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Correction and instruction must both work

Sridevi was planning a shuffle of her deposits, with the interest rate horizon looking bleak. Jogin was studying the hedging policies of companies. And Dakshinamoorthy was reading up a clutch of international accounting standards ahead of convergence… Till Khan summoned them all for the weekly market chat. Hop in!

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Kay: Hi! Market can move…

Jog: Sideways next week?

Sri: Investors seem to have turned a trifle wary.

Dax: F&O expiry on Thursday.

Jog: That’ll dictate the trend for the week.

Sri: Presence of short positions…

Kay: Can cause the market to move up sharply!

Dax: Yet again? As short covering kicks in!

Sri: Foreign investments dash in…

Jog: So techies hit? MFs waiting endlessly?

Dax: On the sidelines for ‘correction’ to happen!

Kay: But the bulls are not going to give up easily.

Sri: Retail investors are risking their neck out…

Jog: Because the returns have been good!

Kay: Last week’s numbers, koi?

Sri: Allahabad Bank rose 9% last Monday.

Hindalco earned a profit of 3% and DLF was up 2%

that day, while Godrej Cons, L&T and Reliance

ended on a +ve note.

Dax: Strong copper prices can benefit Hindalco.

Jog: Also Sterlite’s bottom line.

Kay: High crude prices are a -ve for HPCL and BPCL.

Sri: Lead prices are on fire. Record high!

Dax: On fears of supply. An US smelter closed down…

Kay: Last week. Exports from Australia and Canada?

Jog: Affected due to ‘pollution’ investigations!

Sri: Watching Hindustan Zinc…only supplier…

Kay: Of lead in the country.

Jog: So, battery makers will be under pressure?

Dax: Take a close look at Amara Raja & Exide!

Sri: Exide driven by profit nos. Energetic battery biz.

Dax: Likely to be a momentum stock… aaj!

Kay: Suna tha…Bharti 1000, Reliance 2100, RCom 750…

Jog: Sail 180, Tata Steel 1000. Willing to take a shot?

Sri: BF Utilities gained Rs 700 in a week!

Dax: Kothari Products without much ado up…

Jog: By Rs 150. Pay attention to such stocks…

Kay: To pocket big money?

Sri: Gateway Distiparks could be accumulated?

Kay: Auto stocks beginning to look up.

Sri: Relative underperformance in the past month.

Dax: Decent numbers from Ashok Leyland.

Jog: Midcap tech stocks’ earnings?

Kay: Suffered a sharp setback.

Sri: Bhart AirTel and RCom escaped on news backup.

Jog: Sadbhav Engg gets my buy vote.

Dax: For the medium term?

Kay: Siemens getting support on declines.

Sri: Should see some consolidation.

Dax: Akruti should cool a bit. Looks overbought.

Kay: No stopovers for L&T.

Jog: Construction cos’ growth a reality.

Dax: But Era Construction has gone up too sharply.

Kay: Await correction.

Sri: “Correction and instruction must both work.”

Jog: Measure For Measure? Bye!

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Lee with inputs from Mad, Lok, Sub, San and Bij.

Blog at http://MarketChat.blogspot.com

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