The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, June 22, 2006

STOCKS
HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, Infy, Satyam in S&P BRIC index
Indian companies, HDFC Bank Ltd, ICICI Bank Ltd, Infosys Technologies Ltd and Satyam Computer Services Ltd, figure in Standard and Poor's BRIC 40 Index, launched on Wednesday providing exposure to 40 leading companies from the emerging markets of ... More

Cement stocks up on price rise
One industry that appears to have benefited from the delayed monsoon is the cement sector, which today saw a Rs 4-5 per 50 kg bag hike in product prices region wise. Analysts maintained that sustained demand has helped producers price their ... More

Realties shine ahead of DLF IPO
Property stocks - Unitech Ltd, Ansal Properties and Infrastructure Housing, DS Kulkarni, Mahindra Gesco etc - were in the limelight once again in a buoyant market. Dealers maintain that the run up at these counters was largely in ... More

TECHNICAL ANALYSIS
Bull domination
Bulls Dominated over Wednesday's trading activity. The sentiment reading of the tradable counters remains bullish. Bear domination on Thursday is likely to change the sentiment reading in their favour. On the contrary, the prevailing bullish ... More

STOCK MARKETS
Sensex closes above 10,000; buying in mid, small-cap stocks
Capital market's bellwether index, the BSE-30 Sensex, closed above the 10,000-point level on Wednesday, the first time since June 6, as local buying, especially in mid-cap and small cap stocks, helped markets to recover some of the lost ground of ... More

Sakakibara to Bernanke: Mind your language
Fedspeak keeps markets on edge worldwide More

LIC's pick: Stocks of fundamentally strong cos
To park 10 pc of investible funds in equity More

FOREIGN INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS
Kinetic Motor to issue bonds
Kinetic Motor Co said it plans to issue bonds to Citicorp Finance to raise Rs 94 crore. The company would issue 80 lakh 9.5 per cent secured redeemable non-convertible debentures; 21.5 lakh secured redeemable fully-convertible ... More

INTERVIEW
`I don't think there is a substantial downslide'
Mr Vijay Kedia, Managing Director of Kedia Securities, has seen it all - the worst of the bear phases, the frenzied bull rallies, stock scams even dating back to early 1960s and the wildest of wild swings in the market. In an interview, Mr ... More