The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, October 02, 2008

MARKETS

PERFORMANCE: Banking sector funds outclass others in second quarter
Seven of 10 top MFs were banking schemes: Value Research. Mumbai, Oct. 1 While the financial crisis has felled several international banking giants, closer home, it is the banking sector funds that have outperformed all other categories of ...

FOREIGN INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS: FIIs pull out $2 billion from equities
Rising risk aversion forces external investors to exit. Chennai, Oct. 1 Foreign institutional investors pulled out a little over $2 billion in equities from the Indian stock markets in September, according to data released by SEBI. These ...

DERIVATIVES MARKETS: Daily currency futures limit may be raised
BSE launches trading in currency futures. Mumbai, Oct. 1 The financial regulators are likely to consider the demand of traders to raise the daily currency futures limit of $5 million, said the SEBI Chairman, Mr C.B. ...

STOCKS: Expansion plans lift Adhunik Metaliks
Kolkata, Oct. 1 Adhunik Metaliks’ stock on Wednesday spurted 18.46 per cent on the NSE and 15.43 per cent on the BSE, gaining a position among the top movers on both ...

INVESTMENTS: ULIPs popular despite market crash: LIC chief
Mumbai, Oct. 1 Despite the crash in the stock markets, there is no decisive shift from unit-linked insurance plans (ULIPs) to traditional policies, said Mr T. S. Vijayan, Chairman, Life ...

STOCKS: Orient Express Hotels plea to shareholders
Mumbai, Oct. 1 The board of directors of US-based Orient Express Hotels Ltd has urged its shareholders to vote against all the resolutions that will be moved at the special general meeting on ...

FOREIGN INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS: High level panel debates liquidity, P-Notes
The High level Co-ordination Committee (HLCC) on financial markets which met here on Wednesday is understood to have discussed ways to ease the tight liquidity situation in the ...

IPOS: WABCO-TVS ends day one at Rs 321.85
Chennai, Oct. 1 On Wednesday, on WABCO-TVS Ltd’s first day of listing on the stock exchanges, it opened at Rs 299.90 and closed higher at Rs 321.85 on the Bombay Stock Exchange. The share, of a face value of Rs 5, touched a high of ...

IPOS: Gujarat Pipavav Port files for IPO
Gujarat Pipavav Port Ltd (GPPL), the developer and operator of Pipavav port, the country’s first private sector port, has filed its draft red herring prospectus with the Securities & Exchange Board of India (SEBI) for an initial ...

BUYBACK: Ganesh Housing calls EGM
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