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| Among ISDI global depository receipts, five advanced and only two lost ground. The major gainers were Reliance (up 2.83 per cent to $24), State Bank of India (up 2.48 per cent to $31) and Ranbaxy (up 1.93 per cent to $23.20). The losers were Hindalco (down 2.19 per cent to $22.75) and Bajaj Auto (down 1.55 per cent to $19). |
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| On October 23, among eight ISDI American depository receipts, four advanced and four lost ground. The major gainers were ICICI Bank (up 1.80 per cent to $11.90), VSNL (up 0.56 per cent to $5.39) and Satyam Computer (up 0.12 per cent to $16.25) and the major losers were MTNL (down 3.03 per cent to $5.12), HDFC Bank (down 2.86 per cent to $23.76) and Wipro (down 2.67 per cent to $33.60). |
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| The ISDI, which represents the ADRs and GDRs of 15 actively-traded companies, dipped further by 1.72 per cent to 833.36 on October 23 as against 847.95 on October 22, an Instanex Capital release said. |
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| The ISDI P/E ratio also slipped by 1.74 per cent to 16.43 from 16.72, previously. |
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| Among the ISDI ADRs and GDRs, there were ten losers, four gainers and only one held steady. |
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| The GDR of Larsen & Toubro eased to $17.74 from $17.70, previously. However, the GDRs of Hindalco, State Bank of India and Ranbaxy Labs rose to $23.35, $30.33 and $22.40, respectively as against $24.69, $31.63 and $23.25, previously. |
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| Elsewhere in the world the Nasdaq composite index slipped 12.56 points down to 1,885.51 on Thursday, the Dow Jones industrial average went up 14.89 points to 9,613.13. |
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