The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, March 02, 2002

Move to give more powers to SEBI hailed
THE Director of the Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts of India (ICFAI) Business Schools, Dr V. Panduranga Rao, welcomed the move to make the market regulator, SEBI, more powerful. According to him, if the Government intentions were ... More

TECHNICAL ANALYSIS

Bulls return
FRIDAY'S trading witnessed bulls staging a comeback. Bears were unsuccessful in extending their pressure on Friday's trading. Bulls were able to drive up with minimum resistance. The sentiment reading of the tradable counters remains bearish. ... More

STOCK EXCHANGES

Bourses set for shake-out phase
A HOST of regional stock exchanges in the country, which have been on a clinical support system, may shortly see the system being unplugged. An advance notice was served last year when the Government announced an one-time capital gains tax ... More

FISE for clear road-map on demutualisation
THE capital market is clearly disappointed with the Budget announcements. Mr Vijay Bhusan, Chairman of the Federation of Indian Stock Exchanges (FISE), which includes all the 21 exchanges in the country except BSE, NSE and the OTCEI, said, ``The ... More

STOCK MARKETS

Restructuring talk fuels rally in Crompton Greaves
THE Crompton Greaves stock today hit a two-month high on major bourses with substantial volumes. At the National Stock Exchange, the stock closed at Rs 43.50, while at the Bombay Stock Exchange, it finished at Rs 43.20. In the last six ... More

Stocks ride high
STOCKS across-the-board recouped from Thursday's fall as the sentiment in the market improved following the Finance Minister's clarifications on certain Budget proposals today. The rise was also on account of short covering. The beginning of ... More

Electrosteel Cast in the limelight
THE stock of Electrosteel Casting has been riding on a rally since February 25. From a level of Rs 140, it is currently hovering around Rs 193. On the eve of the Budget, it had reached the 2-month peak of Rs 193.25 on the BSE and at Rs 196.25 on ... More

Auto majors up on sales hopes
SHARES of leading automobile majors — Tata Engineering and Hero Honda — were lapped by a number of institutional players on Monday. Analysts were upbeat on these counters on expectations of good sales figures for February. Tata ... More

DERIVATIVES MARKETS

Buying L&T calls may be profitable
FRIDAY'S trading at the derivatives segment at the NSE saw call options on select stocks end in the positive territory. Here are some buy/sell strategies based on the day's trading: Equity options: The March 340 calls on Reliance clocked ... More

COMMENTARY

Market recovers strongly despite uncertainty
A DAY after the Union Budget presented, the initial disappointment seems to have ebbed. In an eventful week, the stock market closed on a positive note. However, the underlying sentiment still seems to be uncertain, as Gujarat lay besieged by ... More

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