The stock gained 11 per cent in a falling market to close at Rs 827.10 on stock split news.

Allcargo rises on stock split

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The stock gained 18 per cent to Rs 106.55 on BSE after Temptation Foods bought 3.79 per cent stake in the company.

Stake buy lifts Kohinoor

Chennai-based digital cinema chain, Pyramid Saimira Theatre, bounced back from a 52-week low of Rs 201.05 after the company announced that its board will meet on June 30 to consider raising additional funds.

Pyramid Saimira Theatre bounces back

HDFC, the largest Indian housing finance company, gained 1.42 per cent to close at Rs 2,214.8, even as the Sensex was down 1.91 per cent.

HDFC bucks the trend

Sagar Cements gained 3.20 per cent to close at Rs 388.10 after the company said that it has formed a joint venture with France-based Vicat SA, to set up a manufacturing facility at Gulbarga in Karnataka.

Sagar Cements gains on French joint venture

Ahmedabad-based Torrent Pharmaceuticals jumped 12.45 per cent to close at Rs 174.35 on reports that Vadodara-based Sun Pharmaceuticals is eyeing a substantial stake in the company.

Torrent jumps on stake sale buzz

Areva T&amp;D India surged 7.69 per cent to Rs 1,324.90 after the company informed about bagging a contract worth Rs 125 crore from Uttar Pradesh Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam for a power plant.

Areva surges on UP plant order

Spice Communications (Spice) vaulted 33.12 per cent to Rs 72.35 after Idea Cellular, the country's fifth-largest mobile operator in terms of subscribers, said it would buy 40.8 per cent stake in the company for Rs 2,175.91 crore, or at Rs 77.30 per share.

Spice rings louder on Idea stake plan

Rayban Sun Optics India hit the 20 per cent upper circuit to close at Rs 109.20 after its Italy-based promoter, Luxottica, proposed a voluntary delisting of the Rayban shares from the Bombay Stock Exchange.

Rayban hits upper circuit on delisting move

India's largest company by market capitalisation, Reliance Industries, surged 4.87 per cent to close at Rs 2,239.25, after the oil ministry said on Wednesday evening that the company will start production of natural gas from its D-6 field in the KG basin by September 2008.

Reliance flares up on KG gas plan

The stock of Container Corporation of India (Concor) rose today by 0.41 per cent to close at Rs 778.35 The stock was the topmost gainer among the A group stocks on the Bombay Stock Exchange.

Concor top gainer among A group stocks

&nbsp;Asian Paints was up 1.47 per cent to Rs 1,197.30. It was second among the A group gainers today.

Asian Paints moves up by 1.47%

Bartronics India went up 9.72 per cent to close at Rs 224.55 on the BSE after the company reported a 260.82 per cent increase in net profit to Rs 16.42 crore and 309.9 per cent surge in net sales in Q4 March 2008 over Q4 March 2007.

Bartronics India rallies on earnings growth

Nestle India jumped 9.15 per cent to close at Rs 1774 on the BSE on reporting 47.7 per cent rise in net profit to Rs 160.15 crore in Q1 March 2008 over Q1 March 2007.

Nestle India races ahead on good numbers

Mumbai-based real estate player, Housing Development and Infrastructure (HDIL) spurted to Rs 846 a share, up 9.59 per cent from Rs 772 a share on news that the realty major had received the government's approval for the airport slum rehabilitation project.

HDIL soars on nod for rehabilitation project

Small cap commercial vehicle maker, Eicher Motors spurted to Rs 296.30 a share, up by 8.36 per cent from Rs 273.45 a share, after the company said that its commercial vehicle sales rose 17 per cent to 2002 units in April 2008 over April 2007.

Eicher Motors rides on commercial vehicle sales

MRF gained 2.36 per cent to Rs 4650 on Friday after the company signed a memorandum of understanding with the Tamil Nadu government for setting up a new radial tyre facility at an investment of Rs 900 crore.

MRF up on expansion buzz

DLF gained 7.8 per cent to Rs 720 on the BSE last week after the company reported 536.6 per cent surge in net profit in the year ended March 2008 over the year ended March 2007.

Profit surge lifts DLF

Power Finance Corporation escalated 13.09 per cent to close at Rs 186.65 on reports that it may be allowed to access up to $5 billion in foreign exchange reserves through India Infrastructure Finance Company (IIFCL) to fund power projects.

Funds buzz boosts Power Finance Corp

Unitech jumped 4.01 per cent to Rs 330.90 after the company announced that the Department of Telecommunications allotted 4.4 MHz spectrum in 1800 MHz GSM band to the company's subsidiary company to operate in the Orissa service area.

Unitech zooms on spectrum allocation

Pritish Nandy Communications hit the upper circuit of 9.98 per cent to close at Rs 58.40 after the company signed a co-production deal with the US-based Sony Pictures.

Deal with overseas firm boosts Pritish Nandy

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