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Capital goods stocks bear the brunt

Almost three-fourth of the stocks closed in the red as concerns once again surfaced about recovery of the sector given a 7% drop in L&T's Q4 ...

Trading volumes in corporate bonds soar on rate cut hopes

Sebi data show that month of April recorded trading volumes of Rs 1.11 lakh crore

Markets end lower as L&T Q4 earnings disappoint

The 30-share Sensex ended at 20,062 down 49 points or 0.25% and the 50-share Nifty ended at 6,095 down by 20 points or 0.32%.

Markets slump on dissapointing L&T results

BSE Realty and Capital Goods indices have slumped over 3% followed by counters like Oil & Gas, PSU, Power and Banks, all slipping by 1%

BPCL, HPCL, IOC tank on new fuel policy concerns

HPCL and BPCL have dipped 6% each, while IOC is down 5% on BSE.

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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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Gold, copper rebound on dollar weakness

Major commodities on Wednesday went up in early trade on the London Metal Exchange (LME) due to short covering and weakening of the ...

Cotton sowing to drop 10-15%

At several places, prices slip below MSP; market remains sluggish without exports

SC panel refuses to direct NMDC to reduce iron ore prices

The Central Empowered Committee refused to issue directions to ore producers on producing a certain type, beneficial to industries like sponge ...

India copper smelter closures put cable makers in tight spot

The Sterlite and Birla smelters account for about 90 per cent of India's total copper output of 690,000 tonnes

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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 ...

Bonds end mixed on buying, selling bouts

Call money rates finished slightly lower due to lack of demand from borrowing

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Jet to seek Sebi exemption to divest promoter holding

After the preferential allotment of shares to Etihad Airways, the latter would have three members on the Jet Airways board. They are James ...

Sensex falls for 3rd day, down 49 pts

The Sensex fell for a third consecutive session on Wednesday to mark its lowest close in almost two weeks, after Larsen & Toubro (L&T) ...

Sebi settles case against Fortis Healthcare Holdings

Fortis had filed for settlement under Sebi's consent order mechanism "in respect of the change in its shareholding in Fortis Healthcare Ltd ...

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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 ...

IPO News Rss icon

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

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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

Indian infotech sector is becoming a riskier bet

The beta of large IT firms has increased since 2008 and is expected to inch up further given the rising challenges

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Manappuram Fin. 17.55 1451442 7.67
REI Agro 13.57 567524 5.93
Blue Circle Ser. 12.39 456989 4.47
Berger Paints 248.80 146157 4.34
Jyothy Lab. 174.50 7191 4.30
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India Cements 76.05 590281 -10.16
Tata Tele. Mah. 9.23 1134657 -8.43
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Adani Power 56.40 1915987 -7.01
Punj Lloyd 48.10 1592498 -6.78
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Tinplate Co. 45.10 285874 11.22
REI Agro 13.65 2817875 6.23
Sujana Towers 1.15 2084978 4.55
Berger Paints 249.65 515610 4.54
TD Power Sys. 243.50 6048 4.44
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India Cements 76.00 1887664 -9.90
Puravankar.Proj. 87.80 235572 -8.21
Adani Power 56.35 6287839 -7.17
Punj Lloyd 48.05 5766376 -6.97
Omaxe 142.75 147713 -6.24
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Nikkei 225 15627.26 246.24 1.60
DAX 8530.89 58.69 0.69
FTSE 100 6840.27 36.40 0.53
Shanghai Composite 2302.40 -2.71 -0.12
DJIA 15307.17 -80.41 -0.52