The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, April 27, 2006

Hind Lever gains ahead of result
Shares of Hindustan Lever have been moving up in anticipation of a fairly good earning numbers in the first quarter of 2006. Shares have risen by over seven per cent in the last one month to Rs 289.15 Analysts tracking the fast moving ... More

Shringar Cinemas: Talk of food foray
Along with 190 new screens over the next 18 months, Shringar Cinemas is understood to have planned to set up food courts in its theatres. According to market sources, the roping in of the former CEO of a leading pizza chain may accelerate ... More

Panama Petrochem gains on Petronas tie-up
Co confident of achieving Rs 200-crore sales in 2007-08 More

Suryalata Spg: Betting on numbers
The Street expectation is that Suryalata Spinning may report a 100-cent jump in profits in 2006-07 on the strength of its capacity expansion. The company is doubling its capacity and the expansion project is almost complete, according to market ... More

FINANCIAL SERVICES

IL&FS Investsmart net up 66 pc
IL&FS Investsmart Ltd has reported a 66 per cent jump in its net profit for the quarter ended March 31, 2006 at Rs 22.45 crore, compared to Rs 13.49 crore in the corresponding period last year. The total revenue for the quarter grew 87.25 per ... More

NEW FUND OFFER

Pru ICICI plans Equity and Derivative Fund
The plans will involve a mix of equity and equity-related securities, derivatives as well as debt and money market instruments. To tap arbitrage opportunities More

MUTUAL FUNDS

`MF route better for IPO investments'
They have good chance in allotment More

TECHNICAL ANALYSIS

Bulls march ahead
Bulls dominated Wednesday's trading activity. The sentiment reading of the tradable counters reversed to bullish. Bear pressure on Thursday is likely to reduce the bull pressure marginally. On the contrary the prevailing bullish sentiment is ... More

DERIVATIVES MARKETS

NSE tightens derivatives norms
Two days after hiking the exposure margins in derivatives, the National Stock Exchange (NSE) on Wednesday further tightened the regulations in the derivative segment by asking members to ensure that the client level positions on a gross level are ... More

FOREIGN INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS

FII buying pushes Sensex up 292 points
A pair of fine corporate results and renewed buying by foreign funds authored a strong stock market recovery on Wednesday, after three days of decline. The benchmark BSE-30 Sensex rose 291.75 points (2.50 per cent) to 11,938.53, wiping out ... More

FII limit reached in Andhra Bank
FIIs, NRIs, and persons of Indian origin cannot purchase shares of Andhra Bank under the portfolio investment scheme without prior permission of the Reserve Bank of India. In a release, the central bank said that FII investment ... More

Prajay allotment to Citigroup
Prajay Engineers Syndicate Ltd has informed the stock exchanges that the allotment committee of its board of directors at a meeting held on Monday has allotted 1,21,013 equity shares of Rs 10 each fully paid-up at a conversion price of Rs 75 per ... More

COMMENTARY

Stocks bounce back on strong earnings
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IPOS

R Systems lists at 20% premium, ends flat
R Systems International Ltd, an outsourced software product development company, made its debut on the stock exchanges at a premium of 20.4 per cent on the BSE at Rs 301, compared to the issue price of Rs 250. But the shares swung from one ... More

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