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Indian market infrastructure among world's best: U K Sinha

Says Sebi's journey in the past 25 years has been quite challenging

Markets slump amid global sell off; SBI, L&T weigh

Realty, Capital goods, Bankex among key draggers; HDFC and Sun Pharma bucks trend

Wockhardt tanks 20% on heavy volumes

A combined 1.16 million shares have changed hands and there are pending sell orders for 372,359 shares til 1503 hours.

Markets at day's low as SBI shares slide

Negative cues from Asian markets also weigh on sentiments; All sectoral indices trade in red

No need for nervousness, Chidambaram assures stock markets

Says participants should read the situation correctly rather than be influenced by external developments

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Retail investors' return remains elusive for the Indian market

Several have invested heavily in mid-cap stocks that are down 50-60% of their peak values in Jan 2008

Equity funds' performance at worst level in 5 quarters

Trend largely attributable to the more volatile small- and mid-cap stocks

Insight: India Worst 20

Anything which could be reviewed quarterly and more could be considered passive

Analysts' corner

Larsen & Toubro & Tilaknagar Industries

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Nifty to remain bullish above 6,150

The markets began the week on a dismal note, falling about two per cent on Monday. However, they recovered and rallied to end the week on a ...

Today's picks

Nifty, YES Bank, JP Associates, Lupin & IDFC

Today's picks

Nifty, Bank Nifty, Reliance Infra, HDFC & M&M

Today's picks

Nifty, Tata Steel, JP Associates, Bharti Airtel & Ranbaxy

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Traders cut bearish bets in May F&O series

About 70% of stock futures contracts in the April series were rolled over to May, compared to the 3-month average of 78%

Derivative market report for Monday: Angel Broking

Nifty PCR-OI has decreased from 0.88 to 0.81 levels. The total OI of the market is Rs. 1,20,914/- cr. and the stock futures OI is Rs.24,564/-

Web Special: Trends and strategies in the F&O segment

Check out the F&O trends for select stocks with Chandan Taparia, Derivative Analyst at Anand Rathi

Web special: Trends in the derivatives segment

Check out the F&O trends for select index stocks with Chetan Jain, Deputy Manager (Derivative Desk) at Anand Rathi

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Sugar falls 0.6% on profit-booking

Rising demand from bulk consumers due to summer- season restricted the gains

Jeera rises 0.4% on export demand

Prices rose as speculators enlarged their positions

Turmeric gain 0.6% on fall in supply

Prices moved up as speculators enlarged their positions

Crude palm oil up over 1% on rising demand

Prices went up as speculators enlarged their positions

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Rupee pulls off 8-1/2 month lows as exporters sell

The currency closes at 55.59/60 per dollar as exporters take advantage of a spike in the dollar

Rupee falls for fourth day on weak equities, importer demand

Analysts await clues from the Fed Chairman to provide signal about a potential end to its monetary stimulus programme on Wednesday

Rupee snaps initial gain, down 4 paise

Fresh demand for dollars from importers, banks negated early gains made by the rupee

Re slumps to fresh six-month low

Inching closer to the 56-level, the rupee on Wednesday weakened by five paise to hit a fresh six-month low of 55.48 on continued dollar demand ...

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Fed, weakening rupee spook Indian shares

Nifty slips below 6,000, Sensex closes below 20,000 mark

Puravankara's IPP oversubscribed 1.5 times

Puravankara's IPP was over-subscribed 1.5 times with the company receiving bids of 3,54,01,390 equity shares

Sebi could play a role in Ranbaxy if Daiichi allegations true

Daiichi has alleged concealment, misrepresentation of information regarding investigations in to company

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Of future shocks and global complexities
Pratip Kar

Having acquitted itself creditably in its first 25 years, India's first independent statutory regulator for the financial sector needs to ready ...

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Preparing for volatility
Jamal Mecklai

Globally, equity markets are rocking. Driven by liquidity and a growing belief that the US economy is finally recovering, the Dow is at an ...

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Local search engine Just Dial IPO subscribed 50% on Day 1

The company has fixed the issue price band at Rs 470-543 and will give Rs 47 (10% to the floor price) discount to retail investors

Local search engine Just Dial's Rs 950-cr IPO opens tomorrow

The IPO, which does not have issue of fresh shares, would see promoters offloading 17.49 million shares

Twenty anchor investors dial in to Just Dial

Just Dial IPO is open from May 20 to May 22. Company seeks to sell 25.02% stake or 17.4 million shares

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Just Dial IPO: Expensive dial-in

It also provides consumers access to user reviews/ ratings which aids them in informed decisions

IPO review: Scotts Garments

The IPO price band of Rs 130-132 leaves little room for appreciation

Opal IPO: Niche play at attractive valuations

The company is coming out with a fresh issue of equity shares to raise Rs 13 cr

UPCOMING IPOs
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India Finsec Ltd 10 24/05/2013 28/05/2013

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SBI's asset quality hasn't hit a bottom

Higher provisioning and operational costs eat into profitability

L&T: Q4 numbers disappoint, but valuations don't

Company has historically traded at 28% premium to the Sensex but now valuations on a par with the benchmark

Colgate: P&G's toothpaste foray will raise competitive pressures

While analysts expect relatively lesser impact for Colgate, high stock valuations will cap further upsides

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Company Price (Rs) Volume Chg (%)
Kirloskar Oil 192.45 664460 11.21
Oracle Fin.Serv. 2660.10 213018 8.92
Jyothy Lab. 183.20 63561 4.99
Indian Infotech 15.80 451767 4.64
Bombay Rayon 242.80 102531 2.97
Company Price (Rs) Volume Chg (%)
Balmer Lawrie 388.75 9739 -43.17
Wockhardt 1315.25 206693 -20.00
Unitech 25.20 7262490 -10.95
Crompton Greaves 97.30 1102712 -10.20
H D I L 50.75 7484758 -9.94
Company Price (Rs) Volume Chg (%)
REI Agro 13.40 507154 -1.25
United Phosp. 156.95 292305 0.90
Castrol India 340.05 53808 -0.85
Sun Pharma.Inds. 1006.55 190339 0.46
Berger Paints 244.20 116853 -1.85
Company Price (Rs) Volume Chg (%)
Balmer Lawrie 388.75 9739 -43.17
Solar Inds. 881.00 6981 -1.81
Novartis India 502.80 13611 -6.77
Wyeth 784.70 1069 -1.80
Bombay Rayon 242.80 102531 2.97
Last Updated: Thursday, May 23, 2013 | 04:00 PM IST
Company Price (Rs) Volume Chg (%)
Oracle Fin.Serv. 2661.00 734166 8.90
Bombay Rayon 241.10 173043 2.33
Marico 223.75 305647 2.15
Colgate-Palm. 1437.90 149266 1.82
Carborundum Uni. 129.90 513304 1.72
Company Price (Rs) Volume Chg (%)
Balmer Lawrie 388.50 18025 -43.31
Wockhardt 1313.80 1108564 -20.00
Unitech 25.20 58287168 -10.95
Crompton Greaves 97.30 6677512 -10.20
Reliance Infra. 366.60 4637182 -10.20
Company Price (Rs) Volume Chg (%)
REI Agro 13.35 1410018 -2.20
United Phosp. 157.25 3574047 1.09
Castrol India 340.45 220706 -1.00
Sun Pharma.Inds. 1006.00 1269829 0.41
Berger Paints 244.95 497966 -1.88
Company Price (Rs) Volume Chg (%)
Balmer Lawrie 388.50 18025 -43.31
Bombay Rayon 241.10 173043 2.33
Wyeth 781.90 2430 -2.24
Monnet Ispat 174.25 6594 -2.71
MOIL 205.45 75818 -3.88
Last Updated: Thursday, May 23, 2013 | 12:00 AM IST
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DJIA 15293.43 -13.74 -0.09
Shanghai Composite 2275.67 -26.74 -1.16
DAX 8351.98 -178.91 -2.10
FTSE 100 6696.79 -143.48 -2.10
Nikkei 225 14483.98 -1143.28 -7.32