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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%.

Trading Idea: Should you buy infra stocks?

Check out the trading strategies for capital goods and infrastructure space with Dipesh Mehta, derivative analyst at Nirmal Bang Securities.

Local search engine Just Dial IPO fully subscribed

The Rs 950-crore IPO, the biggest issue so far this year, received bids for over 2.63 crore shares, against 1.35 crore shares on offer

L&T dips on disappointing Q4 earnings

The board has announced the issue of bonus shares in the ratio of 1:2.

Markets continue to trade firm on global cues

Larsen & Toubro leads losers list after posting dissapointing results, Realty and oil shares also in red

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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 ...

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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 prices slip on profit-selling; silver gains

Traders said profit-selling by stockists at prevailing higher levels mainly led to decline in gold prices, which had strengthened by Rs 680 ...

Mustardseed up 1% on increased buying

Restricted supply supported the trade

Liquidate excess foodgrain stock, suggests Gulati

Says, will help bring down cereal inflation as well as narrow fiscal deficit

Chana rises 0.5% on firm demand

Rising supplies from new crop supported the trade

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Rupee snaps initial gain, down 4 paise

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

Bonds end mixed on buying, selling bouts

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

Rupee drops to nearly five-month low vs dollar

Government securities firmed up on good buying support from banks and companies

Forex reserves fall $616.4 million to $293.69 billion

Foreign currency assets, major component of forex reserves, were down by $568.1 million to $263.16 billion

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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 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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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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Sebi: Reactive or active regulator?
Sandeep Parekh

There are many ways the market watchdog can work towards pre-empting Saradha-type scams

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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

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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

ITC clocks 3% volume growth in cigarettes

Company's FMCG business turns in a maiden profit in Q4 on higher than industry growth

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