The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, December 31, 2005

TV18 promoter to transfer over 10 pc stake in Network 18
THE promoter of Television Eighteen Ltd, Mr Raghav Behl, has announced that he would voluntarily relinquish over 10 per cent stake in Network 18 (the new holding company), in favour of a trust for the benefit of TV18. A press release issued by ... More

Thanks to bull run, 161 cos move from small to mid-cap segment — `Graduation to continue in 2006 too'
THE spectacular rise of the stock markets in 2005 has witnessed the graduation of 161 companies from small-cap (market capitalisation below Rs 100 crore) to mid-cap segment (from Rs 100 crore to Rs 1,000 crore) and 81 companies from mid-cap to ... More

TECHNICAL ANALYSIS

Bulls prevail
BULLS prevailed over Friday's trading activity. The sentiment reading of the tradable counters remains bullish. Bear domination on Monday is likely to change the sentiment reading in their favour. On the contrary, the prevailing bullish sentiment ... More

STOCK MARKETS

Siyaram Silk counting on domestic strength
SIYARAM Silk Mills is witnessing strong appreciation in its price on the bourses over prospects of improved profitability. Market expectation is that the company is eyeing the domestic retail market too. An official spokesperson of the company ... More

For Sensex, real peak is still 1992 after adjusting for inflation
THE Sensex increased from 6,000 to 7,000, shot up to 8,000 and then went on to race past 9,000 over the past few months. But time does not stand still. In real terms, the value of fifty lakh rupees in 1994 was equal to almost a crore of rupees ... More

DERIVATIVES MARKETS

SEBI hikes position limits for stock derivatives — To resume fresh registrations for UIN
SEBI has hiked the trading member position limit for stock-based derivatives. As per this, for stocks having market-wide position limit of Rs 500 crore or more, the combined futures and options position limit shall be 20 per cent of applicable ... More

REGULATORY BODIES & RULINGS

SEBI allows MFs to launch gold exchange-traded funds — Repetitive disclosures for follow-on public offerings go
THE Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) on Friday announced key decisions, including introduction of optional grading of IPOs to provide "additional comfort" to investors and allowing mutual funds to launch gold exchange-traded funds, ... More

COMMENTARY

Bulls call the shots to wrap up 2005
TIME again to ring out the old and ring in the new with the bulls nodding in unison, acknowledging the longest annual winning streak of Sensex in more than a decade and gearing up for the next run. The bulls decided to call the shots on the last ... More

Underlying equities outperform ADRs
INVESTORS who have invested in the underlying equities of the Indian-listed ADRs could have outsmarted their US peers if one considers the average return given out by ADRs and their underlying equities. While the average return posted by the ... More

PERFORMANCE

Stocks end 2005 on firm note; Sensex 3rd best in Asia
STOCK prices remained firm on Friday, the last day of the current year with across the board buying pushing the BSE Sensex up 75 points. With today's close BSE Sensex gained 42 per cent this year and S&P CNX Nifty by 36 per cent. It has been ... More

ECONOMIC OFFENCES

Lapses in opening demat account: Karvy told to conduct probe
NATIONAL Securities Depository Ltd (NSDL) has found lapses by Karvy Share Broking (Karvy) in processing account-opening application for demat accounts. The finding follows NDSL's inspection of Karvy in Yes Bank IPO allotment. NSDL said bank ... More

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