The Hindu Business Line : Their noise be our instruction

Khan was reading up about ethanol economics. Sridevi was downloading one more movie from YouTube. Dakshinamoorthy was shopping at a `Fresh' outlet for the limited fare on offer... Till Jogin alerted them all about the market chat. Jump in!

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Jog: Hi! Markets likely to continue on their up-trend.

Kay: After the strong close on Thursday last.

Sri: Crucial RBI meeting weekend!

Jog: Bank shares to turn volatile as the RBI unveils...

Kay: The mid-term review of monetary

policy on January 31.

Dax: Any interest rate surprise may hurt market.

Kay: Already discounted the anticipated 0.25

percentage point hike.

Sri: In repo and reverse-repo rate? Last

week's numbers?

Dax: Exide and Unitech were up more than 2% on

Jan 22. UTI Bank and Moser Bear earned more

than 1% that day. IVRCL, Raymond and Varun Ship

ended last Monday on a +ve note.

Kay: Vijaya Bank and Geojit Fin could see strength.

Dax: On the back of strong quarterly numbers.

Jog: The street not too impressed with

Shoppers' Stop performance.

Sri: UTV could find favour with market participants.

Kay: After a turnaround in performance compared to

the year-ago period.

Jog: Ranbaxy could see some positive sentiment.

Kay: Favourable ruling in Canada in Pfizer litigation?

Sri: MTNL, too, could see some positive buzz.

Dax: Driven by earnings performance. Chart picks?

Kay: Amara Raja Batteries and Karnataka Bank.

Sri: Home loans off-take has already been affected.

Jog: By rising rates. Stay off home-loan financing cos.

Kay: Capital goods and metals the safest bet this week.

Dax: Do not burn fingers chasing penny stocks

Sri: BHEL results and 1:1 bonus should...

Jog: Help the market make a steady start.

Dax: Pyramid Sai, a case of strike when the iron is hot.

Sri: Target 325. REL has missed out on the entire rally.

Kay: Time to wake up. What's up in Heritage foods?

Jog: Continuous upper freeze! Steel sector good show...

Sri: Set to continue. SAIL will sail to 125?

Kay: Tech Mahin, contradictory noises. 2500 or 1400?

Dax: `Their noise be our instruction. Ladders, ho!'

Sri: The call of Lartius in Coriolanus! Bye.

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Lee with inputs from Nat, Bad, Lok, Bij and The.

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