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OFFHAND
Sensex to senses
THE jitters gripping the stock exchanges, with the sensex graph looking like the ECG of a patient in the throes of myocardial infarction, are not evidence of a mature and confident investor community or a market ...
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FINANCIAL SCAN
Strong data ratchets up US Treasury yields
NONE of the economists surveyed in pre-FOMC meeting polls thought that the Fed would raise interest rates at last week's meeting and it was right. They were practically unanimous, however, that there would be a considerable change in the tone ...
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DOWN TO EARTH
Coalition dharma and economic progress
THE exit polls after the third and the fourth rounds caused great consternation. They predicted a precariously balanced 14th Lok Sabha. The stock market reacted with sharp fall and the propaganda machinery of both the ...
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MICROSCOPE
Bharat Forge benefits from robust auto sales
BHARAT Forge's earnings performance was in line with expectations. In the year 2003-04, sales growth in the domestic markets was much higher than that in the overseas markets. Revenue from the domestic market rose 37 per cent while exports rose ...
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EAR TO THE GROUND
Quick exit for profit booking
THE counter of recently listed Ramakrishna Forging fell sharply on Tuesday. Stock price of the company was down 15.72 per cent, at Rs 36.20, on the BSE with volumes of 4.24 lakh shares; on the NSE, it was down 15.05 per cent, at Rs 36.40, with ...
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ON THE HEDGE
ACC: Outlook negative, short June futures
THE following strategies are based on Tuesday's trading in the spot and the derivatives segments on the NSE: ACC: The stock closed at Rs 256 in the spot market. The outlook appears negative. The stock is on a corrective phase to its ...
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SENSOR
Panic over actual results continues
THE increasing political uncertainty and with the possibility of a clear majority in the current elections eluding both the major political parties - Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress - and their allies led to a carnage in the ...
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