The Hindu Business Line : Tuesday, June 11, 2002

Bulls take over
BULLS gained control over Monday's trading activity. They gained substantially over the day's trading. Stock prices across the board rose sharply. Monday's market action resulted in terminating all the downtrend counters in the tradable list. The ... More

STOCK MARKETS

Cherry picking, Mobius style
IN a rare commentary, investment whiz Dr Mark Mobius of Templeton has explained the principles of his stock selection process. The portfolio manager of Templeton Developing Markets Trust has talked about going through a `master list' of companies ... More

LIC to invest Rs 6,000 cr in equity markets this year
LIFE Insurance Corporation (LIC) has committed to invest Rs 6,000 crore in the equity markets in the current financial year, acting Chairman, Mr A. Ramamurthy said. Such investment will be incremental to Rs 4,500 crore invested in the equities ... More

Interest perks up in mid-size banks
A NUMBER of medium-sized public sector banks have been attracting market interest in recent times. According to analysts, a number of small banks had netted sizable profits last year by trading in G-Secs. The current fiscal has been pegged as ... More

DERIVATIVES MARKETS

Buy VSNL calls, sell Reliance
CALLS on individual stocks attracted good volumes on Monday in the derivatives segment at the NSE. Interestingly, Nifty puts clocked the highest volumes in the index options segment. The following are some buy/sell strategies based on the ... More

FOREIGN INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS

FII limit raised to 49 per cent in Zee TV
MUMBAI: Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) can now purchase equity shares and convertible debentures of Zee Telefilms Ltd up to 49 per cent of its paid-up capital through the primary and secondary markets. A RBI press release said ... More

REGULATORY BODIES & RULINGS

SEBI gets powers for search, seizure -- Stiff penalty for offences
THE Government has decided to grant search and seizure powers to the capital market watchdog, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) in cases relating to insider trading and market manipulations. This was decided at a meeting here on ... More

Delay in reporting threshold limit in L&T -- SEBI finds RIL guilty; levies Rs 4.75-lakh penalty
THE Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has found Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) guilty of delay in reporting its crossing the threshold limits of 5 per cent and 10 per cent shareholding in Larsen & Toubro Ltd. On account of RIL's ... More

COMMENTARY

Mid-cap, small stocks sizzle in broad-based rally
A broad-based rally in stock prices was in evidence on Monday as a host of mid-cap and small-cap stocks registered significant gains in value. Technology stocks led the rally as 38 out of 41 stocks in the BSE IT Index advanced. In the case of ... More

IPOS

i-flex IPO draws highest bid of Rs 5,300
Market players were surprised over the bid price of Rs 5,300 for Rs 5 face-value share. The bid price is much higher than the current market price of Infosys Technologies, the largest listed software company in India. Infosys shares today ended at Rs 3,376 on the BSE. More

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IPSTA brokers strike work against online trading

Finance Ministry decision on EPF interest next week

SEBI gets powers for search, seizure -- Stiff penalty for offences

LIC to invest Rs 6,000 cr in equity markets this year

DoT, VSNL patch up -- Panel to decide on Tata Tele investment

Burgeoning forex reserves: Boon or bane?

Hepatitis B vaccination for infants takes off

In Depth
Gender Justice

Simple Economics

Guide to derivatives

Looking back
Jun. 2-Jun. 8
RBI ropes in SEBI to tackle rogue borrowers -- Redefines `wilful default'

Central Bank net up at Rs 163.3 cr -- Plans Rs 300-cr IPO this fiscal