The Hindu Business Line : The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune

Khan was checking his portfolio against the list of companies that had made it to the billion-dollar club thanks to rupee appreciation. Sridevi was studying trends in stock price movements of demerged companies. Dakshinamoorthy was reading a report on the liquor industry... . Till Jogin con-called them for the weekly market chat. Join the buzz!

Jog: Hi! Flat movement last Friday.

Kay: Market likely to stay positive...

Sri: Today? I too suppose so.

Dax: Would the index clear...

Kay: Past previous all-time high of 4,245?

Sri: Will it sustain at higher levels?

Jog: On the downside, Nifty has immediate support...

Kay: At 4,170 levels.

Sri: Last week's numbers, koi?

Dax: Tata Teleser, Sterlite Ind...

Jog: Plus Tata Tea and Indian Bank...

Kay: Were up almost 2 per cent last Monday.

Jog: Andhra Bank and Hindalco...

Kay: Gained about 1 per cent.

Sri: Last week belonged to the two U's!

Dax: Unitech in the first half and then...

Kay: The galloping United Spirits?

Sri: That's right! Cheers!

Jog: Realty stocks...

Kay: Showing no signs of losing steam.

Dax: Sad that their partners...

Sri: Construction and cement industries?

Jog: Not able to keep pace!

Kay: Gap getting wider.

Sri: Gaps that `leave your gaping... '

Kay: As Porter says in King Henry VIII!

Dax: As with haves and have-nots.

Sri: For example, Reliance has left REL...

Kay: Far behind!

Jog: Over the last few months?

Dax: Raj TV stock saw a few block deals.

Sri: Following the exit of Maran from the Ministry.

Kay: Sun TV recovered lost ground on Friday.

Jog: Watching Bhagyanagar India.

Sri: Results are good and has enough potential...

Kay: To move upwards, says a brokerage house!

Sri: "Potential spurs," says Edmund in King Lear.

Jog: Talk of Anil Ambani evincing interest in a co...

Sri: Good enough for the stock to take off!

Kay: It might be a wild guess?

Jog: "I guess one angel in another's hell... "

Sri: As sings the Bard? But make money...

Kay: Before the buzz dies down!

Sri: There in lies your way to fortune?

Kay: "The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune."

Sri: Ah, Hamlet's `To be, or not to be... '

Jog: Take care, however!

Sri: Bajaj Auto demerger turned to be...

Kay: A dampener for the market.

Dax: Heard that investing in the company...

Jog: On declines, would pay-off...

Dax: In the longer run?

Kay: UTV Software in action after...

Dax: Reliance MF made open market purchase?

Jog: Paradyne Infotech jumps!

Sri: On sharp increase in earnings.

Dax: "Jumps along by him... " As You Like It!

Sri: "And never stays to greet him."

Kay: DS Kulkarni riding high.

Dax: Intends to develop SEZ in Nashik.

Jog: Heard Inox Leisure would gain further.

Sri: "Some patient leisure to excuse myself."

Kay: From Shakespeare's King Richard III!

Dax: "Haste still pays haste," as in...

Jog: Measure For Measure. Bye!

Lee with inputs from Mad, Vim and Bij.

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