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Churlish as the bear, slow as the elephant

Jogin was tossing a coin `to check' which way the markets would move on Monday. Sridevi was studying the details of Euronext-NYSE merger. Dakshinamoorthy was painting his old cycle `red'... Till Khan summoned them all for the weekly market chat. Follow the pack!

Kay: Hi, are you all there! Global opening crucial today!

Sri: Margin pressure on brokers yet to recede.

Jog: Settlement week for F&O to swing the market wilder!

Dax: Implied volatilities of Nifty options are at high levels.

Kay: Calls over 100% Nifty's annualised volatility at 96%

Sri: Metals lost further ground on LME. Caution!

Jog: In the metal counters and precious metal futures.

Dax: Long positions down, as speculators began to exit.

Kay: Big brokers insist on 50% margin. Today's call...

Dax: ... may pull down market further. To cover margin...

Jog: ... people may sell stocks that haven't corrected much.

Dax: Refusal of some brokerage houses to give exposure

to clients was a blessing in disguise, in the volatile market.

Kay: Dow and Nasdaq improved marginally, clues missing!

Sri: Adani Exports may buck the general bearish trend.

Significant orders to export chickpeas to Pakistan.

Dax: Sourced its needs competitively. Rice export too!

Jog: Many stocks tempting enough to

press the `buy' button.

Dax: Such as Hindalco, with an immediate target of 210?

Jog: EID Parry firm amidst the rubble. 330? If fall stops...

Kay: Check frontline IT stocks: Satyam and HCL Tech.

Sri: Ansal Infra and Unitech made a 5% gain last Monday.

Dax: BSEL Infra earned more than 1% that day.

Jog: Watching strong stocks that lost more than 20%

Dax: India Cem 22% Essar 25% Jindal 23% Hind Zinc 23%

Jog: Suzlon 23%, ABB 19%, MRPL 19%, Rel Petro 13%.

Sri: In pharma, Orchid 28% and GSK 22% Shipping?

Kay: Bharati Shipyard, ABG Shipyard likely to rule firm.

Dax: Fiscal concessions extended for further 5 years.

Jog: Indoco Remedies to rule firm on news flow of merger.

Dax: SBI weak results put pressure on banks also.

Kay: An accumulation candidate.

Jog: Top bank, with assets growing here and abroad.

Sri: SAIL, like all metal stocks, dropping swiftly!

Dax: Like a rock from outer space!

Jog: Will the latest metal meltdown wreck further havoc?

Dax: "Bright metal on a sullen ground," King Henry IV!

Kay: Downward movement may continue, say traders.

Jog: Investors who'd entered the stock in the Rs 50-60

range may feel the need to take whatever profit they can!

Sri: Eveready has potential real estate play.

Jog: Looking at how to unlock value in land!

Dax: Will the stock go the Bata way?

Kay: Eveready had not long ago crossed Rs 140.

Sri: Bumper coffee crop awaited in Brazil and Vietnam!

Dax: Working in favour of roasters.

Sri: Track Tata Coffee and Bombay Burmah.

Jog: As global prices appear to be on a downward trend.

Kay: Tea production in Kenya has recovered due to rains.

Sri: Prices firm. Tea stocks can be hit in a bearish phase.

Dax: `Churlish as the bear, slow as the elephant.'

Kay: As in Troilus and Cressida! Bye.

Lee with inputs from Nat, Sve, Ala, Bad, The, Sub, Nil, Sur and Bij.

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