind in the Indian capital markets too. |
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| Realty, metal melt in subprime heat | 03-OCT-08 |
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| Realty, metal, power and consumer durables indices were among the major underperformers, each of which declined by more than 50 per cent between January 8 and September 30 this year. |
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| Diversify your portfolio with small-cap funds | 07-SEP-08 |
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| I invested in Franklin India Smaller Companies Fund (G) as part of the Initial Public Offer (IPO) in January, 2006. Since its very inception, except for brief periods of very high market buoyancy, the |
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| Brokerages exit low-rung stocks | 25-MAR-08 |
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| Top equity brokerage houses are either selling high-risk small- and mid-cap stocks or asking clients to square off their derivatives positions built on them before the end of the financial year.
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| Wait and watch policy | 16-MAR-08 |
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| It's hard to know what to do with this fund. From a fairly dismal track record, it was the best performer in 2004 and the second best in 2005. But last year the fund struggled to live up to its |
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