The Hindu Business Line : Friday, March 11, 2005

UTI Grandmaster to take new avatar
THE `Opportunities' bug has bit the country's largest fund house: Twelve years after it was launched, UTI Grandmaster is being re-named UTI Opportunities Fund. The latter will soon appear with a larger corpus, thanks to some small equity ... More

Birla Sun Life, Crisil plan benchmark indices for ULIPs
BIRLA Sun Life Insurance (BSLI) in association with Crisil has announced the launch of new benchmark services to provide investors with a yardstick to measure the performance of funds. Mr Nani Javeri, CEO, BSLI, said: "The new benchmark indices ... More

TECHNICAL ANALYSIS

Bear-run arrested
The sentiment reading of the tradable counters remains bullish. Bear domination on Friday is likely to turn the sentiment reading to bearish. Otherwise, the prevailing sentiment is likely to continue with a slight change in its value. More

STOCK MARKETS

Trent hits new high on growth prospects
THE stock of Tata Group's retail outfit, Trent, today closed at its 52-week high at Rs 685.40 with surge in traded volumes. Nearly 20 per cent upward movement was frozen at the upper circuit. According to brokers, the heightened interest could ... More

Block deal in HDFC Bank
INDIA Private Equity Fund (Mauritius) on Thursday sold its entire stake of more than 4 per cent in HDFC Bank. The stake was sold by the fund in the open market and Deutsche Securities bought the entire stake. The deal was struck (for 1.16 crore ... More

Cash flow hopes draw interest in ONGC
AFTER a long time, shares of index heavyweight ONGC were bought by several FIIs. Dealers said the interest in the stock surfaced on recommendations of several foreign broking firms. One of the main reasons for the buying is that the company is ... More

DERIVATIVES MARKETS

Outlook may turn positive for Maruti, BHEL
THE following strategies are based on Thursday's trading in the derivatives segment on the NSE: Maruti Udyog: The March futures contract closed at 463.50. The outlook could turn positive if the futures contract trades above 466.50. In ... More

COMMENTARY

Mid-caps, small-caps continue to thrive
A rally in banking, oil and cement stocks helped Sensex avert a second straight day of losses reviving expectations of a surge past the 7,000 mark. Large capitalisation stocks such as SBI, HDFC, ONGC and Reliance contributed to the Sensex's ... More

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