The Hindu Business Line : Tuesday, September 30, 2003

A BUSINESS LINE FEATURE ON MUTUAL FUNDS
Identifying the right one
What are the most important considerations while selecting a fund? Its past performance? Or its costs, volatility or its returns? More

`Gamut of schemes for all investors'
BoB Mutual Fund is undertaking several steps including strengthening the distribution network to have a wider reach, under the leadership of new Managing Director, Mr N.L. Khurana, who took charge of the fund in May this year. The fund ... More

Adding value
The mutual fund industry today manages over one lakh crore rupees in assets. This has been possible not just because of the funds' performance but investor confidence, which has been built up through high standards of transparency and good service, s ays Aarati Krishnan. More

Why is retail role passive?
THE mutual fund industry is still in the initial stage of development in India, with an investor base of only around 3-4 million. Total investments in mutual funds of around Rs 1,20,000 crore constitute less than 10 per cent of the total bank ... More

STOCKS

Kajaria Ceramics shareholders approve delisting
THE shareholders of Kajaria Ceramics Ltd have approved the delisting of the equity shares of the company from the UP, Delhi and Kolkata stock exchanges. The nod for delisting the equity shares of the company from the three stock exchanges ... More

TECHNICAL ANALYSIS

Bulls march ahead
BULLS extended their dominance over Monday's trading activity. Their dominance for the second successive trading day left the bears stranded. The market sentiment reading of the tradable counters remains bullish with no downtrend counters. Bear ... More

STOCK EXCHANGES

BSE to allow listing of cos with Rs 3-cr capital
IN an effort to encourage small companies to tap the primary market, the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) on Monday decided to permit listing of the shares issued by small cap companies. Under this, companies having paid-up capital of Rs 3 crore, ... More

STOCK MARKETS

Special dividend hopes lift select PSU stocks
Stock of select PSUs including HPCL and BPCL shot into the limelight in today's trading on expectation of special dividend by these companies. Stockbrokers said talk of several PSUs especially in the oil and petroleum sector contemplating ... More

Stocks shifted to trade-to-trade mode still elicit interest
THE nine stocks, which have been shifted to the trade-to-trade segment by the Bombay Stock Exchange on September 26 pursuant to a meeting with Securities and Exchange Board of India as a "preventive surveillance measure to ensure market safety ... More

OBC gains on FII interest
THE counter of Oriental Bank of Commerce (OBC) was back on the buy-list of select FIIs and touched new high on Monday. The increased interest in the counter was on expectation of good results in the second quarter of this fiscal. OBC is ... More

DERIVATIVES MARKETS

M&M: Outlook negative, short Oct. futures
THE following strategies are based on Monday's trading in the derivatives segment on the NSE: Equity options M&M: The outlook on this stock is negative. The downside price target is Rs 206. The upside risk level is Rs 247. ... More

REGULATORY BODIES & RULINGS

CLA: Regulations versus Guidelines
THE Securities and Exchange Board of India has set the stage for the Central Listing Authority (CLA). The objective behind the CLA Regulations has been to bring about uniformity in the conduct of due diligence in ... More

COMMENTARY

PSU stocks attract trading interest
STOCK prices continued to stay firm on Monday following the up trend in the last two days of the previous week. However, the extent of rise and the breadth of rally were less impressive. Only about 65 per cent of the traded stocks advanced ... More

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