The Hindu Business Line : Friday, February 01, 2002

UTI developing new index for balanced funds
UNIT Scheme-64 (US-64) is undoubtedly distinctive — popular, controversial and hard to benchmark. The new team at Unit Trust of India (UTI), therefore, believes: If no benchmarks are available, then create a new one that would not only be a ... More

TECHNICAL ANALYSIS

Marginal gains
THURSDAY'S trading activity witnessed bull domination. This led to the termination of downtrend in most of the prevailing counters. Bulls were left with marginal gains. The market sentiment reading of the tradable counters stands neutral. Further ... More

COMMENTARY

Infotech stocks rebound -- Reliance down as numbers fail
SOFTWARE stocks came back into the limelight in the markets on Thursday. Buoyed by a short rally in the tech-heavy Nasdaq market in the US, the domestic markets also witnessed renewed buying interest in information technology (IT) stocks. More

Tata Telecom sees fund backing
AFTER the recent restructuring of Tata Telecom, the company's stock is being eyed by the mutual funds. On Thursday, about 1.5 lakh shares were bought by two funds. It is believed that the stock is being re-rated following the restructuring of the ... More

Buying VSNL calls may pay
THURSDAY'S trading in the derivatives segment on the NSE saw most equity calls move up. Here are some buy/sell strategies based on the day's trading: Equity options: The February 150 calls on VSNL clocked the highest volumes in that ... More

IPOS

Vijaya Bank mulls IPO for housing arm
VIJAYA Bank is likely to take its fledgling housing finance subsidiary, Vijaya Bank Housing Finance Ltd, to an initial public offer in its bid to part-divest its stake in the firm, the Chairman, Mr S. Gopalakrishnan, has said. However, "we have ... More

INVESTOR PROTECTION

ICSI to set up investor clinics
THE Institute of Company Secretaries of India has proposed to set up investor clinics for creating awareness and assisting the gullible investors. This is apart from organising seminars on investor education programmes and bringing out booklets ... More

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