The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, February 02, 2006

STCI acquires UTI Securities for Rs 265 cr
SECURITIES Trading Corporation of India (STCI) has acquired broking and investment firm UTI Securities Ltd, for Rs 265 crore. According to sources, there were about 10 bidders and STCI has emerged as the highest bidder offering Rs 265 crore, ... More

NEW FUND OFFER

Birla MF launches Infrastructure Fund
BIRLA Mutual Fund has launched the Birla Infrastructure Fund - an open-ended growth scheme. The minimum investment is Rs 5,000 and the scheme has dividend (payout and reivestment) and growth options. Birla Infrastructure Fund is a ... More

TECHNICAL ANALYSIS

Bear domination
BEAR dominated over Wednesday's trading activity. The sentiment reading of the tradable counters changed to bearish. Bull move on Thursday is likely to change the sentiment reading in their favour. On the contrary, the bearish sentiment is likely ... More

STOCK MARKETS

Sensex misses 10,000-mark; drops sharply
IT was a summit denied as the BSE Sensex came within striking distance of the 10,000-point mark, but dipped sharply thereafter in Wednesday's volatile trade. The Sensex opened at 9,959.24, touched a high of 9,993.92 points and closed at 9,859.26 ... More

SAAG-RR turns active as it eyes oil segment
SAAG-RR Infra Ltd has been attracting considerable interest on the Bombay Stock Exchange. On Tuesday, 1.80 lakh shares changed hands and the share price hit the upper ceiling at Rs 47.07. Today, the stock shed Rs 2.10 at close (after hitting a ... More

Pitti active on order positions
PITTI Lamination has been active, of late, on accumulation by a section of market players. The stock recorded a traded quantity of 62,314 shares on the BSE on Wednesday against 29,133 shares on Tuesday. The closing price, however, showed a loss ... More

EVENTS

Investsmart brokers meet
KOCHI: IL&FS Investsmart conducted a brokers meet recently as a prelude to the company's forthcoming public issue that opens July 4. Mr Sreesankar R., Head (Research), addressed the meet in which 30-40 brokers from the city ... More

IPOS

DCB plans private placement, IPO to raise Rs 350 cr
DEVELOPMENT Credit Bank Ltd plans to tap the capital market with a private placement and an initial public offer (IPO) for raising funds to the tune of Rs 350 crore. These equity issues are aimed at strengthening the bank's capital adequacy ratio ... More

OUTLOOK

Media waits another day for Sensex to touch 10 K
AT the end of the trading day, it looked as though the media, more than anybody else, wanted the Sensex to cross the 10,000 mark. Right from the morning half a dozen television cameras had taken up vantage positions opposite the BSE building on ... More

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